ex·pend
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/ |
- 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.
史密斯花费了大量资金通过法庭提出索赔。 - expend something doing something Most animals expend a lot of energy searching for food.
大多数动物花费大量能量来寻找食物。
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.
尝试在不花费太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
- …
Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin expendere, from ex- ‘out’ + pendere ‘weigh, pay’. Compare with spend. - expend something (in/on something) She expended all her efforts on the care of home and children.