spend

spend [spend] vt. (spent [spent])

1. ■ 用(钱), 花费

2. ■ 消耗, 用尽, 浪费

3. ■ 消磨(时光), 度过

4. ■ 献出;【航海】失去(桅)

spend money on books 花钱买书

spend all one's energies 竭尽全力

spend a lot of care on sth. [in doing sth.] 在某事上[做某事时]费很多心血

spend one's blood and life for the cause of communism 献身于共产主义事业

He doesn't spend much time on his homework . 他花在作业上的时间不多。

They went on firing until all their ammunition was spent. 他们不断射击, 直到耗尽所有的弹药。

How do you spend your leisure? 你是怎样消磨空闲时间的?

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词性变化

spend vi.

1. ■ 花费, 浪费

2. ■ (被)耗尽, 用尽

3. ■ (鱼等)产卵

He is always spending. 他挥霍成性。

Don't spend without the thought of the next day. 花钱不要只顾眼前不想明天。

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继承用法

spendthrift [ˈspendθrɪft] n.

1. ■ 挥霍者, 浪费者; 败家子

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词性变化

spend adj.

1. ■ 挥霍的, 浪费的

spendable [ˈspendəbl] adj. spender [ˈspendə(r)] n.

1. ■ 挥霍者, 浪费者

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习惯用语

spend and be spent

1. ■ 出钱又出力, 尽全力

spend itself

1. ■ 耗尽, 消失, 衰弱

spend oneself

1. ■ 耗尽精力, 精疲力竭