Expend

(v. t.) 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.

(v. i.) To be laid out, used, or consumed.

(v. i.) To pay out or disburse money.

校对:威拉德

• All that he has of certainty will be expended when he is fully equipped. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• In this case, chemical action is expended in heat rather than in the production of electricity and the liquid becomes hot. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• The money was not paid to them directly, but was expended judiciously and for their benefit. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• He started a lawsuit at once to recover the sums he had expended, and judgment was given against Gutenberg, commanding that he should pay what he had borrowed, together with interest. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• This of itself was a subject of much importance and a vast amount of research and labor was expended upon it. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• Are you certain that you can afford to part with so much money, and that it is right that it should be so expended? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• The original estimate for the Liverpool and Manchester Railway was ￡300,000, but the amount expended on the works at the time of opening was nearly ￡800,000. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
• One night I was sitting in the chimney corner with my slate, expending great efforts on the production of a letter to Joe. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• This is because water, in flowing from place to place, expends force in overcoming the friction of the pipes and the resistance of the air. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.

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