- The verb expend means to use. If you expend all your energy raking the leaves, you may be too tired to play hockey afterwards. Better pace yourself — you'll never get all of the leaves on the ground, after all.
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- vt. 花费；消耗
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1. She expended all her efforts on the care of home and children.
她把所有精力都花在照顾家庭和孩子上。
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2. 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.
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3. They expend all their strength in trying to climb out.
他们费尽全力想爬出来.
ex·pend / ɪkˈspend ; NAmE ɪkˈspend / verb expendsth (in/on sb) | expendsth (in/on/doing sth) ( formal) to use or spend a lot of time, money, energy, etc. 花费；消费；耗费 ◆ She expended all her efforts on the care of home and children. 她把所有精力都花在照顾家庭和孩子上。 expend expends expended expending ex·pend / ɪkˈspend ; NAmE ɪkˈspend /
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