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spare/spɛə/ adj., n. & v.●adj. 1a not required for ordinary use; extra 多余的，剩余的；空闲的 have no spare cash 没有余款 b reserved for emergency or occasional use 备用的 slept in the spare room 在备用房间里睡了 c colloq. not wanted or used by others [口]他人不需要的；别人不用的 a spare seat in the front row 前排的一个空位 2 lean; thin 瘦削的 3 scanty; frugal; not copious 不足的；节约的；少量的 a spare diet 简单的饮食； a spare prose style 简约的散文风格 ●n. 1 a spare part; a duplicate 备件；备用品 2 (in tenpin bowling) the knocking-down of all the pins with the first two balls (十柱滚木球游戏中的)两击全倒 ●v. 1 tr. afford to give or do without; dispense with 抽出；让与，分让 cannot spare him just now 现在不能把他抽走； can spare you a couple 可以让给你两个 2 tr.a abstain from killing, hurting, wounding, etc. 饶恕；赦免；不伤害 spared his feelings 不伤他的感情； spared her life 饶她一命 b abstain from inflicting or causing; relieve from 免去，免除 spare me this talk 使我不必做这个讲话； spare my blushes 不使我害羞难为情 3 tr. be frugal or grudging of 节约，俭省；吝惜 no expense spared 不惜工本 4 intr. archaic be frugal [古义]节约 □ go spare Brit. colloq. [英口] 1 become extremely angry or distraught 极为气愤；极为心烦 2 be unwanted by others 变得多余 □ not spare oneself exert one's utmost efforts 竭尽全力，不遗余力 □ to spare left over; additional 多余的；剩余的 an hour to spare 剩下 1 小时 □ sparely adv.□ spareness n.□ sparer n.[Old English spœr, sparian, from Germanic] |