音标与读法

这里为大家介绍下expend 是什么意思，希望能帮助到各位朋友。

音标：[ iks"pend ]

中英文翻译

vt.

1.使用，花费(金钱、劳力、时间等)；用光，耗尽。

2.【航海】把(暂时不用的绳)绕在桅杆上。

vi.

〔罕用语〕花钱。 expend time [money] in [on] 把时间[金钱]花费在…上。 ★ expend 与 spend 是同义词，“花钱”普通用spend money。

use up, consume fully; "The legislature expended its time on school questions"

同义词：use,

pay out; "spend money"

同义词：spend, drop,

例句与用法

1.They had expended all their capital on equipment .

他们将所有资本用于设备。

2.They had expended all their ammunition .

他们的弹药已尽。

3.Every bit of mechanical energy expended reappears as heat .

所消耗的每一点机械能都再现为热能。

4.The body expends energy .

人体要消耗能量。

5.I expended my gifts there in pleasing the gentiles,

我在那里浪费了我的天赋，去博取那些异教徒的欢欣。

6.Much effort has been expended to improve the standard of the forging furnace .

我们也花费了很大力量用以改进锻炉标准。

7.The whole of a man"s income is expended in the purchase of services and of commodities .

个人之全部所得，乃是用来购买劳役和商品的。

8.They expend the entire amount of their allowance, in subscriptions, under my direction .

他们在我的指导下，把全部的零用钱都捐出去。

9.The company had expended thousands of dollars on posters and comic books devoted to the subject .

公司为了这个问题花了几千元印刷连环画和招贴画。

10.In some cases the labor expended on these historical studies was out of proportion to the result achieved .

在某些情况下，花费在这种历史研究的劳动同其所取得的成果很不相称。

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