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

• 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。
• 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。
• Expending our cooperation in science and technology can be one of your greatest gifts to the future.
  在科技领域里扩大我们的合作可以成为你们献给未来的最大礼物。
• 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。
• 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 next is, never to anticipate uncertain profits by expending them before they are secured.
  第三条原则就是在无法预料的金钱到手之前，永远不要动用自己的存款。
• 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。
• 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。
• Research on the City Water Expending Pricing Model based on the Water Security Idea
  水安全思想约束下的城市水消费定价模式研究
• 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。