| 单词 | to spend |
| 释义 | DEFINITIVE EXAMPLES 权威例句〔SENSIBLE〕It would have been more sensible to save the money than to spend it all on clothes. 把钱存起来总要比全部花在衣服上明智。朗文写作活用〔WORRIED/WORRYING〕Workers are under such stress right now, and they have less time to spend relaxing with their families. 目前工人压力很大，与家人一起休闲的时间少了。朗文写作活用〔a blessing and a curse〕The promotion was really a mixed blessing because I'm now so busy that I don't have time to spend the extra income.那次升职真是有利有弊，现在我忙得都没时间去花那些多挣的钱。韦氏高阶〔benefit〕You need to spend at least a week there to get the full benefit .你至少得在那里呆上一个星期才能领略到它的全部妙处。朗文当代〔better〕It is far (= much) better to save some of your money than to spend it all at once.把钱存起来一些，总比一下子花完要好得多。剑桥高阶〔cart〕People are putting the cart before the horse by making plans on how to spend the money before we are even certain that the money will be available.还没确定钱一定能到手，就开始盘算着如何花这笔钱，这就是本末倒置。韦氏高阶〔case〕He's too young to come and in any case I want him to spend the time with Mom.他还太小，不能去。 不管怎么说，我要他和妈妈在一起。朗文当代〔chain〕He hopes to spend less time chained to his desk.他希望伏案工作的时间少一些。韦氏高阶〔christmas〕We're going to spend Christmas at home this year.今年我们要在家里过圣诞节。牛津搭配〔class〕He had to spend about six months in a class with younger students.他不得不和一群比他小的学生在一个班里上了约6个月的课。外研社新世纪〔divide〕We are divided as to where to spend our holidays.关于去哪里度假的问题我们意见有分歧。英汉大词典〔easter〕I prefer to spend Easter at home.我更喜欢在家里过复活节。牛津搭配〔half〕I seem to spend half my life cleaning up after those kids.我似乎花了大半辈子时间跟在这些孩子身后收拾整理。麦克米伦高阶〔interesting〕It will be interesting to see how she decides to spend the money.知道她决定怎样花这笔钱，会是件有意思的事情。韦氏高阶〔love〕We love each other. We want to spend our lives together.我们彼此相爱。我们希望共度一生。柯林斯高阶〔mind〕She had a mind to spend her vacation in the desert.她打算到沙漠度假美国传统〔minimum〕We try to spend the minimum amount of time on the garden.我们想尽量少花时间在花园上。外研社新世纪〔need your head examined〕You need your head examined if you're willing to spend that much on a pair of jeans.如果你愿意花那么多钱买一条牛仔裤，那你肯定是脑袋有问题。剑桥高阶〔paradise〕His idea of paradise is to spend the day lying on the beach.他心目中的天堂生活就是整天躺在沙滩上休闲。剑桥高阶〔precious〕A family holiday allows you to spend precious time together.家庭度假会让你们一起度过宝贵的时光。外研社新世纪〔prepared〕I wasn't prepared to spend that much money.我没打算花那么多的钱。韦氏高阶〔proceed〕He said he didn't have much time and then proceeded to spend the next half hour talking about his vacation.他说自己时间很紧，接着却花了半个小时谈论他的假期。韦氏高阶〔rat race〕She is quitting the rat race to spend time with her family.她正在努力摆脱这种你死我活的竞争，以便有时间与家人在一起。韦氏高阶〔settle ... on〕We have settled on a place to spend the vacation.我们已选定了度假的地方。21世纪英汉〔should〕I should go mad if I had to spend any longer in this place.如果我在这个地方再呆上一会儿，我会发疯的。麦克米伦高阶〔sleep off〕It's a good idea to spend the first night of your holiday sleeping off the jet lag.把假期的第一个晚上用来睡觉倒时差是个不错的主意。柯林斯高阶〔solution〕The solution is simple/obvious: you need to spend less money.解决办法很简单/明显：你得少花钱。韦氏高阶〔spend a penny〕If you'll excuse me, I need to spend a penny.不好意思，我想去方便一下。剑桥高阶〔spend〕I'll need to spend an hour rehearsing with the cast.我需要花1小时时间与全体演员一起彩排。麦克米伦高阶〔stove〕Most people don't want to spend hours slaving over a hot stove(= cooking).人们大都不愿意老围着灶台转。牛津高阶〔themselves〕The Republicans are divided among themselves about how to spend the money.共和党内部在这笔钱的使用问题上产生了意见分歧。麦克米伦高阶〔themselves〕They wanted to spend the evening by themselves.他们想要单独度过这个夜晚。牛津高阶〔there〕The money is there for local government to spend on public services.那些钱是供地方政府投入公共服务建设的。麦克米伦高阶〔vacation〕She was going to spend her vacation in Hawaii all by herself.她打算独自去夏威夷度假。牛津搭配〔varnish〕They decided to spend the weekend varnishing their boat.他们决定用周末的时间给他们的船上清漆。剑桥高阶〔weekend〕To spend weekends or a weekend.过周末美国传统〔what〕What do you mean, you want to spend Christmas alone? 你是什么意思，你想一个人过圣诞节？朗文当代〔yap〕She seems to spend all her time yapping on the phone.她似乎把所有时间都用来叽里呱啦地打电话。韦氏高阶〔yet〕She has yet to spend a Christmas with her husband.她还从没和她的丈夫一起过过圣诞节。外研社新世纪A recent Gallup poll showed that 25% of people intend to spend less on clothing this year.最近一次的盖洛普民意测验显示，有 25% 的人今年打算减少在服装方面的开支。牛津商务Charities are not permitted to spend funds on political activities.慈善机构不得在政治活动上花费资金。牛津商务Couples forced to spend long periods apart should write to each other, the ideal (=the best way of behaving) being two long letters a week.长期两地分居的夫妻应该互相写信，一星期两封长信最为理想。剑桥国际He blames government stinginess for the lack of money available to spend on new text books in schools.他指责政府吝啬，为学校新课本提供的资金不足。剑桥国际I have to spend three months of the year away from home--but there are compensations like extra free time and the chance to meet new people.我每年得有三个月的时间出门在外，但好的方面是有更多空闲时间和结交新朋友的机会。剑桥国际I think he's stark raving (Br also staring) mad (= extremely foolish) to want to spend his holiday watching trains! 他想整个假日都看火车，我认为他完全疯了!剑桥国际It's nice having a man who actively encourages me to spend money.有一个积极鼓励我花钱的男人真好。剑桥国际It's useful to change to daylight saving time because it saves energy and enables people to spend more time in outdoor activities.改为夏令时间是有好处的，因为这样使人们保存精力，能多花些时间进行户外运动。剑桥国际Some people think it's wrong to spend money on exploring space (= going into space in order to discover more about it).一些人认为花钱探测太空是错误的。剑桥国际The council has some spare cash which it proposes to spend on public amenities.市政会有一些现金余额，建议将其用于公共设施上。剑桥国际They used to spend their evenings in the officers’mess, drinking and playing cards.他们曾经在军官食堂度过许多夜晚，喝酒，打牌。剑桥国际 |
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