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单词 expendable
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
ex•pend•a•ble /ɪkˈspɛndəbəl/USA pronunciation   adj. 
  1. capable of being spent or expended:The city has a million dollars of expendable funds for street repair.
  2. not worth keeping or maintaining:Lives must be saved, but the equipment is expendable.

n. [countable]
  1. Usually, expendables. [plural] an expendable person or thing.
ex•pend•a•bil•i•ty /ɪkˌspɛndəˈbɪlɪti/USA pronunciation  n. [uncountable]See -pend-.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
ex•pend•a•ble  (ik spen′də bəl),USA pronunciation adj. 
  1. capable of being expended.
  2. (of an item of equipment or supply) consumed in use or not reusable.
  3. considered to be not worth keeping or maintaining.
  4. Military(of personnel, equipment, or supplies) capable of being sacrificed in order to accomplish a military objective.

n. 
  1. Usually, expendables. an expendable person or thing.
  • expend + -able 1795–1805
ex•pend′a•bil′i•ty, n. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
expendable /ɪkˈspɛndəbəl/ adj
  1. that may be expended or used up
  2. able to be sacrificed to achieve an objective, esp a military one
 n
  1. something that is expendable

exˌpendaˈbility n
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