expendable
expendable /ɪkˈspɛndəbəl/ nghĩa là có thể tiêu hao, không vô tận
Các nghĩa
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có thể tiêu hao, không vô tận
Able to be expended; not inexhaustible.
Oil and other expendable resources are frequently the subject of military disputes.
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dùng một lần, không tái sử dụng
Designed for a single use; not reusable.
The anti-aircraft rocket is fired from an expendable launch platform.
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không thiết yếu, không bắt buộc
Not essential or mandatory in order to achieve a goal.
The research department was deemed expendable, and its funding was not renewed.
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có thể hy sinh, không đáng giữ lại
Regarded as not worth preserving or saving; able to be sacrificed.
In the internecine rivalries of large corporations, whole departments may become expendable in the execution of one executive's power play.
He was expendable, like commodities past their use.
The Taunton-Minehead line (now managed by the West Somerset Railway) was considered much more expendable.
Dạng khác
- more expendable comparative
- most expendable superlative