Expend
[ iks'pend ]
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vt. 花费;耗尽;用光;
📝 例句
expend profusely; also used with abstract nouns.
大量地支出；也可后跟抽象名词。
expend time, effort and money on a project
在一项目上花费时间、 精力和金钱.
To pay out, as from a fund;expend.
支出，支付支出，如从一笔资金；花费
To use, consume, spend, or expend thoughtlessly or carelessly.
浪费不考虑地或不仔细地使用、消费、花费或开销
Don't expend all your energy on such a useless job.
不要把你的精力全花在这无益的工作上。
🌱 联想助记
【串】你expend(花费)的expense(费用)太expensive(昂贵)了
【记】※ ex-拼音“恶心”,pen-钢笔,d-似“行李箱”:这恶心的钢笔用光了一行李箱的钱
※ e-拼音“鹅”,x-罗马数字“10”,pen-钢笔,d-拼音“的”:鹅的消费是10只钢笔
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🔴 反义词
🔤 词根
-pend-表示“悬挂”
常见变体有-pens-
📖 牛津释义
expend
v[Tn, Tn.pr]
~ sth (on/upon sth/doing sth) (fml 文)
1 spend, use (money, etc) in doing sth 花费, 使用（钱等）做某事
expend time, effort and money on a project 在一项目上花费时间、 精力和金钱.
2 use (sth) up; exhaust 用光（某物）; 耗尽
expend all one's ammunition, stores, fuel 用尽所有的弹药、 储备、 燃料.
🎯 考研助记
pens(花费)： dis(分开)+pens(花费)+able(形缀):分开花出去， 可分配的 ex(外)+pens(花费)+e:花费出去了即 花费 支出 com(一起)+pens(花费)+ate(使):一起使其花费即要求 补偿 pens(花费)+ion(名缀):现在花费的钱是为了将来的 养老金
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Today Native Americans express their anger over this business deal.
今天，美国的土著人对这桩买卖仍然愤愤不平。
Annie was among the first to realize that blind people never know their hidden strength until they are treated like normal human beings.
盲人只有受到同正常人一样的待遇时，才能知道自己蕴藏的力量，安妮就是其中一位最先有此种认识的人。
She didn't visit her step-mother much, though I believe that they used to speak on the phone from time to time.
她不常看望她的继母，虽然，我相信她们过去时不进在电话里聊一聊。