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expend

verb
/ɪkˈspend/
/ɪkˈspend/
(formal)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they expend
/ɪkˈspend/
/ɪkˈspend/
he / she / it expends
/ɪkˈspendz/
/ɪkˈspendz/
past simple expended
/ɪkˈspendɪd/
/ɪkˈspendɪd/
past participle expended
/ɪkˈspendɪd/
/ɪkˈspendɪd/
-ing form expending
/ɪkˈspendɪŋ/
/ɪkˈspendɪŋ/
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  1. to use or spend a lot of time, money, energy, etc.花费;消费;耗费
    • expend something (in/on something) She expended all her efforts on the care of home and children.她把所有精力都花在照顾家庭和孩子上。
    • expend something in/on doing something Smith had expended large sums in pursuing his claim through the court.史密斯在法庭上要求他赔偿大笔费用。
    • expend something doing something Most animals expend a lot of energy searching for food.大多数动物都花费大量精力寻找食物。
    Extra Examples
    • I am not prepared to expend any more effort on this project.我不准备在这个项目上花费更多的精力。
    • the amount of time expended in cleaning清洁所花费的时间
    • Try to get the best result without expending too much time and effort.尝试在不花费过多时间和精力的情况下获得最佳结果。
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryExpend is used with these nouns as the object:
    • calorie
    • capital
    • effort
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    Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin expendere, from ex- ‘out’ + pendere ‘weigh, pay’. Compare with spend.
CET-4 考研 IELTS GRE BNC: 11218 COCA: 10629
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CET-4 考研 IELTS GRE BNC: 11218 COCA: 10629
CET-4 考研 IELTS GRE BNC: 11218 COCA: 10629
CET-4 考研 IELTS GRE BNC: 11218 COCA: 10629
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CET-4 考研 IELTS GRE BNC: 11218 COCA: 10629
expendexpendD.J.:[iksˈpend]K.K.:[ɪkˈspɛnd]vt.1.花费, 使用(钱等)做某事Don't expend all your time on such a useless job.不要把时间消耗在这种无用的工作上。2.用光; 耗尽The enemy had expended all their ammunition.敌人已耗尽所有的弹药。
CET-4 考研 IELTS GRE BNC: 11218 COCA: 10629
expend
ex·pend / Ik5spZnd ; Ik5spend /verb T
1. to use or spend a lot of energy etc in order to do something花费,耗费〔精力等〕:
expend energy / effort / time / resources etc
People of different ages expend different amounts of energy.不同年龄的人花费的精力就不一样大。
Manufacturers have expended a lot of time and effort trying to improve computer security.制造商花费了大量的时间和精力试图提高计算机的安全性。
expend sth in / on (doing) sth
A great deal of time and money has been expended on creating a pleasant office atmosphere.为创造舒心的办公环境已花费了大量的时间和金钱。
CET-4 考研 IELTS GRE BNC: 11218 COCA: 10629
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CET-4 考研 IELTS GRE BNC: 11218 COCA: 10629

expend

1 ENTRIES FOUND:
expend /ɪkˈspɛnd/ verb
expends; expended; expending
expend
/ɪkˈspɛnd/
verb
expends; expended; expending
Learner's definition of EXPEND
[+ object] formal
: to use or spend (something)花费;消费;耗费
: to use (time, energy, effort, etc.) for a particular purpose花费(时间、能量、精力等)
often + on
sometimes followed by in + -ing verb有时接in+动词-ing形式
CET-4 考研 IELTS GRE BNC: 11218 COCA: 10629
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CET-4 考研 IELTS GRE BNC: 11218 COCA: 10629
CET-4 考研 IELTS GRE BNC: 11218 COCA: 10629
expend v 花费 (ex 出+pend=花钱出去)
pend, pens, pond=weigh, expend, pay(ment) 称(重量),支出,付款
expenditure n 支出,开销 (expend+iture)
expensive a 昂贵的 (ex+pens+ive=要花钱的=昂贵的)
pension n 年金,养老金 (pens+ion=用心花费的)
compensate v 赔偿,报酬 (com 全部+pens+ate=花费的钱全部[拿回来]=赔偿)
recompense v/n 回报,报答 (re 回+compense 报酬=回报)
dispense v 分配,分送 (dis 分开+pense=分开花费=分配,分送[财物])
dispensable a 可分配的,不重要的 (dispense+able=能分送出去=不重要的)
dispensary n 药房 (dispense 分配+ary 场地=配药的地方)
propensity n 倾向,习性 (pro 前+pens+ity=重量偏向一边=倾向)
pensive a 思考的 (pens+ive=称重量=衡量=思考)
perpendicular v 考虑,细思 (per 全部+pend=全部衡量)
ponder v 沉思 (pond 重+er=分出轻重=沉思)
ponderance n 重要 (ponder 重+ance)
ponderous a 重的,笨重的 (ponder 重+ous)
CET-4 考研 IELTS GRE BNC: 11218 COCA: 10629
CET-4 考研 IELTS GRE BNC: 11218 COCA: 10629
CET-4 考研 IELTS GRE BNC: 11218 COCA: 10629
CET-4 考研 IELTS GRE BNC: 11218 COCA: 10629
CET-4 考研 IELTS GRE BNC: 11218 COCA: 10629

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