spend
音标发音
- 英式音标 [spend]
- 美式音标 [spɛnd]
- 国际音标 [spend]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- vt.& vi.用钱,花钱
- vt.花费
- n.(为某目的或某段时间内的)花销,花费,开销
词源解说
- 直接源自古英语的spendan;最初源自中世纪拉丁语的spendere,意为花钱。
同根派生
- adj性质的同根词
- spent:耗尽了的;精疲力尽的。
- spendable:可使用的;可花费的。
- n性质的同根词
- spender:挥金如土的人;挥霍者;用钱的人。
- spending:花费;开销。
- v性质的同根词
- spent:花费(spend的过去分词);浪费;耗费。
- spending:花费;度过(spend的现在分词形式)。
用法辨析
- spend的基本意思是“花费时间、精力或金钱”,可指人使用、花费金钱,度过时光,也可指某人、物、事使尽〔耗光〕力量、能量、弹药等,还可指人在某物、事方面花费金钱、精力、时间等。
- spend可用作不及物动词,也可用作及物动词。用作及物动词时,只能以人作主语,接名词、代词作宾语。可用于被动结构。
- spend的宾语后可接动词不定式,表示目的,作状语。
- spend的宾语后常可接以介词in〔on,for〕引导的短语表示“把…花在…上”,介词宾语可以是名词,也可以是动名词。以动名词作宾语时介词in常可省略,尤其在口语中。
- spend可用于“主+谓+宾+主补”结构,主语补足语可由形容词或过去分词充当。
v. (动词)
英汉例句
- She would rather spend than save.
她有钱宁愿花掉,不肯积蓄。 - He has spent all his money.
他把所有的钱都花光了。 - The government spent a lot of money to help make this land better.
政府花了大量的钱来帮助改良土地。 - He had spent most of that day asleep.
那天的大部分时间他都睡过去了。 - The sick man spent two months imprisoned in bed.
病人两个月卧床不起。
用作动词 (v.)
用作不及物动词: S+~(+A)
用作及物动词: S+~+ n./pron.
S+~+ n./pron. +to- v
其他: S+~+ n./pron. + adj.
S+~+ n./pron. + v -ed
词组短语
- spend a weekend 度周末
- spend money 花钱;破费
- spend one 's spare time 度过业余时间
- spend oneself 精疲力竭,耗尽精力
- spend summer vacation 度暑假
用作动词 (v.)
~+名词
英英字典
- (MONEY) to give money as a payment for something
- (TIME) to use time doing something or being somewhere
- (FORCE) to use energy, effort, force, etc., especially until there is no more left
- the amount of money that is spent on something
- When you spend money, you pay money for things that you want or need.
- If you spend time or energy doing something, you use your time or effort doing it.
- If you spend a period of time in a place, you stay there for a period of time.