ex.pend.a.ble
adj.(形容词)Subject to use or consumption:可消耗的:可消费的或可用的:例句:an expendable source.可消费的源泉
Not worth salvaging or reusing:不值得保存或再用的:例句:expendable rocket boosters.不能再用的助推火箭
Not strictly necessary; dispensable:不必要的:不是必需的;不必要的:例句:an expendable budget item; expendable personnel.不必要的预算项目;冗员
Open to sacrifice in the interests of gaining an objective, especially a military one:可牺牲的:为达到特定目的而可被牺牲的,特别是在战争中:例句:expendable civilian targets.可牺牲的平民目标
n.(名词)Something expendable.消耗物