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spend AHD[spĕnd] D.J.[spend]K.K.[spɛnd]v.(动词)spent[spĕnt] spend.ing, spends v.tr.(及物动词)- To use up or put out; expend:花(时间):用去或花去;花费:spent an hour each day exercising.每天花一小时练习
- To pay out (money).花钱
- To wear out; exhaust:疲倦;精疲力尽:The storm finally spent itself.风暴最后平息了
- To pass (time) in a specified manner or place:度过,消磨:以一种特定的方式或在某个特定地方度过(时间):spent their vacation in Paris.在巴黎度过他们的假期
- To throw away; squander:扔掉;浪费:spent all their creative resources on futile projects.将他们所有的创造力浪费在无益的项目上
- To give up (one's time or efforts, for example) to a cause; sacrifice.献出(生命等):(例如将时间或精力)奉献给一项事业;牺牲
v.intr.(不及物动词)- To pay out or expend money.花费,花钱
- To be exhausted or consumed.用完,耗尽
- Middle English spenden 中古英语 spenden
- partly from Old English -spendan from Latin expendēre [to expend] * see expend 部分源自 古英语 -spendan 源自 拉丁语 expendēre [花费] * 参见 expend
- and partly from Old French despendre [to weigh out] * see dispense 并且部分源自 古法语 despendre [称出] * 参见 dispense
spendʹable adj.(形容词)spendʹer n.(名词)spend, disburse, expend- The central meaning shared by these verbs is "to pay or give out money or an equivalent in return for something": 这些动词所共有的中心意思是“为得到某样东西而支付金钱或其他等价物”: spent five dollars for a movie ticket;花五美元买一张电影票;disbursing funds from the corporate account;从公司帐目中提取资金;expending energy on a project. save 在某一项目上花费精力 save
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