If you give up exercise, your muscles shrink and fat increases. By the same token, if you expend more energy you will lose fat.

如果你放弃锻炼，肌肉就会萎缩，脂肪会增多。同样地，如果你消耗较多的体能，你就会减掉脂肪。

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I think it is safe to say that very few students expend the effort to do quality work in school.

我认为有把握这么说，几乎没有学生能在学校用心读书。

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This is because of all the energy they expend to make the equipment to catch animals—the enzymes, the pumps, and so on.

这是因为他们为制造捕获动物的设备而花费的所有能量——酶、泵等。

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"The blunt reality is that there will be dwindling appetite and patience in the US Congress -- and in the American body politic writ large -- to expend increasingly precious funds on behalf of nations that are apparently unwilling to devote the necessary resources or make the necessary changes to be serious and capable partners in their own defense."

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It doesn't have to expend as much energy, therefore, the majority in this case is right.

能量输出较少，因此，这一次，多数派是正确的。

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The reversible process is going to be colder because it has to expend more energy.

可逆过程降温更多,因为输出的能量更多。

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Absent any profit motive, the government typically finds itself incompetent and lacking the incentive to expend the effort necessary to meet consumer demands and concerns.

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So why do celebrity chefs, dentists, and traders from Wall Street cough up the cash and expend the energy to come compete in a barbecue contest?

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The Gruets expend much effort getting their wines into Santa Fe restaurants, figuring on word-of-mouth tourist advertising.

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