expend是什么意思

expend中文什么意思

vt.
1.使用，花费(金钱、劳力、时间等)；用光，耗尽。
2.【航海】把(暂时不用的绳)绕在桅杆上。vi.
〔罕用语〕花钱。 expend time [money] in [on] 把时间[金钱]花费在…上。 ★ expend 与 spend 是同义词，“花钱”普通用spend money。

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Much effort has been expended to improve the standard of the forging furnace .
我们也花费了很大力量用以改进锻炉标准。
The whole of a man's income is expended in the purchase of services and of commodities .
个人之全部所得，乃是用来购买劳役和商品的。
They expend the entire amount of their allowance, in subscriptions, under my direction .
他们在我的指导下，把全部的零用钱都捐出去。
The company had expended thousands of dollars on posters and comic books devoted to the subject .
公司为了这个问题花了几千元印刷连环画和招贴画。
In some cases the labor expended on these historical studies was out of proportion to the result achieved .
在某些情况下，花费在这种历史研究的劳动同其所取得的成果很不相称。