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| 释义 | DEFINITIVE EXAMPLES 权威例句〔BIG〕Enormous sums of money were spent on the construction of the Channel Tunnel. 英吉利海峡隧道的建造耗费了大量资金。朗文写作活用〔COST〕The Department of Education estimates that it will cost $17 billion to build the new schools. 教育部估算，建新校舍要耗费170亿美元。朗文写作活用〔GUESS〕The cost of the war was put at more than $10 billion. 这场战争的耗费估计超过100亿美元。朗文写作活用〔PROGRESS/MAKE PROGRESS〕The project was eating up time and money and seemed to be getting nowhere fast. 该计划耗费大量的时间和金钱，但似乎毫无进展。朗文写作活用〔USE〕We expend a lot of effort every day upon quite pointless activities. 我们每天都在完全无意义的事情上耗费不少精力。朗文写作活用〔absorb〕It might help if campaigning didn't absorb so much time and money.如果竞选活动没耗费这么多的时间和金钱，情况或许还不会这么糟。柯林斯高阶〔absorb〕The new proposals would absorb $80 billion of the federal budget.这些新提案将耗费 800 亿元联邦政府预算。牛津高阶〔and〕The project is becoming more and more expensive.这个项目越来越耗费金钱。韦氏高阶〔breakage〕The hotel allows ￡150 a year for breakages.旅馆每年拨150英镑作为杯盘碗碟等的损耗费用。英汉大词典〔burn〕To exhaust oneself or one's resources by leading a hectic or extravagant life.耗费精力：通过令人兴奋的或奢侈的生活来耗尽某人的精力或财力美国传统〔business〕Coastal defence is a costly business.海防事务很耗费资财。柯林斯高阶〔capital-intensive〕The company was not in a financial position to take on another capital-intensive project.公司没有财务能力再承担一个耗费巨资的项目。外研社新世纪〔comparable〕They have 50 per cent better fuel consumption than comparable models.它们的燃料耗费比同类型号省50%。外研社新世纪〔considerable〕Doing it properly makes considerable demands on our time.把这事做好要耗费我们相当多的时间。柯林斯高阶〔considerable〕The project wasted a considerable amount of time and money.那项工程耗费了相当多的时间和资金。牛津高阶〔consume〕A smaller vehicle will consume less fuel.汽车小耗费燃料也少。朗文当代〔costly〕These teaching methods are too costly in terms of staff resources.这些教学方法需要耗费太多的师资。牛津搭配〔costly〕This process is costly in computer time.这个过程要耗费大量的计算机时间。牛津搭配〔cost〕Composition of this kind cost him effort.这样的创作着实令他耗费心神。外研社新世纪〔cost〕I felt a need to please people, whatever the cost in time and energy.我感到一定要使人们满意，耗费多少时间和精力都在所不惜。牛津高阶〔cost〕I felt a need to please people, whatever the cost in time and energy.我觉得需要让大家满意，耗费多少时间和精力都在所不惜。牛津搭配〔cost〕The hospital will cost an estimated £2 million to build.修建这座医院估计要耗费 200 万英镑。牛津高阶〔decommission〕It would cost $300 million to decommission the nuclear installation.关闭这个核设施需耗费3亿美元。剑桥高阶〔demanding〕Factory work can be physically demanding.工厂的工作可能十分耗费体力。韦氏高阶〔devour〕Military expenditures devoured more than 40 percent of that country's national revenues.军费耗费了那个国家总收入的40%。英汉大词典〔draft〕His long illness was a draft on his resources.久病耗费了他不少钱。英汉大词典〔drain〕Military spending is a huge drain on the country's resources.军费开支是对国家资源的巨大耗费。牛津高阶〔eat into〕Responsibilities at home and work eat into his time.家庭和工作的双重负担耗费了他的时间。柯林斯高阶〔effort〕He has put a lot of effort into it.他在这件事上耗费了很多精力。外研社新世纪〔effort〕The sheer physical effort of shopping is a burden to most of us.单单购物所耗费的体力对我们大多数人来说就是个负担。麦克米伦高阶〔effort〕The use of physical or mental energy to do something; exertion.努力：耗费精神或体力来做某事；费劲美国传统〔effort〕These nouns refer to the expenditure of physical or mental energy to accomplish something.这些名词表示为完成某事而耗费体力或精力。美国传统〔emancipated〕More and more in these emancipated days, we find ourselves performing a complex balancing act between family and work.在这些获得了解放的日子里, 我们越来越多地把精力耗费在处理家庭生活和工作的平衡这一复杂的问题上。外研社新世纪〔entertain〕The company had incurred $37,000 in expenses entertaining a client.该公司耗费了37000美元招待一位客户。麦克米伦高阶〔exert〕He didn't want to exert himself on such a hot day.他不想在这种大热天里耗费体力。麦克米伦高阶〔expenditure〕This study represents a major expenditure of time and effort.这项研究意味着要耗费大量的时间和精力。牛津高阶〔expend〕We've already expended too much energy on this project.我们在这个项目上已经耗费了太多精力。麦克米伦高阶〔expense〕They spared no expense in building the house.他们耗费巨资修建了这所房子。韦氏高阶〔get-up〕A lot of effort has been put into the book's get-up.这本书的制作装订耗费了很多功夫。外研社新世纪〔give〕I gave up my weekend to help him paint his apartment.我耗费了一个周末帮他粉刷寓所。牛津高阶〔great〕The building was restored at great expense.这个楼房的修复耗费了大量资金。韦氏高阶〔handwork〕She wore a beaded dress that required many hours of handwork.她身穿一件耗费许多时间手工缝制的、缀着珠子的连衣裙。韦氏高阶〔heavy〕Tanks are heavy on fuel and destructive to roads.坦克要耗费大量的燃料，而且会破坏道路。柯林斯高阶〔high maintenance〕Small gardens can be high maintenance.小花园可能需要耗费很多精神打理。柯林斯高阶〔if〕They cost thousands if not millions of pounds to build.建设要耗费数千英镑，甚至可能是数百万英镑。牛津高阶〔inordinate〕Keeping secrets consumes inordinate amounts of energy.保守秘密需要耗费极大的精力。外研社新世纪〔insubstantial〕The project had already cost a not insubstantial amount of money.该项目已耗费了不菲的资金。外研社新世纪〔intellectual〕He has written seven thrillers, and clearly enjoys intellectual pursuits.他已经创作了七部恐怖小说, 并且显然很享受耗费脑力的活动。外研社新世纪〔labor-intensive〕The manufacturing process is labor-intensive and expensive.这个生产过程耗费大量劳力和金钱。韦氏高阶〔man-hour〕The restoration took almost 4,000 man-hours over four years.修复工作历时4年，耗费近4,000工时。柯林斯高阶〔mood〕I'm not in the mood for a long discussion about this.我不想耗费太多时间讨论这个问题。外研社新世纪〔nothing〕It will take an extraordinary amount of time and effort, to say nothing of the cost.这将耗费大量的时间和人力, 更不用说成本了。外研社新世纪〔parting〕The divorce was a bitter parting that cost him financially as well as emotionally.离婚是苦涩的离别，他不但花费了金钱，也耗费了情感。牛津搭配〔per capita〕Ethiopia has almost the lowest oil consumption per capita in the world.埃塞俄比亚的人均石油耗费量几乎是全世界最低的。柯林斯高阶〔per〕Buses and trains use much less fuel per person than cars.公共汽车和火车的人均燃料耗费量比轿车小得多。柯林斯高阶〔phantom〕He spent years chasing the phantoms of fame and fortune.他耗费了多年光阴追求渺茫的名利。韦氏高阶〔physically〕The work is physically demanding (= you have to work hard in a way that makes your body tired).这项工作非常耗费体力。剑桥高阶〔pitching〕I feel very sorry for the competitors who have all worked themselves up to a very high pitch for this first day.我为第一天就已耗费相当大体力的参赛者感到非常惋惜。柯林斯高阶〔push〕To expend great or vigorous effort.努力：耗费巨大的或充满活力的努力美国传统〔real time〕The time required for a computer to solve a problem, measured from the time data are fed in to the time a solution is received.实时：计算机解决问题所耗费的时间，即从数据进入计算机至接收到结果为止美国传统〔retooling〕Retooling, or recasting new toy moulds, is a slow and expensive process.更换机器或者重新铸造新的玩具模具都是一个耗费时间和财力的过程。柯林斯高阶〔run down〕Turn off the radio so you don't run down the batteries.把收音机关掉就不会耗费电池了。韦氏高阶〔soak up〕This project is soaking up resources that could be used elsewhere.这个项目正在大量耗费本可以用于其他地方的资源。韦氏高阶〔spectacular〕A single dramatic production of unusual length or lavishness.豪华节目：耗费巨资、时间漫长的一个戏剧的制作美国传统〔sport〕He sported the whole afternoon before the TV.他把整整一下午的时间全都耗费在看电视上了。21世纪英汉〔such〕Large and important projects such as this one often take years to develop.类似这样的重大项目往往要耗费数年时间来建设。麦克米伦高阶〔swallow up〕A seven-day TV ad campaign could swallow up the best part of £50,000.7 天的电视广告宣传可能会耗费约 5 万英镑。柯林斯高阶〔swallow up〕His wages were swallowed up by his wine bills.他的工资全都耗费在了喝酒上。21世纪英汉〔take〕The extra duties took up most of my time.额外工作耗费了我绝大部分时间美国传统〔task〕All this effort put into a fruitless task leaves us unable to sleep, or control our temper, or concentrate.我们在这项艰难的工作上耗费了那么多心血却一无所获, 这让我们睡不着觉, 情绪失控, 精神也无法集中。外研社新世纪〔tax〕He only has to read a short report - it shouldn't tax him too much.他只需读一篇简短的报告——这应该不会耗费他太多精力的。剑桥高阶〔tax〕It will be a heavy tax on my time.这要耗费我许多时间。英汉大词典〔tax〕The problem taxed me severely.问题严重地耗费我精神。牛津同义词〔three-fourths〕Government expenditures absorbed nearly three-fourths of the national income.政府开支耗费了将近 3/4 的国民收入。柯林斯高阶〔time〕It's not worth your time and energy.这不值得你耗费时间和精力。韦氏高阶〔unholy〕They have spent an unholy amount of money on the project.他们已在这个项目上耗费了一大笔资金。韦氏高阶〔use up〕It isn't them who use up the world's resources.并不是他们把全球的资源耗费殆尽的。外研社新世纪〔use〕In anaerobic respiration, sugar is broken down to lactic acid without the use of oxygen.在无氧呼吸中，糖会在不耗费氧气的情况下，被分解为乳酸。剑桥高阶〔use〕It isn't them who use up the world's resources.并不是他们把全球的资源耗费殆尽的。柯林斯高阶〔wastage〕The gradual process of wasting.耗费：浪费的渐进过程美国传统〔work〕Getting my PhD took a lot of work, but it was worth it.拿博士学位耗费了我大量精力，但这是值得的。韦氏高阶〔worthwhile〕Sufficiently valuable or important to be worth one's time, effort, or interest.值得的：非常有用的或重要的而值得耗费时间、投入力量或引发兴趣的美国传统A big old car like that eats up (= uses a lot of) petrol.像那样的又大又旧的汽车会耗费很多汽油。剑桥国际Arranging a trip abroad is a time-consuming business.安排出国旅行是件耗费时间的事情。剑桥国际Building a dam would be a use of financial resources which this country cannot afford.建造一座大坝将耗费的财源这个国家承受不起。剑桥国际He only has to read a short report--it shouldn't tax him unduly.他只需读一篇简短的报告----这不会耗费他太多精力的。剑桥国际Industrialised countries are using the earth's resources at a terrifying rate.工业化国家正以可怕的速度耗费着地球上的资源。剑桥国际It costs a pretty penny to keep a car nowadays because of the high price of petrol. 由于汽油价格高，现在拥有一辆汽车要耗费一大笔钱。译典通It is estimated that it will cost about￡2 million to repair the damage to the factory that was caused by the fire.预计修复火灾给工厂造成的损失要耗费两百万英镑。剑桥国际It would cost $300 million to decommission the nuclear installation.撤除核装置将耗费3亿美元。剑桥国际One of the big arguments in favour of public transport is that is cuts down on fuel wastage.赞成公共交通的一个重大理由是能够减少燃料耗费。剑桥国际She tentatively ventured (= said riskily) the opinion that the project would be too expensive to complete.她试探着大胆地发表意见说，完成那个项目将耗费太多资本。剑桥国际Such projects consume 20% of the country's budget.这样的项目耗费 20% 的国家预算。牛津商务The holiday made a (large) hole in our savings but I'm glad we went.假期耗费了我们的大量存款，但我很高兴我们去度了假。剑桥国际The new proposals would absorb $80 million of the federal budget.这项新建议将耗费 8000 万元的联邦预算。牛津商务The projected (= planned) extension to the motorway is going to cost over ￡4 million.高速公路的计划扩建将要耗费4百多万英镑。剑桥国际The training programme proved to be a huge drain on the company's resources.证明了这项培训计划是对公司资源的巨大耗费。牛津商务You have all invested significant amounts of time and energy in making this project the success that it is.你们都为这个项目达到现在的成功水平耗费了大量的时间和精力。剑桥国际 |
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