单词 | expendable |
释义 | expendable¹ (something that may be used up)消耗物;消耗品 The space station is kept supplied with air, food, and other expendables.空间站持续有空气、食物以及其他消耗品的供应。 expendable²1.(that may be used up)可消费的;可消耗的 expendable items of fishing equipment, such as flies钓鱼装备的消耗品, 如鱼饵 2.(not essential)非必需的;不必要的;不值得保留的 In reproductive terms, men are expendable.就繁衍来说, 男性并非必需。 Once our services cease to be useful to them, we're expendable.一旦我们的服务对他们来说没有用了, 我们就无关紧要了。 During the recession, training budgets were seen as an expendable luxury.在经济衰退期间, 培训预算被认为是一项可以节省下来的奢侈费用。 3.(able to be sacrificed to achieve objective)(为达目的, 尤其是军事目的而)可被牺牲的 expendable soldiers可牺牲的士兵 |
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