expend
英 [ɪk'spend; ek-]
美[ɪk'spɛnd]
- vt. 花费；消耗；用光；耗尽
考试真题
- Extreme athletes expend lots of energy breaking down and repairing and building muscles.
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- since 1914, scientists have known that birds flying in formation—a V-shape —expend less energy.
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