expend

US [ɪkˈspend]
UK [ɪk'spend]
  • v.花费；消费；耗费
  • Web消耗；支出；用光
Simple Present：expends  Present Participle：expending  Past Tense：expended  

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expend
v.
1.
~ sth (in/on sb).~ sth (in/on/doing sth)
花费；消费；耗费to use or spend a lot of time, money, energy, etc.
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。

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AllAll,花费花费,消费消费,耗费耗费,消耗消耗,支出支出,用光用光
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1.
If they don't have enough activity to expend their energy, they take it out on your favorite couch or your designer shoes.
它们足够的活动来释放的精力，就会在你的沙发或名牌鞋上撒野。
tā men zú gòu de huó dòng lái shì fàng de jīng lì , jiù huì zài nǐ de shā fā huò míng pái xié shàng sā yě 。
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2.
There's a constant battle between agencies over how much political capital to expend on international issues against domestic interests.
“他说，”机构之间经常会争论，在国际事务上消耗了多少政治资本来反对国内利益。
" tā shuō , " jī gòu zhī jiān jīng cháng huì zhēng lùn , zài guó jì shì wù shàng xiāo hào le duō shao zhèng zhì zī běn lái fǎn duì guó nèi lì yì 。
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Since the Web site is likely to expand and change over time, we need to expend some effort up front to make the site easy to maintain.
因为Web网站将会随着时间而扩展和改变，我们需要预先做一些工作以使这个网站容易维护。
yīn wèi Web wǎng zhàn jiāng huì suí zhe shí jiān ér kuò zhǎn hé gǎi biàn , wǒ men xū yào yù xiān zuò yì xiē gōng zuò yǐ shǐ zhè ge wǎng zhàn róng yì wéi hù 。
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Instead, systems vary from "wide open" to "extremely secure, " depending on how much time and how many resources you are willing to expend.
相反，系统从“完全开放”转向“非常安全”取决于您愿意投入多少时间或者资源。
xiāng fǎn , xì tǒng cóng " wán quán kāi fàng " zhuǎn xiàng " fēi cháng ān quán " qǔ jué yú nín yuàn yì tóu rù duō shao shí jiān huò zhě zī yuán 。
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At the beginning of this year, Big Tree decided to expend scale, he rented another bar in West Street.
今年初，大树决定扩大规模，他租下西街上的另一家酒吧。
jīn nián chū , dà shù jué dìng kuò dà guī mó , tā zū xià xī jiē shàng de lìng yì jiā jiǔ bā 。
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Another method of economy is, to keep a regular account of all that you earn, and of all that you expend.
第四条原则就是定期将你所有的收入与花销记录下来。
dì sì tiáo yuán zé jiù shì dìng qī jiāng nǐ suǒ yǒu de shōu rù yǔ huā xiāo jì lù xià lái 。
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7.
So your salesman even went into the door others might be quite expend setbacks.
那么你的业务员连走进别人公司的大门可能都要颇费周折。
nà me nǐ de yè wù yuán lián zǒu jìn bié rén gōng sī de dà mén kě néng dōu yào pō fèi zhōu zhé 。
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8.
A bit of background: One early theory, the rate of living theory, held that every organism has a set amount of energy to expend.
一点背景：一个早期的理论-生存成本理论-认为每个有机体有一定数量的能量供消耗。
yì diǎn bèi jǐng : yī gè zǎo qī de lǐ lùn - shēng cún chéng běn lǐ lùn - rèn wéi měi gè yǒu jī tǐ yǒu yí dìng shù liàng de néng liàng gōng xiāo hào 。
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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。
yǐ chuàng zào měi hǎo shì jiè wéi mù dì lái zhuō nòng rén men shí fēn jiǎn dān , jí shǐ tā men de huā fèi shèn zhì bù bǐ shǔ biāo diǎn jī de hào néng gèng duō 。
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'At the moment, we have to expend a great deal of effort to fight black Sigatoka , which attacks the banana plant's leaves, ' added Vezina.
「此刻，我们必须花费大量的精力来对付攻击香蕉叶的香蕉斑叶病。」维吉纳补充。
「 cǐ kè , wǒ men bì xū huā fèi dà liàng de jīng lì lái duì fù gōng jī xiāng jiāo yè de xiāng jiāo bān yè bìng 。 」 wéi jí nà bǔ chōng 。
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