spend
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(pt, pp spent )
1 [I, Tn, Tn.pr]
~ sth (on/sth) give or pay out (money) for goods, services, etc 用(錢); 花(錢)
He spends as if he were a millionaire. 他用起錢來(lái)像個(gè)百萬(wàn)富翁似的.
She's spent all her money. 她把錢都花光了.
He spends too much (money) on clothes. 他在衣著上花費(fèi)太大.
2 [Tn, Tn.pr]
~ sth (on sth/in doing sth)
(a) use (time, etc) for a purpose 花(時(shí)間等)
spend a lot of time on a project/(in) explaining a plan 花很多時(shí)間進(jìn)行某項(xiàng)目[解釋某方案]
spend one's energy cleaning the place up 用力氣把那地方打掃乾凈.
(b) use sth up; exhaust sth 用完, 耗盡(某物)
The blizzard quickly spent itself, ie used up all its force. 暴風(fēng)雪很快就停了下來(lái).
They went on firing until they had spent all their ammunition. 他們不停地射擊, 耗盡了所有的彈藥.
I've spent all my energy on this. 我對(duì)此事已嘔盡心血.
3 [Tn, Tn.pr]
pass (time) 度過(guò), 消磨(時(shí)間)
How do you spend your spare time? 你業(yè)余時(shí)間怎麼打發(fā)?
spend a weekend in Paris 在巴黎過(guò)周末
spend summer holidays by the sea 在海濱過(guò)暑假.
4 (idm 習(xí)語(yǔ)) spend the `night with sb (euph 婉) sleep for a night in the same bed as and have sexual intercourse with sb to whom one is not married 跟某人過(guò)一夜(與非配偶同床并發(fā)生性行為). spend a`penny (infml euph 口, 婉) go to the toilet; urinate 去廁所; 解?quot;?BR> I'm just going to spend a penny. 我要去廁所.