英语词汇“expendable”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	expendable
释义	ex·pend·able I. \ikˈspendəbəl, (ˈ)ek\|s-\ adjective : that may be expended: as a. : normally used up or consumed in service < such expendable supplies as pencils, ink, and paper > b. : more economically replaced than rescued, salvaged, or protected; specifically : sacrificed according to plan in order to accomplish a military mission < in a war anything can be expendable — money or gasoline or equipment or most usually men — W.L.White > II. noun (-s) : one that is expendable — usually used in plural < when an army is retreating, a small force is left behind to cover the retreat and be sacrificed to the enemy: they are expendables — Drew Pearson >
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