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
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-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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The Native Americans caught and trained them and were then able to use them to carry their goods when they travelled from one camping ground to another.
美洲土著人捕捉野马，加以驯服。
Their feet were fixed to one bar and their hands to another bar.
他们的脚拴在一根铁杠上，他们的手拴在另外一根铁杆上。
Next Von Frisch thought that bees needed to know more than just the distance to a faraway place.
接着，冯·弗里施认为蜜蜂不仅需要知道到远的喂食点的距离。