spent force

• 过时的人

spent force的用法和样例：

例句

1. He spent two terms misapplying the old foreign policy doctrines of the Cold War to a new security threat and exploiting the old enmities of the Culture Wars to shore up his power.
   他在两个任期内把过时的冷战外交政策误用于新的安全威胁，并利用文化战争的积怨巩固自己的地位。