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

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。
They are expending enormous amounts of money; they have a huge diplomatic presence across the Pacific, she said.
他们正在投入数额巨额资金，他们在整个太平洋地区建立了庞大的外交关系网，她表示。
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。
Without known consumer requirements, it may be difficult to provide correct functionality and there is a danger of expending development and testing effort to produce operations that will not be used.
如果不知道使用者需求，则可能很难提供正确的功能，因此就有可能存在将开发和测试工作浪费在提供将不会使用的操作上的风险。
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。
It is Europe that traditionally wants such summits and dialogues and often has to beg China to get them, expending what little leverage it has on the process rather than on substance.
欧洲一向希望举行这样的峰会和对话，为此常常不得不恳求中国，将微不足道的一点影响力耗费在过程、而非实质内容上。
You are expending your plant.
贵公司在扩厂。
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。
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。
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。