expend

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expend 是什么意思

中文释义

vt. 花费, 消耗, 用光

英文释义

v use up, consume fully

v pay out

expend 的真实例句

以下例句摘自真实英文文章，看看 expend 在自然语境里怎么用：

The extra training would be beneficial for it would cost little (no need to expend behavioral energy).

—— Good Sleep, Good Learning (2012)

You are less likely to expend those extra calories.

—— Good Sleep, Good Learning (2012)

If fish are swimming more and traveling longer distances, they might be wasting precious energy they could be expending on more useful tasks, like foraging.

—— Cocaine Pollution Seems to Make Salmon Swim Faster and Farther Than Usual. Scientists Don't Know the Long-Term Consequences

If Bryant defeats the Black Knight on any difficulty other than advanced, the Black Knight chides him for wanting an ending but expending too little effort.

—— Dark Castle

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