spend
柯林斯词典
1. V-T When you spend money, you pay money for things that you want or need. 花 (钱)
By the end of the holiday I had spent all my money. 到那个假期结束时我已经花光了我所有的钱。
Businessmen spend enormous amounts advertising their products. 商人们花巨额资金为他们的产品做广告。
2. V-T If you spend time or energy doing something, you use your time or effort doing it. 花 (时间、精力)
Engineers spend much time and energy developing brilliant solutions. 工程师们花大量时间和精力开发出色的解决方案。
3. V-T If you spend a period of time in a place, you stay there for a period of time. 度过 (一段时间)
We spent the night in a hotel. 我们在一家宾馆过了夜。
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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)
[ 不及物动词：后面不接宾语的动词 or 及物动词：后面接宾语的动词 ]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。
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spend verb (TIME)
[ 及物动词：后面接宾语的动词 ]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 clean ing that room . 我花了很长时间打扫那个房间。
I've spent years build ing up my collection . 我花了好多年时间搜集藏品。
I spent an hour at the station wait ing 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。
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spend verb (FORCE)
[ 及物动词：后面接宾语的动词 ]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。
习语
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