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    spend 的英语意思

    spendspend1 /spend/ verb (past tense and past participle spent /spent/) 查看全部语言翻译1money [intransitive, transitive] to use your money to pay for goods or services用钱购买商品或服务:  I can’t afford to spend any more money this week.我这个星期没有多余的钱可花了。spend £5/$10 etc I only want to spend about $20.我只想花大约20美元。spend something on something More money should be spent on education.应该在教育上投入更多资金。spend something on somebody Mum never spends any money on herself.妈妈从不把钱花在自己身上。 The repairs cost a lot, but it’s money well spent (=a sensible way of spending money).维修花了很多钱,但花得值(=花钱的明智之举)。GRAMMAR语法You spend money on something: · I don’t spend much on clothes. Don’t say: I don’t spend much for clothes.spend money on something:· I don't spend much on clothes. ✗不要说:I don't spend much for clothes.2time [transitive] to use time doing a particular thing or pass time in a particular place把时间用于做某事,或在某处度过时间spend time etc with somebody I want to spend more time with my family.我想和家人多待一些时间。spend time etc in/at something We’ll have to spend the night in a hotel.我们得在酒店过夜了。 His childhood was spent in Brazil.他的童年是在巴西度过的。spend time etc doing something Stacey spends all her free time painting.Stacey把所有的空闲时间都用来画画。3a)spend the night with somebody to stay for the night and have sex with someone与某人共度一夜并发生性关系 b)spend the night (at something) if someone spends the night at someone’s house, they sleep at that person’s house for a night如果某人在别人家过夜,指的是在那人家里睡一晚:  She spent the night at a friend’s house.她在一个朋友家过了一夜。4force/effort [transitive] to use effort or energy to do something花费精力或力气去做某事:  I love to cook, but I don’t feel like spending the energy every evening.我喜欢做饭,但不想每天晚上都费那个劲。5spend a penny British English spoken口语 old-fashioned旧式 to urinate – used when you want to avoid saying this directly排尿——用于委婉表达,避免直接说出来THESAURUS同义词辨析spend to use money to buy things用钱购买东西: · I bought two skirts and a T-shirt and I only spent $50.· 我买了两条裙子和一件T恤,只花了50美元。· How much do you spend a week on food?· 你每周在食物上花多少钱?go through something (also get through something British English) to spend all of an amount of money over a period of time – used especially when saying that someone spends a lot of money在一段时间内把一笔钱全部花掉——尤用于表示某人花了大量的钱: · I got through all my money in less than a month, and had to get my parents to send me more.· 我不到一个月就把钱全花光了,不得不让父母再给我汇钱。go to great expense to spend a lot of money in order to do something, because you think it is important or special为了做某事而花大量金钱,因为认为这件事重要或特别: · The party was wonderful – they had obviously gone to great expense.· 派对非常棒——他们显然花了大量金钱。· There’s no need to go to great expense.· 没有必要大费周章。squander /ˈskwɒndə $ ˈskwɑːndər/ to waste money on unnecessary things, instead of saving it or using it carefully把钱挥霍在不必要的事物上,而不是储蓄或谨慎使用: · His son had squandered the family fortune on gambling and women.· 他的儿子把家产挥霍在赌博和女人身上。splash out British English informal非正式 to spend a lot of money on something you really want or will enjoy在自己真正想要或能享受的事物上大手笔花钱: · Let’s splash out on a bottle of champagne.· 我们大手笔买一瓶香槟庆祝一下吧。· People often splash out for Christmas and then regret it later.· 人们常常在圣诞节大手笔花钱,之后又后悔。blow informal非正式 to spend a lot of money on something, especially on something that you do not really need在某事物上花大量金钱,尤指花在并不真正需要的东西上: · Her husband blew all their savings on a new sports car.· 她丈夫把他们所有的积蓄都挥霍在了一辆新跑车上。economize to spend less money减少花费: · We’re trying to economize by eating at home instead of going out for meals.· 我们正在尝试通过在家吃饭而不是外出就餐来节省开支。
    spendspend2 noun [uncountable] the amount of money spent by a company, organization, or person on something – used especially in business公司、机构或个人在某事上的支出金额——尤用于商业场合:  I was just totting up our advertising spend in the last four or five weeks.我正在统计我们过去四五周的广告支出。