| 词汇 | unspent |
| 释义 | unspent adjective uk /ʌnˈspent/ us /ʌnˈspent/ unspentadjective (MONEY)Unspent money has not been used to pay for something: Millions have disappeared in unspent funds. Much of the money remains unspent. The committee will assess what to do with the unspent funds. Individual departments did not have the right to carry forward unspent money from one year to the next. Paying money 2FA 2SV ante up (something) burn a hole in someone's pocketidiom buying power cost-cutting fund non-contributory overpaid put someone through something put something on your/someone's card put something towards something reimburse run to something self-finance spend spent splurge sponsor tipper unspentadjective (CRIME)law UKspecialized If someone has an unspent conviction(= legal decision that they are guilty of a crime), the fact that they are guilty remains officially important: Potential employees are asked whether they have any unspent convictions. Individuals with unspent criminal convictions would find it difficult to gain citizenship. Applicants may face severe consequences if they do not disclose unspent criminal convictions to their prospective employer. They wanted to ban anyone with an unspent jail sentence of 30 months or more from taking nationality. An offender must disclose unspent prison time. Putting people in prison at His/Her Majesty's pleasureidiom bang someone up bar behind barsidiom bird commit immured imprison imprisonment in custody incarcerate intern lock pen remand remand someone in custody restraint rot rot in jail, prison, etc.idiom stretch unspentadjective (ENERGY)Unspent energy or fuel has not yet been used: The athletes were bursting with unspent energy. The unspent fuel would be a hazard. Plenty and abundant abound abound in/with something abundance abundant abundantly fruitfulness galore generosity generous generously luxuriant over-lavish overgenerosity plenitude plenteous plenteously richly trove unstinted well off You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Using and misusing unspentadjective (WEAPONS)military specialized Unspent ammunition, such as bullets or bombs, has not been fired or has not exploded: （弹药）未击发的 The army collected unspent ammunition from the rubble and defused unexploded shells.军队从废墟中收集了未用弹药，并拆除了未爆炮弹的引信。 When they were shelled by anti-tank guns, they tossed the unspent shells overboard. He said the company was not liable for clearing away unspent weaponry. Exploding and erupting blast blow blow (someone/something) up blowout burst in on someone/something burst in/into (somewhere) controlled explosion detonate erupt explosion explosively explosiveness flame go off go popidiom go up implode pop test-fire unexploded Related wordsspendverb spentadjective Examples of unspentunspent Women whose distribution he controlled could only sit ' unspent ' as long as the king had no need to ' cash in ' this accumulated power. We have this provision linked to intelligent cities, but the resources will only be able to be used if there are unspent resources left over. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English So it is unacceptable that so much money allocated for regional and social projects goes unspent. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English We note that large amounts remain unspent every year. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English Why do budget headings not receive a thorough overhaul for unspent amounts and unprofitable budget lines? From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English It is unacceptable that, as is at present the case, 25% of the money should go unspent. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English This allocation includes the unspent balance of the previous allocation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The present position is that £10·4 million remains unspent, of which approximately £3·8 million will be disbursed on those projects. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There has been a sum of over £1,500,000 voted last year unspent within the financial year. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They may have unspent balances revoted to them in a subsequent year. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They also have some £1,500 million of accumulated unspent capital receipts from previous years which can be brought forward for investment this year. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The unspent balance in the scheme will be reallocated for spending elsewhere within the aid programme. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Will she confirm how much money is already held in the oil-for-food programme account unspent? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Boards and trusts have considerable freedom to carry forward unspent funds from one year to another. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Many authorities have substantial unspent capital receipts from previous years. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 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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