expend 音标拼音: [ɪksp'ɛnd]
vt . 花费,消耗,支出
花费,消耗,支出
expend v 1 :
use up ,
consume fully ; "
The legislature expended its time on school questions " [
synonym : {
use }, {
expend }]
2 :
pay out ; "
spend money " [
synonym : {
spend }, {
expend }, {
drop }]
Expend \
Ex *
pend "\,
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Expended };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Expending }.] [
L .
expendere ,
expensum ,
to weigh out ,
pay out ,
lay out ,
lay out ;
ex out pendere to weigh .
See {
Poise },
and cf . {
Spend }.]
To lay out ,
apply ,
or employ in any way ;
to consume by use ;
to use up or distribute ,
either in payment or in donations ;
to spend ;
as ,
they expend money for food or in charity ;
to expend time labor ,
and thought ;
to expend hay in feeding cattle ,
oil in a lamp ,
water in mechanical operations .
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If my death might make this island happy . . .
I would expend it with all willingness . --
Shak .
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Expend \
Ex *
pend "\,
v .
i .
1 .
To be laid out ,
used ,
or consumed .
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2 .
To pay out or disburse money .
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They go elsewhere to enjoy and to expend . --
Macaulay .
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75 Moby Thesaurus words for "
expend ":
ablate ,
absorb ,
assimilate ,
bestow ,
bleed white ,
blow ,
budget ,
burn up ,
consecrate to ,
consume ,
cost ,
cost out ,
dedicate to ,
deplete ,
devote ,
digest ,
disburse ,
disbursement ,
dish out ,
dispense ,
dissipate ,
distribute ,
drain ,
drain of resources ,
eat ,
eat up ,
employ ,
erode ,
exhaust ,
expenditure ,
finish ,
finish off ,
fork out ,
give ,
give over to ,
give to ,
go ,
go through ,
gobble ,
gobble up ,
impoverish ,
incur costs ,
ingest ,
invest ,
lay out ,
lose ,
open the purse ,
outlay ,
pass ,
pay ,
pay out ,
put in ,
put out ,
run through ,
sap ,
schedule ,
shell out ,
sink money in ,
spend ,
spill ,
splurge ,
squander ,
suck dry ,
swallow ,
swallow up ,
throw money around ,
use ,
use up ,
wash up ,
waste ,
waste away ,
wear away ,
while ,
while away ,
wile
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