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

• The more you practice expending your mental energy wisely, the more it will become a habit.
  在如何明智地投放精力方面练习得越多，就越能习惯成自然。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• He and his colleagues then pulled data from the diaries about how many hours the women were spending in various activities, how many calories they likely were expending in each of those tasks, and how the activities and associated energy expenditures changed over the years.
  接下来，阿彻博士和同事们开始从这些日记中提取信息，以确定美国女性在各项家务上花费的时间、消耗的热量以及这么多年来这些家务和与之相关的能量消耗有了怎样的变化。
• Now, the company is expending its heat transfer business in China and look for talents for the positions.
  现在公司在开拓其热交换器在中国的业务，需职位：有意者请将简历寄至本公司。
• And foreign investors will think twice before expending time and money in lengthy negotiations only to see state-sanctioned deals crumble before their eyes.
  而外国投资者在旷日持久的谈判上耗费时间和金钱，结果只是眼睁睁地看着政府批准的交易流产，他们今后会三思而行。
• Without known consumer requirements, it may be difficult to provide correct functionality and there is a danger of expending development and testing effort to produce operations that will not be used.
  如果不知道使用者需求，则可能很难提供正确的功能，因此就有可能存在将开发和测试工作浪费在提供将不会使用的操作上的风险。
• You will be expending a lot of energy, though, so you may want to find regular ways to dispel tension.
  然而，你将会花费大量的精力，所以你可能会想要找出一个有规律的方法来缓解压力。
• Expending mental energy on stuff wastes time.
  花费心力在材料上是浪费时间。