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单词 expend
释义
expend
verb[T]
formal
uk
/ɪkˈspend/us
/ɪkˈspend/
to use orspendtime,effort, ormoney:
花费，消费，耗费（尤指时间、精力或钱）
You expend so mucheffortfor so littlereturn.你费了那么大劲儿，回报却如此微不足道。
Governments expend a lot ofresourcesonwar.各国政府在战争上消耗了大量资源。
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(Definition ofexpendfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

expend| American Dictionary

expend
verb[T]
us
/ɪkˈspend/
to use orspendsomething,esp.time,effort, ormoney:
They expend alltheirenergyfixinguptheirhouse.
(Definition ofexpendfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

expend| Business English

expend
verb[T]
formal
uk
/ɪkˈspend/us
to use orspendsomething,especiallytime,effort, ormoney:
expend energy/effort/timeWhy dofirmsexpendeffortinvestingabroad,ratherthanstayinghomeandproducingforexport?
expendmoney/resources/funds
Managers had toexpenda lot oftimedealingwith theconsequencesof theincident.
(Definition ofexpendfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofexpend

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It is prone to misinterpretation since location is fundamental to measurement (given the energy expended on transport).
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Perennial grain plants should be selected toexpendless energy on competition and more on seed production.
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Many participants felt that they were expending ever greater efforts at work, but receiving ever decreased feedback in terms of their achievements.
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The idea of diminishing returns to effort expended upon the land became generally accepted in economics.
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Thus, the force distribution created by an activated motile flagellum will be affected by fluid viscoelasticity, as will the hydrodynamic power expended.
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The total amount of output produced is determined by the least effort expended by any member of the team, which creates a bottleneck.
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It is important toexpendeffort carefully and according to our own capabilities.
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During this period the communality and continuity of the community is probably expressed by the effort expended on the boundaries that surround the settlement.
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The computing power available per dollar expended is currently doubling each 18 months.
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Few empiric studies have directly measured the amount of time patientsexpendparticipating in healthcare interventions.
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Proposition 2 holds because as an organizational form becomes taken-for-granted as legitimate, entrepreneurs canexpendmore resources on organizing, and fewer resources on justification.
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Individuals and firmsexpendeffort to find ways around specific commands of the law.
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Significant effort has been expended to overcome inherent complexity issues and make the prover efficient.
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Data on man-hours and animal-hours expended on land preparation, weeding and harvesting were collected.
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It is plausible enough to think that people whoexpendmore effort than others deserve to do better.
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