expending

英 [ɪkˈspendɪŋ]

美 [ɪkˈspendɪŋ]

v.  花费; 消费; 耗费
expend的现在分词

柯林斯词典

• VERB 花费;耗费
  Toexpendsomething, especially energy, time, or money, means to use it or spend it.
  1. Children expend a lot of energy and may need more high-energy food than adults.
     孩子们消耗很多能量，可能比成年人需要更多高能量的食物。

英英释义

noun

• the act of spending money for goods or services
  Synonym:expenditure

双语例句

• They involved heavy sacrifices by the Greek people, battling a public administration clearly inadequate for the task; and expending of political capital by a government pitted against a populist opposition.
  其中包含着希腊民众做出的重大牺牲，与明显不能胜任此项任务的公共管理部门相较；而与走民粹主义路线的反对派对垒的政府则耗费了政治资本。
• Expending energy on a project.
  在某一项目上花费精力。
• They are expending enormous amounts of money; they have a huge diplomatic presence across the Pacific, she said.
  他们正在投入数额巨额资金，他们在整个太平洋地区建立了庞大的外交关系网，她表示。
• It is Europe that traditionally wants such summits and dialogues and often has to beg China to get them, expending what little leverage it has on the process rather than on substance.
  欧洲一向希望举行这样的峰会和对话，为此常常不得不恳求中国，将微不足道的一点影响力耗费在过程、而非实质内容上。
• I really thought it would work, and possibly even save a lot of time and money over what we had been expending on similar projects in the past.
  我以为这种方法会奏效，甚至相比我们之前在类似项目上的投入，我认为这种方法可以节省大量时间和资金。
• Expending tax revenues on government operations.
  把税收款用于政府运行上。
• A scientific researcher who is concurrently a teacher should get higher pay, because he is 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。
• The goal of optimizing the delivery of services is quite simple: provide the best service while expending as few resources as possible.
  优化服务交付的目标是很简单的：就是提供最好的服务，同时尽可能减少资源消耗。
• Expending our cooperation in science and technology can be one of your greatest gifts to the future.
  在科技领域里扩大我们的合作可以成为你们献给未来的最大礼物。
• While this doesn't hold true for every single situation, it's a good principle to keep in mind. There are probably some areas in your life where you're expending a lot of effort for negligible results.
  尽管这一原理不是在任何条件下都能成立的，但是的确值得你牢记，因为在你生活中的某些方面，你可能就花了大力气却只得到了微不足道的成果。