耗hou3費fai3

English

1. to waste
2. to spend
3. to consume
4. to squander
5. to costunreviewed?

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 花費金錢unreviewed?

Examples

• 整个过程需要耗费数月。

  The whole process will take months.

  Tatoeba · slo_oth CC BY

• 有關癌症成因的研究耗費頗巨。

  Research on the causes of cancer is very expensive.

  Tatoeba · tsayng CC BY

• 撇開費用不說，建這座橋也會耗費不少的時間。

  Apart from the cost, it will take long to build the bridge.

  Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

• 这意味着对利用能源、耗费资金和制造污染的空调的使用有了大幅增长。

  It means a huge increase in the use of air conditioning which uses energy, which costs money and creates pollution.

  Tatoeba · GlossaMatik CC BY

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  呢個工程耗費近百萬。

  This infrastructure project nearly costs a million.