expend meaning in Chinese
vt.
1.使用，花费(金钱、劳力、时间等)；用光，耗尽。
2.【航海】把(暂时不用的绳)绕在桅杆上。
vi.
〔罕用语〕花钱。 expend time [money] in [on] 把时间[金钱]花费在…上。 ★ expend 与 spend 是同义词，“花钱”普通用spend money。
Examples
- They had expended all their capital on equipment .
他们将所有资本用于设备。 - They had expended all their ammunition .
他们的弹药已尽。 - Every bit of mechanical energy expended reappears as heat .
所消耗的每一点机械能都再现为热能。 - The body expends energy .
人体要消耗能量。 - I expended my gifts there in pleasing the gentiles,
我在那里浪费了我的天赋，去博取那些异教徒的欢欣。