So when we feed the python a ground, cooked steak we find that the energy expended on digestion assimilation has decreased by 24% compared to the intact, raw steak.我們發現消化攪碎后的熟牛排所消耗的能量，比消化未加工的生牛排所消耗的能量少24%。

expend on消耗在

Large sums were expended on model farms.

大宗金錢費于建設模范農場。

Don't expend all your energy on such a useless job.

不要把你的精力全花在這無益的工作上。

compared to與 ... 相比

Teachers are often compared to burning candles.

人們總是把老師比喻為燃燒的蠟燭。

Life is poetically compared to the morning dew.

在詩歌中，人生被比喻為朝露。

they're costly in terms of energy.它們消耗的能量較多

in terms of用…的話,以…的措辭,在…方面,從…方面(來說),以…表示,根據,按照

In term of money, he's quite rich, but not in term of happiness.

就錢來說他很富有，但就幸福來說就不然了。

The figures are expressed in terms of a percentage/in percentage terms.

那些數字是以百分數表示的。