expended
past simple and past participle ofexpend
| 单词 | expended |
| 释义 | expended past simple and past participle ofexpend expend verb[T] formaluk/ɪkˈspend/us/ɪkˈspend/to use orspendtime,effort, ormoney: You expend so mucheffortfor so littlereturn. Governments expend a lot ofresourcesonwar. Using and misusing
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Paying money Examplesofexpendedexpended In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. It is prone to misinterpretation since location is fundamental to measurement (given the energyexpendedon transport). From theCambridge English Corpus The idea of diminishing returns to effortexpendedupon the land became generally accepted in economics. From theCambridge English Corpus Thus, the force distribution created by an activated motile flagellum will be affected by fluid viscoelasticity, as will the hydrodynamic powerexpended. From theCambridge English Corpus The total amount of output produced is determined by the least effortexpendedby any member of the team, which creates a bottleneck. From theCambridge English Corpus During this period the communality and continuity of the community is probably expressed by the effortexpendedon the boundaries that surround the settlement. From theCambridge English Corpus The computing power available per dollarexpendedis currently doubling each 18 months. From theCambridge English Corpus Significant effort has beenexpendedto overcome inherent complexity issues and make the prover efficient. From theCambridge English Corpus Data on man-hours and animal-hoursexpendedon land preparation, weeding and harvesting were collected. From theCambridge English Corpus One respondent described the considerable effort the service hadexpendedto prepare a strategy using management consultants and time-outs. From theCambridge English Corpus Considerable effort has also beenexpendedin compiling an extensive bibliography, which covers the literature from works published in 1806 through to recent 2004 publications. From theCambridge English Corpus This suggests that considerably more labor wasexpendedbuilding elite residential architecture than nonresidential buildings. From theCambridge English Corpus Much effort has beenexpendedto ensure cross-cultural applicability, as well as relevance to both genders and different age groups. From theCambridge English Corpus With such a vital sum of poor relief beingexpendedby the northern religious, his point seems warranted. From theCambridge English Corpus For that reason, considerable research effort has beenexpendedon eigenvalue computation, especially in the context of matrices. From theCambridge English Corpus It appears that, in terms of energyexpended, horses are not appreciably more efficient than humans. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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