Word · Frequency #11218
expend
花费；消耗；用尽
to spend or use energy, time, money, etc.
- 1.
To consume, exhaust (some resource).
消耗,耗尽(某种资源)。
消耗,耗尽(某种资源)。；花费；消耗；用光
In use
The project will expend a large amount of energy before it is finished.
We expended most of our savings on the repairs.
The team is expending too much time on this small detail.
expend sth on sth
expend 比 spend 正式，常搭配 time、effort、money、resources 等。
They expended a lot of effort on the project.
他们在那个项目上花费了大量精力。
expend sth in doing sth
in doing sth 强调动作过程；该结构多用于书面语。
She expended considerable energy in preparing the report.
她在准备这份报告时耗费了大量精力。
Verb forms
base expend · third person expends · -ing expending · past expended · past participle expended
expend 是正式动词，指消耗或花费时间、精力、金钱等。
Common mistakes
I expended my pocket money on snacks.I spent my pocket money on snacks.
expend 是正式书面词，常用于消耗精力、资源等；日常花钱或时间更常用 spend，这样表达更自然，意思不变。
The expend of energy on this project was huge.The expenditure of energy on this project was huge.
expend 是动词，不能直接作名词表示“消耗”；这里需要名词 expenditure（或 expense）。把 expend 改为 expenditure 后句子成分才正确。
They expended a lot of effort for solving the problem.They expended a lot of effort in solving the problem.
expend 与 effort 搭配时，表示“在某事上耗费”应用介词 in 或 on，而不用 for；in solving 表示在解决问题的过程中耗费，搭配才正确。
Connections
Collocations
- expend energy
- 消耗能量
- Runners expend a lot of energy during a marathon.马拉松选手在比赛中消耗大量能量。
- expend effort
- 付出努力
- She expended considerable effort on the project.她在这个项目上付出了大量努力。
- expend resources
- 耗费资源
- The company expended its resources on new equipment.公司把资源都花在了新设备上。
- expend time
- 花费时间
- Don't expend too much time on minor details.不要在琐碎的细节上花费太多时间。
- expend money
- 花费金钱
- They expended all their money on the trip.他们把所有的钱都花在了这次旅行上。
- expend calories
Learner notes
Memory Tip
把 spend 的 s 换成 ex（向外），钱花出去了，就是 expend“花费、消耗”。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：formal writing、academic texts、official documents expend 多用于正式或书面语，表示消耗资源、精力、时间等，语气比 spend 更正式；日常口语中通常更常用 spend。
Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词都以 /-end/ 结尾，与 expend 的重读部分 /spend/ 押韵。注意 expand /ɪkˈspænd/ 拼写相似但不押韵，其元音是 /æ/。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.