expending

1. VERB 花费;耗费
   To expend something, especially energy, time, or money, means to use it or spend it.
   1. Children expend a lot of energy and may need more high-energy food than adults.
      孩子们消耗很多能量，可能比成年人需要更多高能量的食物。

1. I really thought it would work, and possibly even save a lot of time and money over what we had been expending on similar projects in the past.
   我以为这种方法会奏效，甚至相比我们之前在类似项目上的投入，我认为这种方法可以节省大量时间和资金。
2. The conversion of cellulose wastes to animal feed and human food is an intriguing prospect for limiting environmental pollution and for feeding the world 'expending population.
   对于控制环境污染和供应增长着的世界人口的食品来说，将纤维素废料转化为动物饲料和人类食物有着诱人的前景。
3. The goal of optimizing the delivery of services is quite simple: provide the best service while expending as few resources as possible.
   优化服务交付的目标是很简单的：就是提供最好的服务，同时尽可能减少资源消耗。
4. Without known consumer requirements, it may be difficult to provide correct functionality and there is a danger of expending development and testing effort to produce operations that will not be used.
   如果不知道使用者需求，则可能很难提供正确的功能，因此就有可能存在将开发和测试工作浪费在提供将不会使用的操作上的风险。
5. While this doesn't hold true for every single situation, it's a good principle to keep in mind. There are probably some areas in your life where you're expending a lot of effort for negligible results.
   尽管这一原理不是在任何条件下都能成立的，但是的确值得你牢记，因为在你生活中的某些方面，你可能就花了大力气却只得到了微不足道的成果。
6. He and his colleagues then pulled data from the diaries about how many hours the women were spending in various activities, how many calories they likely were expending in each of those tasks, and how the activities and associated energy expenditures changed over the years.
   接下来，阿彻博士和同事们开始从这些日记中提取信息，以确定美国女性在各项家务上花费的时间、消耗的热量以及这么多年来这些家务和与之相关的能量消耗有了怎样的变化。
7. Nokia weathered criticism from investors that it was expending too much effort on high-end smartphones while its rival ate into its lucrative business selling expensive 'dumb' phones to upwardly mobile people around the world.
   他们说，在竞争对手侵蚀其颇为赚钱的业务、向全球社会经济地位不断提高的用户销售昂贵的傻瓜手机时，诺基亚却在高端智能手机上花费了太多的精力。
8. The more you practice expending your mental energy wisely, the more it will become a habit.
   在如何明智地投放精力方面练习得越多，就越能习惯成自然。
9. You will be expending a lot of energy, though, so you may want to find regular ways to dispel tension.
   然而，你将会花费大量的精力，所以你可能会想要找出一个有规律的方法来缓解压力。
10. A scientific researcher who is concurrently a teacher should get higher pay, because he is expending greater labour.
    假如科研人员兼任教师，待遇还应当提高一点，因为付出的劳动更多嘛。
11. The next is, never to anticipate uncertain profits by expending them before they are secured.
    第三条原则就是在无法预料的金钱到手之前，永远不要动用自己的存款。
12. They involved heavy sacrifices by the Greek people, battling a public administration clearly inadequate for the task; and expending of political capital by a government pitted against a populist opposition.
    其中包含着希腊民众做出的重大牺牲，与明显不能胜任此项任务的公共管理部门相较；而与走民粹主义路线的反对派对垒的政府则耗费了政治资本。
13. Of agriculture; intended to increase productivity of a fixed area by expending more capital and labor.
    关于农业；倾向于以消耗更多资金和劳动力小面积耕种的。
14. Research on the City Water Expending Pricing Model based on the Water Security Idea
    水安全思想约束下的城市水消费定价模式研究
15. Expending mental energy on stuff wastes time.
    花费心力在材料上是浪费时间。
16. Useless or profitless activity; using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly.
    无益的活动；毫无节制的消费行为。
17. Expending energy on a project.
    在某一项目上花费精力。
18. To Analyse Simply on the Effects of Fuel Oil Taxation for Private Cars Expending
    浅析燃油税的征收对私人轿车消费的影响
19. Not giving or expending freely; sparing.
    节俭的，节省的不随便施舍或花费的；节俭的。
20. And foreign investors will think twice before expending time and money in lengthy negotiations only to see state-sanctioned deals crumble before their eyes.
    而外国投资者在旷日持久的谈判上耗费时间和金钱，结果只是眼睁睁地看着政府批准的交易流产，他们今后会三思而行。
21. Expending our cooperation in science and technology can be one of your greatest gifts to the future.
    在科技领域里扩大我们的合作可以成为你们献给未来的最大礼物。
22. Subterranean data centers may keep computer equipment cool while expending less energy than conventional designs.
    地下数据中心的电脑设备可能会保持冷静，同时消耗更少的能源，比传统设计。
23. It is Europe that traditionally wants such summits and dialogues and often has to beg China to get them, expending what little leverage it has on the process rather than on substance.
    欧洲一向希望举行这样的峰会和对话，为此常常不得不恳求中国，将微不足道的一点影响力耗费在过程、而非实质内容上。
24. In this article we show that the contradiction of saving searching cost and the stimulation of expending searching cost is one of important factors of the evolution of market structure.
    本文试图说明，对搜寻费用的节约以及对搜寻费用支出的激励之间的矛盾将是决定市场竞争结构演进的重要因素之一。
25. They are expending enormous amounts of money; they have a huge diplomatic presence across the Pacific, she said.
    他们正在投入数额巨额资金，他们在整个太平洋地区建立了庞大的外交关系网，她表示。
26. You are expending your plant.
    贵公司在扩厂。
27. Expending tax revenues on government operations.
    把税收款用于政府运行上。
28. BUT I argued that I was expending my talent overseas.
    我反驳我是在国外展现我的才能。
29. Now, the company is expending its heat transfer business in China and look for talents for the positions.
    现在公司在开拓其热交换器在中国的业务，需职位：有意者请将简历寄至本公司。
30. The other is those who are working and searching in some areas, keeping expending their knowledge, like you.
    另一种是那些正在工作岗位上并在某个领域持续不断地探索的，一直拓展知识的人，就像他。

noun

1. the act of spending money for goods or services

   Synonym:    expenditure