| 单词 | spend |
| 释义 | DEFINITIVE EXAMPLES 权威例句〔ADVERTISING〕The big cigarette manufacturers spend billions of dollars a year on advertising. 大的烟厂每年要在广告上花数十亿美元。朗文写作活用〔AGREE〕The President might be willing to compromise on defense spending. 总统在国防开支问题上或许会愿意让步。朗文写作活用〔B-girl〕A woman employed by a bar to encourage customers to spend money freely.酒吧女郎，酒吧小姐：酒吧雇佣的刺激顾客放纵花钱的妇女美国传统〔COLD〕Thousands of refugees are spending tonight on a mountainside in subzero temperatures. 今晚，数以千计的难民在气温低于零度的山腰上过夜。朗文写作活用〔CRAZY〕His friends thought he was crazy when he told them he was going to spend his entire vacation exploring a cave. 他告诉朋友们整个假期他要去探索一个岩洞，朋友们觉得他疯了。朗文写作活用〔DEAL WITH〕It's time the government faced up to spending more on health and education. 政府该正视在保健与教育领域增加开支这个问题了。朗文写作活用〔EXERCISE〕A lot of managers spend long hours in their cars and exercise very little. 许多经理人员长时间坐在汽车里，很少锻炼。朗文写作活用〔FIRE〕Spending on police and fire departments accounts for about 55 percent of the city's general fund. 警察和消防队的开支约占该市一般经费的55%。朗文写作活用〔INCREASE〕The president should take the necessary steps of raising taxes and cutting public spending. 总统应采取增加税收、减少公共开支的必要步骤。朗文写作活用〔NEED/NECESSARY〕Not surprisingly, businesses that rely on government contracts are being hit badly by the spending cuts. 这不奇怪，依赖政府合同生存的企业因为政府支出削减而受到了严重的冲击。朗文写作活用〔PRAISE〕She had to spend 10 years as a struggling artist, before receiving any recognition for her work. 在未得到公众对其作品的认可前，作为一个艺术家，她不得不苦苦奋斗了十年。朗文写作活用〔PlayStation〕He spends most of his pocket money on PlayStation games.他大部分零花钱都用来买PS游戏了。柯林斯高阶〔REDUCE〕The proposed bill would trim welfare spending by $5 billion. 这项提案要将福利开支削减50亿美元。朗文写作活用〔REMEMBER〕I used to spend hours listening to my grandfather reminisce about life in the army. 过去我常常花上大半天听爷爷回忆他的军旅生涯。朗文写作活用〔SAME〕You should spend an equal amount of time on each question in the test. 每道考试题都应该用相同的时间作答。朗文写作活用〔SENSIBLE〕The people of this country need to be more realistic - you can't have lower taxes as well as higher spending on health and pensions. 这个国家的人需要务实一些—又要少交税，又要在卫生保健和养老金方面多支出，这是不可能的。朗文写作活用〔SMOKING〕The average smoker spends about £35 a week on cigarettes. 一般吸烟者平均每周花35英镑购买香烟。朗文写作活用〔SYMPATHIZE〕I'm afraid I don't have much sympathy for people who spend more than they can afford and then find themselves in debt. 有些人花钱不量入为出，结果欠了一身的债，这样的人我一点也不同情他们。朗文写作活用〔Secretary of State〕She became Secretary of State for Education after spending three years as Environment Secretary.在做了3年环境大臣后，她成了教育大臣。剑桥高阶〔TELEPHONE〕My daughter spends nearly all her time either on the phone or texting her friends. 我女儿几乎把全部时间都花在给朋友打电话或是发短信。朗文写作活用〔TIDY〕I spend my life clearing up after the children. 我这辈子就是跟在孩子们后面打扫整理。朗文写作活用〔U-turn〕Critics accused the government of doing a U-turn on its promise to increase education spending.批评人士指责政府对增加教育开支的许诺来了个 180 度大改变。朗文当代〔accountable〕The recent tax reforms have made government more accountable for its spending.最近的税务改革使政府的开支更加透明化。剑桥高阶〔acutely〕Retail sales have been acutely affected by slower consumer spending.零售受到了消费力降低的严重影响。外研社新世纪〔advantaged〕The new law allows schools to spend more money on less advantaged children.新法令允许学校把更多的钱花在那些家境不太优越的学生身上。麦克米伦高阶〔advertising〕The tobacco industry spends 100 million pounds a year on advertising.烟草业每年在广告上花费1亿英镑。外研社新世纪〔affair〕How I spend my money is my affair.我如何用钱是我自己的事。牛津高阶〔average〕On an average we would be spending £300 per day.平均下来，我们每天要花费300英镑。柯林斯高阶〔axe〕MPs know there will be cuts in public spending but do not know on which department the axe will fall.议员们知道要削减公共开支，但是不知道从哪个部门开刀。朗文当代〔balance (sth) out/up〕I spend a lot one month and not so much the next and in the end it balances out.我某个月花费很多，但接下来的一个月就没那么多，所以最后也就收支平衡了。剑桥高阶〔balance〕We must strike a balance between reckless spending and penny-pinching (= try to have something between these two things).我们必须合理开支，既不肆意挥霍，也不要一毛不拔。剑桥高阶〔balk〕I balked at the prospect of spending four hours on a train with him.想到要与他一起在火车上度过4个小时，我心里就犯嘀咕。剑桥高阶〔battle〕The couple battled fiercely over how to spend their money.这对夫妇就如何花钱的问题激烈争吵。韦氏高阶〔belt-tightening〕Increased thrift and frugality; a reduction in spending.紧缩开支：增进节约和节俭；缩减开支美国传统〔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〔bounds〕Public spending must be kept within reasonable bounds.公共开支必须控制在合理的范围内。牛津高阶〔brace〕The military needs to brace itself for further spending cuts, says McCoy.军方需要作好再次削减开支的思想准备，这是麦科伊的话。朗文当代〔camp〕The children are spending a week at a summer camp.孩子们将在夏令营过一个星期。牛津搭配〔cap〕The Secretary of State for Environment has the power to cap councils which spend excessively.环境大臣有权限定那些铺张浪费的委员会的支出。柯林斯高阶〔condemn sb to (do) sth〕They were condemned to spend the rest of their lives in prison.他们被判终身监禁。剑桥高阶〔construct〕You will find it difficult to construct a spending plan without first recording your spending.你会发现不记账就很难制订开销计划。外研社新世纪〔contemplation〕The monks spend an hour in contemplation each morning.那些修道士每天早上默想一小时。朗文当代〔cost〕His unpopular stand on defence spending will cost him votes.他在防务开支问题上不得人心的立场将会使他失掉选票。英汉大词典〔crime〕Stores spend more and more on crime prevention every year.商店每年在防止犯罪方面的花费越来越多。牛津高阶〔decrease〕Spending has decreased slightly this year.今年的花费略有减少。牛津搭配〔defence〕The war has ended but government spending on defence (= the country's armed forces) is still increasing.战争结束了，但政府的国防开支却还在增加。剑桥高阶〔determine〕The number of staff we can take on will be determined by how much money we're allowed to spend.我们雇用的人数将取决于可支配资金的多少。剑桥高阶〔discover〕Why not spend a week discovering the beauty of Sri Lanka? 为何不花上一周的时间弄清楚斯里兰卡到底有多美呢？麦克米伦高阶〔disgrace〕It's a disgrace that the government spends so much on guns and so little on education.政府在武器上花了那么多钱，而在教育上却支出这么少，真是太不像话了。剑桥高阶〔doom〕What spelt political doom for her was the ill-advised introduction of a new method of financing local government spending.导致她仕途失意的, 是她不甚明智地采用了一种资助地方政府开支的新方法。外研社新世纪〔draw〕If prices continue to rise, we shall have to draw in our spending even further.如果物价继续上涨,我们将不得不进一步紧缩开支。英汉大词典〔dry〕He will have to spend months in a special hospital, drying out.他将不得不在一专门医院呆上几个月戒酒。英汉大词典〔dysfunctional〕He hated spending holidays with his girlfriend's dysfunctional family.他讨厌与女友那家庭关系反常的一家人一起度假。韦氏高阶〔economize〕The weavers economized their spending for the purchase of looms.织工们为了买织机节衣缩食。外研社新世纪〔end〕I spend days on end in this studio.我一连几天待在这个工作室里。外研社新世纪〔entreat〕We would spend every meal time entreating the child to eat her vegetables.每次吃饭我们都要费尽功夫哄这孩子吃蔬菜。剑桥高阶〔equalize〕The plan is to equalize spending for all school districts.该计划旨在均衡所有学区的经费支出。麦克米伦高阶〔eternity〕They believed that sinners would spend eternity in hell.他们相信罪人死后会下地狱，永不超生。韦氏高阶〔evening〕We spend most evenings reading or listening to music.我们大多数晚上都在看书或听音乐。麦克米伦高阶〔expense account〕I have an expense account and spend about ￡10,000 a year on entertaining.我有一个费用账户，一年大概要花一万英镑招待客户。朗文当代〔face〕I couldn't face spending a night there, so I decided to press on.想到要在那儿过夜我就受不了, 于是我决定要抓紧。外研社新世纪〔faithful〕He spends his time making speeches at factories or gatherings of the Party faithful.他把时间都花到在工厂或党的忠实追随者的集会上发表演说上面了。外研社新世纪〔family〕She wants to spend more time with her family.她想多花些时间陪伴家人。韦氏高阶〔fifth〕India spends over a fifth of its budget on defence.印度财政预算的1/5以上为国防开支。外研社新世纪〔flatly〕I flatly refused to spend any more time helping him.我断然拒绝再花时间帮助他。牛津高阶〔free gift〕You get a free gift if you spend more than £20.如果您消费超过20英镑，就会获得一份赠品。剑桥高阶〔free〕Hiring an assistant has freed him to spend more time with his family.雇个助手使他得以腾出更多的时间与家人在一起。韦氏高阶〔gat;got〕He spends all his time getting and spending.他把他所有的时间都花在赚钱和消费上了。21世纪英汉〔guide〕The amount of money you have is a guide to how much you can spend.有多少钱就是花多少钱的根据。英汉大词典〔gym〕She spends all her time in the gym.她把所有的时间都花在了健身房里。牛津搭配〔half〕Spending on health is half as much again as it was in 2009.衞生保健方面的开销比 2009 年增加了一半。牛津高阶〔hard-pressed〕The region's hard-pressed consumers are spending less on luxuries.该地区的消费者经济窘迫，在奢侈品上的开销比以前少了。柯林斯高阶〔hardship〕One of the worst hardships is having so little time to spend with one's family.最大的痛苦之一是几乎没有时间和家人在一起。柯林斯高阶〔hardship〕One of the worst hardships is having so little time to spend with one's family.最大的痛苦之一是陪家人的时间非常少。外研社新世纪〔hidebound〕The economy was hidebound by public spending and private monopolies.经济由于公共开支和私有垄断而变得僵化。柯林斯高阶〔hike〕His economic plan, with its tax hikes and spending cuts, will slow the economy.他通过采取上调税率和削减支出等经济计划,将会使经济发展放慢速度。柯林斯高阶〔hit〕The senator's speech hit at government spending.这位参议员的发言抨击政府开支。英汉大词典〔home〕He was spending more and more time away from home.他不在家的时间越来越长。朗文当代〔hour〕She spends hour after hour reading magazines.她连续看了几个小时的杂志。麦克米伦高阶〔hunt〕The police spend a lot of time hunting drug smugglers.警方花大量的时间抓捕毒品走私犯。外研社新世纪〔if〕It would be nice if we could spend more time together.如果我们能多些时间在一起有多好。朗文当代〔incomplete〕Some offices had incomplete information on spending.一些办事处的开支信息不全。柯林斯高阶〔increase〕The measures to improve the health service will involve an increase in government spending.旨在改善公共医疗服务的各项措施会使政府开支有所增加。牛津搭配〔innately〕Older people either have less spending money or are more innately cautious.老年人要么零用钱少, 要么就是生性花钱谨慎。外研社新世纪〔lavishly〕Entertaining in style needn't mean spending lavishly.待客隆重并不意味着要大肆铺张。柯林斯高阶〔life〕He spends all day lounging by the pool and living the life of Riley.他整天就是懒洋洋地躺在游泳池旁，过着悠闲安逸的生活。朗文当代〔like there is/was no tomorrow〕After he won the lottery, he began spending money like there was no tomorrow.他赢了彩票后，开始拼命花钱。剑桥高阶〔limit〕The amount of money you have to spend will limit your choice.你用作消费的金额会限制你的选择。牛津高阶〔limit〕The pay rise was in excess of spending limits imposed/set by the government.加薪幅度超出了政府规定的开支限度。剑桥高阶〔manageable〕Keep your spending on luxuries down to manageable proportions.将你在奢侈品上的花费降至可控范围。柯林斯高阶〔manageable〕Keep your spending on luxuries down to manageable proportions.把你在奢侈品上的开销降低到可以承受的水平。外研社新世纪〔means〕Try to live within your means(= not spend more money than you have).要尽可能量入为出。牛津高阶〔mess around〕They spend their weekends messing around on their boat.他们在船上消磨他们的周末时光。剑桥高阶〔minute〕Carole spends every spare minute practising.卡罗尔把所有的余暇时间都用来练习。麦克米伦高阶〔money〕I'm going to spend my birthday money on some new clothes.生日/圣诞节礼金麦克米伦高阶〔news〕The drop in spending is bad news for retailers.消费支出的减少对零售商来说是个坏消息。外研社新世纪〔over〕This £151 million is over and above the government's previous spending plans.这151亿英镑不包括在政府先前的支出计划里。麦克米伦高阶〔package〕Under the reform package, spending on health will increase.根据整套改革方案，医疗支出将会增加。牛津搭配〔penny〕From the day you arrive at my house, you need not spend a single penny.从你到我家那天起, 你就一个子儿也不用花。外研社新世纪〔people〕She's spending the holidays with her people.她正与家人一起度假。牛津高阶〔personally〕In order for me to spend three months on something it has to interest me personally.要让我在某件事情上花3个月时间,这件事必须得让我感兴趣。柯林斯高阶〔place〕You don't expect me to spend the night in this place, do you?你不会是希望我在这个房子里过夜吧, 是吗？外研社新世纪〔plant〕The company plans to spend nearly a billion pounds on new plant and equipment.公司打算花将近10亿英镑购买新机械和设备。外研社新世纪〔plea bargaining〕He plea-bargained to avoid spending time in jail.他通过认罪辩诉协议谋求免于牢狱之灾。韦氏高阶〔pop pills〕He spends his time getting drunk and popping pills.他把时间都花在了酗酒和嗑药上。韦氏高阶〔preen〕He spends up to two hours a day preening in front of the bathroom mirror.他每天花长达两小时在浴室的镜子前精心打扮。外研社新世纪〔presuppose〕Their spending plans presuppose continued economic growth.他们的支出计划以经济的持续增长为先决条件。麦克米伦高阶〔purse strings〕The government will have to tighten the purse strings(= spend less).政府将不得不紧缩开支。牛津高阶〔put〕His careless spending put him in/into debt.他花钱大手大脚，使自己负债累累。韦氏高阶〔quality time〕Do you spend enough quality time with your children? 你和你的孩子相处的时间够多吗？朗文当代〔quality time〕He spends quality time with his children every day.他确保自己每天都能好好地陪伴孩子们。剑桥高阶〔rag〕That's how they spend their free time, ragging one another and everyone else.他们的空余时间全用在捉弄彼此和其他人上面。外研社新世纪〔rake over〕Don't spend so much time raking over the past.别花那么多时间追忆往事。韦氏高阶〔rate〕We can't go on spending money at that rate.我们可不能继续照那样子花钱了。英汉大词典〔reception〕Delegates gave him a warm reception as he called for more spending on education.由于他呼吁增加教育经费，代表们向他报以热烈的欢迎。牛津高阶〔regulation〕Under the new regulations spending on office equipment will be strictly controlled.根据新的规定，办公设备开支将受到严格控制。牛津高阶〔retirement〕I intend to spend my retirement playing golf.我打算退休后打高尔夫球。牛津搭配〔retirement〕I've been thinking about where I might like to spend my retirement years.我一直在想退休后去哪儿生活比较好。牛津搭配〔right〕We must try to right the balance between taxation and government spending.我们必须设法让税收与政府的支出恢复平衡。朗文当代〔round〕Half the students spend all their time sitting round drinking coffee.一半的学生整日闲坐着喝咖啡。麦克米伦高阶〔run ... in〕Her spending without restraint ran him heavily in debt.她的挥霍无度使他负债累累。21世纪英汉〔seaside〕I went to spend a few days at the seaside.我去海滨玩了几天。柯林斯高阶〔secondary〕Writing was always secondary to spending time with my family.相比于我和家人在一起，写作总是排在第二位。朗文当代〔sense〕Why would he spend that much on a car? He must have taken leave of his senses.变得不理智；疯了麦克米伦高阶〔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〔shilly-shally〕To spend time on insignificant things; dawdle.闲混：把时间花在一些没有意义的事情上；浪费时间美国传统〔skincare〕Spending on hair care and skincare grew 42 percent.在护发和护肤上的开支增加了42%。剑桥高阶〔solve〕The problem cannot be solved with spending cuts alone.这个问题不能单靠削减开支来解决。牛津搭配〔some〕He decided we should spend Christmas in Acapulco. There we could ski some and relax.他觉得我们应该去阿卡普尔科过圣诞节, 在那里我们可以稍微滑滑雪放松一下。外研社新世纪〔spending〕An improvement in profitability leads to increased capital spending.利润率的提高导致资本支出的增加。牛津搭配〔spending〕They have proposed cuts in military/defense spending.他们已经建议削减军事/国防开支。韦氏高阶〔spending〕Three quarters of all federal spending goes to Social Security.联邦支出总额的四分之三都花在了社会保障上。牛津搭配〔spend〕Her willingness to spend freely made her popular among her friends.她花钱大方，这让她在朋友中很受欢迎。韦氏高阶〔spend〕I spend too much time watching television.我看电视花的时间太多。牛津高阶〔spend〕I'm going to spend Thanksgiving with my family.我打算和我的家人一起过感恩节。麦克米伦高阶〔spend〕My sister always spends ages in the bathroom.我姐姐总是花很长的时间梳洗打扮。剑桥高阶〔spend〕The repairs cost a lot, but it's money well spent (=a sensible way of spending money) .修理费很高，但这是该花的钱。朗文当代〔spend〕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。剑桥高阶〔spend〕We'll have to spend the night in a hotel.我们将不得不在旅馆过夜。朗文当代〔spree〕Some Americans went on a spending spree in December to beat the new tax.一些美国人在 12 月疯狂花钱，以避开新税。柯林斯高阶〔such〕It was such lovely weather that we decided to spend the day on the beach.天气非常好，我们决定在沙滩上度过这一天。麦克米伦高阶〔sum〕Do your sums first before you decide how much to spend.算一算再决定要花多少钱。朗文当代〔surge〕Forecasters are predicting a pre-Christmas surge in spending.预测者们预计圣诞节前的消费会陡增。麦克米伦高阶〔term〕Students have less money in relative terms, but spend more on books.相对来说，学生手里的钱较少，但买书花的钱却较多。朗文当代〔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〔think〕I'd think twice before spending all that money on clothes.在把所有的钱花在衣服上之前得三思美国传统〔thought〕Any thoughts on how we should spend the money? 关于我们该如何花这些钱，有什么意见吗？朗文当代〔time〕Dustin wanted to spend as much time as possible with his family.达斯廷想尽可能多花时间和家人在一起。朗文当代〔time〕I seem to spend most of my time on the phone.我好像把大部分时间都花在打电话上了。朗文当代〔time〕She spends most of her time looking after the kids.她大部分时间都花在照看孩子上了。外研社新世纪〔together〕We enjoy spending time together.我们喜欢待在一起。韦氏高阶〔travel〕Matt spends much of his time travelling abroad.马特花了很多时间去国外旅行。麦克米伦高阶〔treasury〕The Treasury has long been predicting an upturn in consumer spending.财政部早就预测消费者支出会出现上扬。柯林斯高阶〔trim〕We should trim off the unnecessary parts of our spending.我们应该削减不必要的开销。21世纪英汉〔trust〕You could set up a trust so the children can't spend any inheritance until they are a certain age.你也可以设立一个信托, 这样孩子们只有达到一定年龄才能动用遗产。外研社新世纪〔turn sb's stomach〕The amount of money she spends on designer clothes really turns my stomach.她大把大把地花钱购买名牌服装，让我很反感。剑桥高阶〔underground〕This animal spends most of its life underground.这种动物一生中的大部分时间都呆在地下。朗文当代〔vacation〕To take or spend a vacation.度假美国传统〔vice〕I spend too much on clothes, that's my only vice.我在衣服上花的钱太多了, 这是我唯一的缺点。外研社新世纪〔waking〕She seems to spend every waking moment/minute/hour (= all her available time) at the piano.她似乎把除睡觉以外的所有时间都花在钢琴上了。剑桥高阶〔way〕I can't think of a worse way to spend my time.我想不出比这更糟糕的消磨时间的方法了。外研社新世纪〔weave〕They spend some of the time weaving.她们花了些时间进行编织。麦克米伦高阶〔weekend〕To spend weekends or a weekend.过周末美国传统〔wetly〕The left, the so-called 'wets', thought more state spending would mean more jobs.左派，也就是所谓的“温和派”，认为更多的政府支出将意味着更多的就业机会。柯林斯高阶〔whole〕You can find a nice house in this neighborhood, and you don't have to spend a whole lot.你可以在这附近找到很好的房子，而且不用花费很多钱。朗文当代〔worthy〕My dad spends his free time working for a few local worthy causes.高尚的事业麦克米伦高阶〔yearly〕College students spend $4.2 billion yearly on alcohol.大学生每年买酒要花42亿美元。外研社新世纪〔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Spending another evening at home on my own is a very depressing prospect.又一个晚上要独自守家的可能真令人沮丧。剑桥国际Spending on IT was about four per cent below the norm this quarter.本季度信息技术方面的支出大约比标准低百分之四。牛津商务After spending some time on the island they became inured to the hardships.在岛上待了一段时间后，他们适应了艰苦。剑桥国际After spending three hours on this computer, I still could not figure out its internal configuration. 搞了三个小时，我还是没搞懂这部电脑的内部配置。译典通Birds migrate so that they can winter (= spend the winter) in a warmer country.鸟儿要迁徙，以便能在一个温暖些的国家过冬。剑桥国际Br Jobsharing is becoming increasingly popular among people who want to study or spend more time with their families.工作分担制越来越受那些想读书或者想多和家人在一起的人欢迎。剑桥国际Chocolate is my greatest extravagance (= something I don't need which I spend a lot of money on).巧克力是我最大的奢侈品。剑桥国际Critics see the increase in defence spending as a sop to the armed forces rather than an improvement of national security.批评家把国防开支的增加看作是对军队的贿赂，而不是国家安全的改善。剑桥国际Families with children spend proportionally less per person than families without children.有孩子的家庭比没有孩子的家庭的人均开支相对要少。牛津商务Flexible working hours permit parents to spend much more time with their children.灵活的工作时间使得父母有更多的时间和孩子在一起。剑桥国际He spends all his money on his girlfriend.他在女朋友身上花费了他所有的钱。剑桥国际He spends every Saturday watching stockcar racing.他把每个星期六都用在了看改装赛车赛上。剑桥国际He hit upon the good idea of spending the weekend in the nearby holiday camp. 他想到去附近度假营过周末这个好主意。译典通He's fashion mad, spends every penny on clothes.他热衷于服饰，并为此花费了所有的钱。剑桥国际I don't want you going around/round/about (= spending time moving to places and doing things) with people like that.我不愿意你和那样的人为伍。剑桥国际I had to spend some time doing last-minute rewrites. 我不得不花一些时间作最后的改写。译典通I think we ought to put a strict limit on the amount of time we can spend on the project.我认为我们应严格限制我们可以在此项目上投入的时间 。剑桥国际I won't spend my life with someone who's always chiseling (a living).我不会和一个以诈骗为生的人生活一辈子。剑桥国际I'm spending Christmas with Mater and Pater.我和父母一块过圣诞节。剑桥国际I'm based in Osaka but I spend most of my time travelling.我以大阪为据点，但我的大部分时间都要外出公干。牛津商务Politicians often spend so much time mending political fences in the capital that they ignore what is happening in the rest of the country.政治家们经常花很多时间在首都照顾自己的政治关系而忽视了在国家其他地区发生的事。剑桥国际The UK trails badly when it comes to research and development spending on IT.英国在信息技术方面的研发经费大大滞后。牛津商务The company slashed discretionary spending such as travel and delayed raises.公司大幅削减了非必要开支如旅行开支和延迟加薪等。牛津商务The government is ideologically opposed to spending more on the arts (=this is in opposition to its political beliefs).政府因意识形态的原因而反对在艺术方面拨更多的钱。剑桥国际The little boy found it difficult to endure spend ing his summer holidays with his Uncle. 小男孩发现很难忍受和他叔叔一起度过他的暑假。剑桥国际The newspaper pulled the plug on a fraud that duped people into spending nearly 80 to collect 15.那家报纸揭露了一起诈骗案，诓骗人们化大约80英镑只收回15 英镑。剑桥国际The rich spend more than the poor on VATable goods.富人比穷人在应付增值税的货物上面花费要多一些。剑桥国际We must try to spend less money.我们必须想办法少花点钱。剑桥国际We produced a crude estimate of our spending for the next four years.我们对今后四年的开支作了粗略的估计。牛津商务We used to see a lot of each other, but we don't go around / round / about (= spend time moving to places and doing things) together much these days.我们过去常能碰面，但现在我们很少在一起。剑桥国际We went on a spending spree (= We bought a lot of things) on Saturday.我们在星期六疯狂大购物。剑桥国际When she got her first salary cheque, she indulged in an orgy of spending.当她拿到了第一张薪金支票时，她放任自己大肆消费。剑桥国际 |
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