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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-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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I'm afraid I can't agree with you. That's a good way of giving information, but it's not a good way of persuading people. For one thing, it's boring, and people aren't going to read an ad that looks boring. For another thing, one computer looks very like
恐怕我不能同意你的意见。那是个通报信息的好办法，但并非是使人信服的好办法。一是它很乏味，人们是不会去读一则看起来很乏味的广告的。其次，计算机彼此都很相像。人们不会记住产品的名字的。
He was on his way to a lecture, when a tourist stopped him and asked him for directions.
他走在去听课的路上，此时一位游客拦住他问路。
I always carry matches with me at such times and I tore out the pages of the first chapter of the book I was reading to get the fire going.
在这样的时候我身上总是带着火柴的，为了让火堆燃下去，我从我正在看的那本书的第一章撕下几页。