expend

美音：[ɪk'spend] 英音：[ɪk'spend]

简单释义：

v.花费；消费；耗费

网络消耗；支出；用光

变形：

第三人称单数：expends 现在分词：expending 过去式：expended

完整释义：

1.用,花费,消耗;(耗)尽
2.使用,花费(金钱、劳力、时间等);用光,耗尽
3.消费
4.〔罕用语〕花钱
5.浪费
6.【航海】把(暂时不用的绳)绕在桅杆上

例句：

The aim was to stimulate exports so that the economy could expend without being constantly constrained by the current account deficit.
其宗旨是鼓励出口，使经济能得到发展，而不致常常受到往来帐户逆差的限制。
As early as the Meiji Restoration, the Japanese began to expend a great deal of effort on science, technology and education.
日本人从明治维新就开始注意科技，注意教育，花了很大力量。
Doing so enables a schema validator to flag when bad data enters the system so you do not have to expend the effort.
这样做可以启用模式验证，这样当坏数据进入系统时就能标记出来，您没有必要在这件事情上花费精力。
Very few people who decide to trade ever take the time or expend the effort to think about what it means to be a trader.
极少有人花时间或用心去想成为交易者的含义是什么。
It's easy to rag on people trying to make the world a better place, even if they expend no more energy than it takes to point and click.
以创造美好世界为目的来捉弄人们十分简单，即使他们的花费甚至不比鼠标点击的耗能更多。
Her husband expend most of his fortune trying to cure her.
她丈夫花掉了大部分的家产来治疗她。
Expend, even if it's cold: You're less likely to be playing outside, but you still need to use those calories up.
走出去，即使外面很冷：你不会喜欢在外面活动的，但你仍然需要燃烧这些热量。
Put slightly differently, hexagonal cells allow bees to focus on producing honey and expend the least amount of energy making wax.
或者稍微换种说法，六边形的空间使蜜蜂能够把精力放到产蜜上，并且花费最少能量制蜡。

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