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IELTS BNC: 11218 COCA: 10629

expend

verb
/ɪkˈspend/
/ɪkˈspend/
(formal)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they expend
/ɪkˈspend/
/ɪkˈspend/
he / she / it expends
/ɪkˈspendz/
/ɪkˈspendz/
past simple expended
/ɪkˈspendɪd/
/ɪkˈspendɪd/
past participle expended
/ɪkˈspendɪd/
/ɪkˈspendɪd/
-ing form expending
/ɪkˈspendɪŋ/
/ɪkˈspendɪŋ/
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  1. to use or spend a lot of time, money, energy, etc.花费；消费；耗费
    • expend something (in/on something) 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。
    • expend something in/on doing something Smith had expended large sums in pursuing his claim through the court.史密斯花了大量的钱通过法庭来索赔。
    • expend something doing something Most animals expend a lot of energy searching for food.大多数动物花费大量精力寻找食物。
    Extra Examples
    • I am not prepared to expend any more effort on this project.我不准备在这个项目上花费更多的精力。
    • the amount of time expended in cleaning花在清洁上的时间
    • Try to get the best result without expending too much time and effort.不要花费太多的时间和精力，努力获得最好的结果。
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryExpend is used with these nouns as the object:
    • calorie
    • capital
    • effort
    • …
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    Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin expendere, from ex- ‘out’ + pendere ‘weigh, pay’. Compare with spend.

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