English Dictionary

expendable

形容詞

Able to be expended; not inexhaustible. / Designed for a single use; not reusable. / Not essential or mandatory in order to achieve a goal.

日本語の意味

消耗可能である（枯渇する可能性がある）。 / 一度限りの使用を前提として設計され、再利用不可能である。 / 目標達成のために必ずしも必要ではなく、代替可能である。

Only expendable resources were used during the field test.

現地試験では、消耗可能な資源のみが使用された。

意味（1）

Able to be expended; not inexhaustible.

Oil and other expendable resources are frequently the subject of military disputes.

意味（2）

Designed for a single use; not reusable.

The anti-aircraft rocket is fired from an expendable launch platform.

意味（3）

Not essential or mandatory in order to achieve a goal.

The research department was deemed expendable, and its funding was not renewed.

意味（4）

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.

more expendable （ comparative ）

most expendable （ superlative ）