expend
/ik'spend/
📖 中文释义
- vt. 花费, 消耗, 用光
🔗 释义中的汉语词
🧩 词形变化
💬 双语例句
I knew since middle school that only because I was so lonely was I able to expend so much energy on studying.
从中学的时候我就知道,我能够花很多功夫去学习仅仅是因为我过得很寂寞。
You see, if the conditions are wrong, we are forced to expend our own time and energy to protect ourselves from each other, and that inherently weakens the organization.
呢样嘢反映咗如果情况出错 我哋就要被迫花自己嘅时间同精神 去保护自己 而呢样嘢本质上削弱组织嘅力量
African governments also must be willing to start small: expend a lot of effort to attract pilot projects in the hope of larger employment in the future. With sensible reforms, many barriers can be removed or at least eased.
🔵 同义词
🔗 常用搭配
📘 English Definition(英文释义)
- v use up, consume fully
- v pay out