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

• Subterranean data centers may keep computer equipment cool while expending less energy than conventional designs.
  地下数据中心的电脑设备可能会保持冷静，同时消耗更少的能源，比传统设计。
• 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。
• 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。
• Of agriculture; intended to increase productivity of a fixed area by expending more capital and labor.
  关于农业；倾向于以消耗更多资金和劳动力小面积耕种的。
• 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。
• The conversion of cellulose wastes to animal feed and human food is an intriguing prospect for limiting environmental pollution and for feeding the world 'expending population.
  对于控制环境污染和供应增长着的世界人口的食品来说，将纤维素废料转化为动物饲料和人类食物有着诱人的前景。
• BUT I argued that I was expending my talent overseas.
  我反驳我是在国外展现我的才能。
• Not giving or expending freely; sparing.
  节俭的，节省的不随便施舍或花费的；节俭的。
• 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。
• To Analyse Simply on the Effects of Fuel Oil Taxation for Private Cars Expending
  浅析燃油税的征收对私人轿车消费的影响