expending
v. 花费( expend的现在分词 ); 使用(钱等)做某事; 用光; 耗尽
To expend something, especially energy, time, or money, means to use it or spend it.
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. the act of spending money for goods or services
The heart pumps by expending and contracting of muscle.
心脏通过收缩肌肉抽取和放出(血液).
Not giving or expending freely; sparing.
节俭的,节省的不随便施舍或花费的; 节俭的.
You are expending your plant.
贵公司在扩厂.
Our foreign trade expending day by day.
我们的对外贸易日益发展.
A scientific researcher who is concurrently a teacher should get higher pay, because 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.