expend
英 [ɪk'spend; ek-]
美[ɪk'spɛnd]
- vt. 花费；消耗；用光；耗尽
词态变化
第三人称单数: expends;过去式: expended;过去分词: expended;现在分词: expending;
中文词源
expend 花费
ex-, 向外。-pend, 花销，词源同pound,spend.
英英释意
- 1. use up, consume fully;
- "The legislature expended its time on school questions"
- 2. pay out;
- "spend money"
英文词源
- expend
- expend: see spend
- expend (v.)
- early 15c., from Latin expendere "pay out, weigh out money," from ex- "out" (see ex-) + pendere "to pay, weigh" (see pendant). Related: Expended; expending.
同义词辨析
cost, expend, spend, take
这些动词均含"花费"之意。
cost： 指花费时间、金钱、劳力等。其主语是物，而不能由人充当，也不用被动形式。
expend： 较正式用词，通常指为某一专门目的而花费大量金钱、时间或精力。
spend： 普通用词，与cost基本同义，但主语必须是人。
take： 普通用词，指需要占用空间、时间或精力等，其主语可以是人，也可以是一件事情。
考试真题
- Extreme athletes expend lots of energy breaking down and repairing and building muscles.
2019年12月六级真题（第二套）阅读 Section B
- since 1914, scientists have known that birds flying in formation—a V-shape —expend less energy.
2010年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ
实用场景例句
- She expended all her efforts on the care of home and children.
- 她把所有精力都花在料理家务和照顾孩子上。
牛津词典
- Children expend a lot of energy and may need more high-energy food than adults.
- 孩子们消耗很多能量，可能比成年人需要更多高能量的食物。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Plan to expend our China factory to meet extensive requirement.
- 计划扩展子公司以符合业务需求.
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- Which bank or which kinds of means, does hand foreword expend lowest?
- 哪个银行或者哪种方式, 手序费最低 呢 ?
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- Want to accelerate rural tax to expend reform currently, reduce farmer burden.
- 当前则要加快农村税费改革, 减轻农民负担.
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- The district range that adjusts a complete setto expend a standard sees accessory.
- 此次调整配套费标准的地域范围见附件.
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- To determine TOTAL lubricant products'characters , features and applications to expend product's selling especially OEM uses.
- 了解TOTAL润滑油产品特质和应用,扩大产品销售,尤其在原始设备制造商一块.
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- 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.
《简明英汉词典》
- Although this one practice makes international rule already, but expend setbacks quite however in our country.
- 这一做法虽早已成为国际惯例, 但在我国却颇费周折.
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- Even the effort that some people expend.
- 即使是一些人所花费的努力.
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- At this point, a user will be willing to expend a little effort to learn more.
- 这时, 用户愿意花一些精力来学习.
About Face 3交互设计精髓
- Restructure and expend the company, increase productivity and further improve product quality to a higher level.
- 对企业进行改扩建, 进一步提高产品质量,上规模、上档次.
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- Objective : To expend our experience of systemic family therapy.
- 目的: 探讨系统式家庭治疗.
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- One , consolidate order of market price case , check opposite pig chaos receives duty to expend.
- 整顿市场价格秩序, 制止对生猪乱收税费.
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- Every effort seemed to expend her spirit's force ( George Meredith )
- 每一次努力看上去都耗尽了她的精神力量 ( 乔治梅雷迪恩 )
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- What is adjusting industry difference to expend the basis of rate?
- 调整行业差别费率的依据是什么?
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- Use , Consume , Expend , Employ, Utilize.
- Use(v. )“用”, “使用”.
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- MDA make component's reuse expend to model's reuse.
- mda的 出现,使软件复用由组件复用扩展到模型复用.
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- It looks like you're ready to expend.
- 看来,你准备把它做大了.
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- We expend huge effort in hiding aspects of ourselves that others would barely notice.
- 其实别人不一定注意到,我们却花大力气去掩盖.
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- Commonly, people do not expend the time or energy to gather complete information.
- 一般来说, 人们不会花费时间和精力来搜集完全的信息.
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- They expend all their strength in trying to climb out.
- 他们费尽全力想爬出来.
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- 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.
辞典例句
- Moreover, it can accomplish reconstruction of instrument and expend repairing methcxl to use three ends device.
- 用三端稳压器件通用性强, 替代方便,并能对仪器进行二次开发,还能开拓维修思路.
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- Supports external waIt'signal to expend the buS cycle.
- 支持外部等待时钟信号延长总线周期.
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- As the Chinese nation faces its greatest peril, All forcefully expend their last cries.
- 中华民族到了最危险的时候, 每个人被迫着发出最后的吼声.
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- My mission of this trip is to seek new projects and expend further cooperation.
- 我此行的目的就是考察江西的投资环境,寻找合作项目.
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- Even if him worker agrees, do not expend also be deregulation for pay endowment insurance.
- 即使是职工本人同意, 不为缴纳养老保险费也是违反规定的.
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- If you give up exercise, your muscles shrink and fat increases. By the same token, if you expend more energy you will lose fat.
- 停止锻炼会使肌肉萎缩、脂肪增加。同样，如果花更多的精力锻炼，就会减掉脂肪。
柯林斯例句
- I think it is safe to say that very few students expend the effort to do quality work in school.
- 我认为可以肯定地说学校里很少有学生肯为学好功课下功夫。
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