expend
의미: To use up or spend money, resources, time, or effort, especially in significant or carefully considered quantities.
Expend is more formal than 'spend' and implies a purposeful allocation of resources. One expends energy on a project, expends funds on infrastructure, or expends political capital on an unpopular cause. The word often carries an implicit question of whether the expenditure is justified. The related noun 'expenditure' is ubiquitous in financial and government reporting. 'Expendable' (able to be sacrificed or used up) is a common derivative.
예문
- The department expended over twelve million pounds on consultancy fees during the last financial year. 该部门在上一财年在咨询费上花费了超过一千二百万英镑。El departamento gastó más de doce millones de libras en honorarios de consultoría durante el último ejercicio fiscal.同省は前会計年度にコンサルティング報酬として1,200万ポンド以上を費やした。해당 부서는 지난 회계연도에 컨설팅 비용으로 1,200만 파운드 이상을 지출했다.
- A considerable amount of energy was expended in negotiating the terms of the trade agreement. 在谈判贸易协定条款的过程中消耗了大量精力。Se empleó una cantidad considerable de energía en negociar los términos del acuerdo comercial.貿易協定の条件交渉にかなりのエネルギーが費やされた。무역 협정의 조건을 협상하는 데 상당한 에너지가 소모되었다.
- The prime minister was reluctant to expend political capital on a reform that had little public support. 首相不愿在一项缺乏公众支持的改革上消耗政治资本。El primer ministro era reacio a gastar capital político en una reforma que contaba con escaso apoyo público.首相は、国民の支持がほとんどない改革に政治的資本を費やすことに消極的だった。총리는 국민의 지지가 거의 없는 개혁에 정치적 자본을 소모하는 것을 꺼렸다.
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사용 가이드
맥락: professional, politics, academic
어조: neutral
기원과 역사
From Latin expendere (to weigh out, pay out), from ex- (out) + pendere (to weigh). Entered English in the 15th century. Related to 'expense,' 'expenditure,' and 'spend' (which derives from the same root via a shortened form).
문화적 배경
Era: Modern
Generation: All ages
Social background: Universal
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