spend
柯林斯词典
1. V-T When you spend money, you pay money for things that you want or need. 花 (錢)
By the end of the holiday I had spent all my money. 到那個假期結束時我已經花光了我所有的錢。
Businessmen spend enormous amounts advertising their products. 商人們花巨額資金爲他們的産品做廣告。
2. V-T If you spend time or energy doing something, you use your time or effort doing it. 花 (時間、精力)
Engineers spend much time and energy developing brilliant solutions. 工程師們花大量時間和精力開發出色的解決方案。
3. V-T If you spend a period of time in a place, you stay there for a period of time. 度過 (一段時間)
We spent the night in a hotel. 我們在一家賓館過了夜。
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spend /spɛnd/ (spending,spent,spends)
剑桥词典
- It may be fairly cheap to buy , but you've got to take into consideration the money you'll spend on repairs .
- The number of staff we can take on will be determined by how much money we're allowed to spend.
- I'm meant to be on an economy drive at the moment , so I'm trying not to spend too much.
- We are duty bound to justify how we spend our funds .
- The council has some spare cash which it proposes to spend on public amenities .
- Students learning computer studies spend two days each week in a computer lab and four days in the classroom .
- I have to spend three months of the year away from home - but there are compensations like the chance to meet new people .
- They were condemned to spend the rest of their lives in prison .
- 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 .
spend verb (MONEY)
[ 不及物動詞：後麪不接賓語的動詞 or 及物動詞：後麪接賓語的動詞 ]to give money as a payment for something
花費；用，花（錢）
How much did you spend? 你花了多少錢？
I don't know how I managed to spend so much in the club last night . 我不知道昨晚在俱樂部怎麽會花了這麽多錢。
We spent a fortune when we were in New York. 我們在紐約花了一大筆錢。
She spends a lot of money on clothes . 她在衣服上花銷很大。
We've just spent $1.9 million on improving our computer network . 我們剛花了190萬美元改進我們的計算機網絡系統。
We went on a spending spree (= we bought a lot of things) on Saturday . 我們周六瘋狂購物了一番。
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spend verb (TIME)
[ 及物動詞：後麪接賓語的動詞 ]to use time doing something or being somewhere
花（時間）；度過
I think we need to spend more time together. 我認爲我們應該多花些時間在一起。
I spent a lot of time clean ing that room . 我花了很長時間打掃那個房間。
I've spent years build ing up my collection . 我花了好多年時間搜集藏品。
I spent an hour at the station wait ing for the train . 我在火車站等車等了一個小時。
How long do you spend on your homework ? 你做家庭作業用多長時間？
My sister always spends ages in the bathroom . 我姐姐縂是花很長的時間梳洗打扮。
We spent the weekend in Buenos Aires. 我們在佈宜諾斯艾利斯度過了周末。
You can spend the night here if you like. 如果你願意的話，可以在這裡過夜。
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spend verb (FORCE)
[ 及物動詞：後麪接賓語的動詞 ]to use energy , effort , force , etc., especially until there is no more left
消耗，花費（精力等）；（尤指）用盡（全力）
For the past month he's been spending all his energy trying to find a job . 過去的一個月裡，他竭盡全力想找份工作。
They continued firing until all their ammunition was spent (= there was none of it left ). 他們持續開火，直到彈葯全部打光爲止。
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 . 颶風觝達該國北部地區時，風勢可能已減弱了大半。
Her anger soon spent itself (= stopped ). 她的怒氣很快就菸消雲散了。
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