1 VERB 花(钱);用(钱) When you spend money, you pay money for things that you want. 花(钱);用(钱)
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By the end of the holiday I had spent all my money. [VERB noun]
到假期结束时，我已经花光了自己所有的钱。
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Businessmen spend enormous amounts advertising their products. [VERB noun verb-ing]
商人们花费巨额资金为自己的商品做广告。
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Juventus have spent £23m on new players. [V amount/n + on]
尤文图斯队已经在新球员身上花了 2,300 万英镑。
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The survey may cost at least £100 but is money well spent. [VERB-ed]
该调查可能要花费至少 100 英镑，但这钱花得值。
SYN pay out, fork out [slang] , expend, lay out
2 VERB 花费(时间或精力) If you spend time or energy doing something, you use your time or effort doing it. 花费(时间或精力)
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Engineers spend much time and energy developing brilliant solutions. [VERB noun verb-ing]
工程师们花费很多时间和精力来开发完美的解决方案。
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This energy could be much better spent taking some positive action. [VERB noun verb-ing]
这些精力若用于采取某些积极行动的话，可能会更值得。
SYN apply, use, employ, concentrate
3 VERB (在某处)度过(一段时间) If you spend a period of time in a place, you stay there for a period of time. (在某处)度过(一段时间)
SYN pass, fill, occupy, while away
Usage Note :
Do not confuse spend and pass. If you spend a period of time doing something or spend time in a place, you do that thing or stay in that place for all of the time you are talking about. I spent three days cleaning our flat. ...a hotel where we could spend the night. If you do something while you are waiting for something else, you can say you do it to 'pass the time'. He had brought along a book to pass the time. You can say that time has passed in order to show that a period of time has finished. The first few days passed... The timne seems to have passed so quickly.
不要混淆 spend 和 pass。spend 表示花一段时间做某事或呆在某地，如：I spent three days cleaning our flat (我花了 3 天时间打扫我们的公寓)，a hotel where we could spend the night (可供我们过夜的旅馆)。如果在等待的过程中做某事消磨时间，可以说 pass the time，如：He had brought along a book to pass the time (他带了一本书来打发时间)。要表示一段时间过去了，可以用 pass，如：The first few days passed (头几天过去了)，The time seems to have passed so quickly (时间似乎过得很快)。
4 N-COUNT 开支;费用 The spend on a particular thing is the amount of money that is spent on it, or will be spent. 开支;费用 [business]
5 to spend a penny→see: penny
| Word Partnership | Use spend with: |
| N. | spend billions/millions, companies spend, consumers spend, spend money 1 spend an amount 1 2 spend energy, spend time 2 spend a day, spend hours/minutes, spend months/weeks/years, spend a night, spend a weekend 3 |
| VERB. | afford to spend, expect to spend, going to spend, plan to spend 1 2 3 |
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