| 词汇 | spend |
| 释义 | spend verb uk /spend/ us /spend/spent | spent spendverb (MONEY)A2[ I or T ] to give money as a payment for something: 花费;用，花（钱） How much did you spend?你花了多少钱？ I don't know how I managed to spend so much in the club last night.我不知道昨晚在俱乐部怎么会花了这么多钱。 We spent a fortune when we were in New York.我们在纽约花了一大笔钱。 She spends a lot of money on clothes.她在衣服上花销很大。 We've just spent $1.9 million on improving our computer network.我们刚花了190万美元改进我们的计算机网络系统。 We went on a spending spree(= we bought a lot of things) on Saturday.我们周六疯狂购物了一番。 to spend money spendHow much do you intend to spend on a house? payWhen you bought the tickets, how much did you pay? investShe's invested all her savings in the business. pay outI've just paid out £700 to get the car fixed. splurgeWe've just splurged on new kitchen appliances. blowWe won a £15 million settlement in court and we blew it all in six years. It may be fairly cheap to buy, but you've got to take into consideration the money you'll spend on repairs.买它可能很便宜，但你得考虑你要花多少修理费。 The number of staff we can take on will be determined by how much money we're allowed to spend.我们雇用的人数将取决于可支配资金的多少。 I'm meant to be on an economy drive at the moment, so I'm trying not to spend too much.现在我打算勤俭节约，所以正在尽量控制花销。 We are duty bound to justify how we spend our funds.我们有义务把资金使用情况说清楚。 The council has some spare cash which it proposes to spend on public amenities.政务委员会有一些余款，计划用来增添一些公共便利设施。 Paying money 2FA 2SV ante up (something) burn a hole in someone's pocketidiom buying power cost-cutting credit limit fund non-contributory outlay overpaid put someone through something put something on your/someone's card put something towards something run to something self-finance spent splurge sponsor tipper spendverb (TIME)A2[ T ] to use time doing something or being somewhere: 花（时间）;度过 I think we need to spend more time together.我认为我们应该多花些时间在一起。 I spent a lot of time cleaning that room.我花了很长时间打扫那个房间。 I've spent years building up my collection.我花了好多年时间搜集藏品。 I spent an hour at the station waiting for the train.我在火车站等车等了一个小时。 How long do you spend on your homework?你做家庭作业用多长时间？ My sister always spends ages in the bathroom.我姐姐总是花很长的时间梳洗打扮。 We spent the weekend in Buenos Aires.我们在布宜诺斯艾利斯度过了周末。 You can spend the night here if you like.如果你愿意的话，可以在这里过夜。 Students learning computer studies spend two days each week in a computer lab and four days in the classroom.学习计算机的学生每周有两天在计算机室上机，四天在教室上课。 I have to spend three months of the year away from home - but there are compensations like the chance to meet new people.我一年必得有3个月的时间出门在外——但也有好处，比如有机会认识人。 They were condemned to spend the rest of their lives in prison.他们被判终身监禁。 It would be a crime to spend such a beautiful day indoors. We would spend every meal time entreating the child to eat her vegetables.每次吃饭我们都要费尽功夫哄这孩子吃蔬菜。 Spending time & time passing all the time in the worldidiom Anno Domini drag on elapse employ fall gone kill time, an hour, etc.idiom misspend pass roll roll by run out serve slip the sands of time idiom time's a great healeridiom timekeeper wear on while something away spendverb (FORCE)[ T ] to use energy, effort, force, etc., especially until there is no more left: 消耗，花费（精力等）;（尤指）用尽（全力） For the past month he's been spending all his energy trying to find a job.过去的一个月里，他竭尽全力想找份工作。 They continued firing until all their ammunition was spent (= there was none of it left).他们持续开火，直到弹药全部打光为止。 The hurricane will probably have spent most of its force (= most of its force will have gone) by the time it reaches the northern parts of the country.飓风抵达该国北部地区时，风势可能已减弱了大半。 Her anger soon spent itself(= stopped).她的怒气很快就烟消云散了。 Using and misusing adopt adoption avail avail yourself of something be/go heavy on somethingidiom exhaust give/allow something full playidiom go into something go through gobble something up make capital out of somethingidiom recycle spare swallow tap turn over turn to someone/something turn/use something to good accountidiom unblock underuse Idiomsspend money like water spend a penny spend the night together spend noun[ S ] UKinformaluk /spend/ us /spend/ the amount of money that is spent on something: 花费，开销 The total spend on the project was almost a million pounds.这个项目的花费总计接近100万英镑。 Costs & expenses admission charge aliment all in at cost at someone's expense bank charges outgo outlay overrun palimony price point pricing redress remittance reserve RPI ticket transfer fee tune upkeep spend | American Dictionaryspend verb us/spend/past tense and past participlespentus/spent/ spendverb (MONEY)[ I/T ] to give money as a payment for something: [ T ]We spent a lot of money on our vacation but we had a great time. spendverb (TIME)[ T ] to use time; to allow time to go past: It doesn’t look as if you spent very long on your homework. I’ve spent many years building up my collection. You can spend the night here if you like (= stay here for the night). spendverb (FORCE)[ T ] to use energy, effort, force, etc., until there is no more left: For the past month he’s been spending all his energy trying to find a job. spend | Business Englishspend verb uk /spend/usspent | spent [ I or T ] to give money as a payment for something: How much did you spend? spend sth on sthWe've just spent €1.9 million on improving our computer network. We've spent too much money on advertising that isn't working. We spent a fortune when we were in New York. [ T ] to use time doing something or being somewhere: spend time doing sthThey need to spend more time improving customer relations. spend time on sthI spent a lot of time on that report. How long do you spend at the computer each day? spend years/agesI've spent years building up this company. spend a day/week/year, etc.We spent last weekend working. [ T ] to use energy, effort, force, etc., especially until there is no more left: For the past month he's been spending all his energy trying to find a job. See alsooverspendverb tax-and-spend underspendverb spend noun[ S ] ECONOMICS, FINANCEuk /spend/us the amount of money that is spent on a particular activity: the spend on/for sthThe total spend on the project was almost a million pounds. If your company's annual spend on telephone calls exceeds $3,000, then it would be worth changing plans. the total/actual spendBP will spend $1 billion more this year, raising the total spend to $15 billion. advertising/marketing/promotional spend See alsooverspendnoun underspendnoun Examples of spendspend Qualitative interviews were made with 46 respondents who spent at least three months per year in each country. Furthermore, earlier marriage reinforces this trend, because graduates will be spending a greater proportion of their childbearing years in marriage. Grad students spent most of their time talking to each other about issues that interested them or the faculty. The night is usually spent either on a twig near the ground, or on the ground. She was a devoted teacher and spent an enormous amount of time and effort preparing laboratory classes and lectures. Most readers will spend far too much time searching through the text. Some respondents regarded neighbours as friends and spent a lot of time with them. Those men and women aged 25-44 and living-apart-together had both spent a full year longer in secondary education than had those in co-residential relationships. For one thing, it is misleading to measure leisure simply as time spent outside the labor market. But not being a hoarder, he spent his cash as fast as he earned it. Newly elected officials do not want to spend the capital they have 'earned' in the election by staying the course. One way of determining burden is by recording how much time is spent attending to the patient. Some other helpers noted that the older people they assisted wanted them to spend more time with them than they felt able to give. Most people suggested a combination of spending some resources in retirement and saving some for unexpected events later on. In the last six months, have you spent considerable time advising someone on an important decision in his or her life? See all examples of spend These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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