expend

cost, expend, spend, take, pay

• he pays me fifty yuan a week．
  他每周给我五十元的报酬。

• he has paid for the meal．
  他已付了那顿饭的钱。

• my father paid 40 pounds for the desk．
  我父亲花了40英磅买了这张书桌。

动词 expend:

1. use up, consume fully
   同义词：use
2. pay out
   同义词：spend, drop

1. The act of expending.
   花费花费的行为
2. He lived high and expended largely.
   他生活讲究，花费很大。
3. The soldiers expended all their ammunition in that fight.
   士兵在那场战斗中用尽了所有的弹药。
4. I had expended much time on the work but they told me it's useless.
   我花了很多时间在这件工作上，他们却告诉我说这是无用的。

ex.pend

v.tr.（及物动词）
ex.pend.ed,ex.pend.ing,ex.pends
To lay out; spend:
用钱；花费：
例句：
expending tax revenues on government operations.See Synonyms at spend
把税收款用于政府运行上参见 spend

To use up; consume:
用光；耗尽：
例句：
.Every effort seemed to expend her spirit`s force.(George Meredith)
.每一次努力看上去都耗尽了她的精神力量.(乔治·梅雷迪恩)

来源：
Middle English expenden
中古英语 expenden
from Latin expendere [to pay out]
源自 拉丁语 expendere [付钱]
ex- [ex-]
ex- [前缀，表.出自….]
pendere [to weigh] * see (s)pen-
pendere [掂量] *参见 (s)pen-