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 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。
• Nokia weathered criticism from investors that it was expending too much effort on high-end smartphones while its rival ate into its lucrative business selling expensive 'dumb' phones to upwardly mobile people around the world.
  他们说，在竞争对手侵蚀其颇为赚钱的业务、向全球社会经济地位不断提高的用户销售昂贵的傻瓜手机时，诺基亚却在高端智能手机上花费了太多的精力。
• 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。
• BUT I argued that I was expending my talent overseas.
  我反驳我是在国外展现我的才能。
• The other is those who are working and searching in some areas, keeping expending their knowledge, like you.
  另一种是那些正在工作岗位上并在某个领域持续不断地探索的，一直拓展知识的人，就像他。
• 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。
• You are expending your plant.
  贵公司在扩厂。
• 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。
• 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。
• Useless or profitless activity; using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly.
  无益的活动；毫无节制的消费行为。