v.(动词)

1. 用（钱），花费，消费
2. 消耗，用尽，用光，耗尽
3. 【海】把（暂时不用的绳）绕在桅杆上

v.(动词)

1. vt. 花费,使用(钱等)做某事 spend, use (money, etc.) in doing sth
2. vt. 用光; 耗尽 use up

Verb:

1. use up, consume fully;

   "The legislature expended its time on school questions"
   

2. pay out;

   "spend money"
   

用作及物动词S+～+ n./pron.

1. 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。
2. The newly-married couple expended too much money on decorating their apartment.
   这对新婚夫妇把过多的钱花费在装饰他们的那套房间上。
3. They have already expended 12,000 dollars in advertisement.
   在广告上,他们已经花费了12000美元。
4. He expended all his strength in trying to climb out.
   他用尽全力,试图爬出来。
5. The enemy had expended all their ammunition.
   敌人已耗尽所有的弹药。

• The promoter had expended nearly $300,000 in securing the legislation.

  出自：L. Steffens

• He had expended much thought on the subject.

  出自：P. G. Wodehouse

• Freud expended much ink and energy trying to prove that artists are neurotics.

  出自：C. Rycroft

The heart pumps by expending and contracting of muscle.

心脏通过收缩肌肉抽取和放出(血液).

Not giving or expending freely; sparing.

节俭的,节省的不随便施舍或花费的; 节俭的.

You are expending your plant.

贵公司在扩厂.

Our foreign trade expending day by day.

我们的对外贸易日益发展.

Method The defect was divided into several rectangles with geometry and covered with expending scalp flap.

方法采用几何分割法将圆形缺损分为几个类矩形缺损,应用扩张皮瓣转移修复头皮圆形大面积缺损.

We should realize that they are expending their life and energy to teach us.

须知他们正在呕心沥血,耗损著自己的生命来教化我们哩!

In this case, we use Most Rapid Approach Path to find relevant optimal advertising expending rule.

在这种情况下, 利用最速收敛法(MRAP)求解出了相应的最优广告支出规律.

A scientific researcher who is concurrently a teacher should get higher pay, because expending greater labour.

假如科研人员兼任教师,待遇还应当提高一点, 因为付出的劳动更多嘛.

v.(动词)

1. expend的基本意思是“花费,使用(钱等)做某事”,其宾语可以是钱、时间、精力等,常与in或on连用。

v.(动词)

expend, spend

这两个词的意思相同,前者为较正式用词,强调所消耗的时间、金钱或精力等是巨大的。

cost，expend，spend，take，pay

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。

pay“付款、给……报酬”，它可作及物动词也可作不及物动词。pay常用于以下几种句型：①Sb．pay（s）sb．money意为“某人付款给另一个人或某人给另一个人多少报酬”。