英语词汇“expend”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

expendexpend /ɪkˈspɛnd/ verb [transitive] formal

ETYMOLOGYexpend

Origin: 1400-1500 Latin expendere to weigh out, pay, from pendere to weigh

VERB TABLE

expend

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	expend
	he, she, it	expends
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	expended
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have expended
	he, she, it	has expended
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had expended
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will expend
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have expended

Continuous Form
Present	I	am expending
	he, she, it	is expending
	you, we, they	are expending
Past	I, he, she, it	was expending
	you, we, they	were expending
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been expending
	he, she, it	has been expending
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been expending
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be expending
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been expending

to use money, time, energy, etc. to do something: Manufacturers have expended a lot of time and effort trying to improve computer security.expend something on something Billions of dollars have been expended on research.