expend
[ɪk'spɛnd]
vt. 花费, 消耗,

1. I had expended much time on the work but they told me it's useless.
   花很件，却告。
2. The soldiers expended all their ammunition in that fight.
   士兵那场战斗尽弹。
3. He lived high and expended largely.
   活讲究，花费很。

expend
[ verb ]

1. use up, consume fully

<verb.consumption> use
The legislature expended its time on school questions

2. pay out

<verb.possession> drop spend
spend money

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.

If my death might make this island happy . . .
I would expend it with all willingness. --Shak.


Expend \Ex*pend"\, v. i.
1. To be laid out, used, or consumed.

2. To pay out or disburse money.

They go elsewhere to enjoy and to expend. --Macaulay
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