spend
verb/spend/
/spend/
Verb Forms
Idioms | present simple I / you / we / they spend | /spend/ /spend/ |
| he / she / it spends | /spendz/ /spendz/ |
| past simple spent | /spent/ /spent/ |
| past participle spent | /spent/ /spent/ |
| -ing form spending | /ˈspendɪŋ/ /ˈspendɪŋ/ |
- [transitive, intransitive] to give money to pay for goods, services, etc.
用，花（钱） - spend something I've spent all my money already.
我已经把我的钱全都花完了。 - spend something on something She spent £100 on a new dress.
她花 100 英镑买了一条新连衣裙。 - spend something on doing something That money would be better spent on educating children.
这笔钱最好用在孩子的教育上。 - spend something doing something The company has spent thousands of pounds updating their computer systems.
公司花了几千英镑更新计算机系统。 - I just can't seem to stop spending.
我似乎就是没法不花钱。
Extra ExamplesTopics Shoppinga1, Moneya1- We're spending too much and we need to cut back.
我们花费太多，需要削减。 - Try to spend your money wisely.
钱要尽量花得明智。 - These patrons have money to spend.
这些顾客有钱可以花。 - Work out how much you can afford to spend.
算出你能负担得起多少钱。 - Consumers are spending less because of fear of unemployment.
由于担心失业，消费者减少了支出。 - the amount of money spent per student
学生每人支出的金额 - The government spends more on sport than on the arts.
政府在体育上的支出多于艺术上的支出。 - In 1953, consumers spent 20 per cent of their income on food.
1953年，消费者将收入的20%花在食品上。 - The company spent a lot on advertising.
这家公司花了大钱做广告。 - Do you know how much your family spends annually on holidays?
你知道你的家人每年假期要花多少钱吗？ - The average household spends £59 per week on transport.
每个家庭平均每周在交通上花费 59 英镑。 - I pay my bills and then I spend the rest on going out and having fun.
我支付账单，然后把剩下的钱花在出去玩。 - The money spent on funding this research would be much better spent on cancer care and prevention.
用于资助这项研究的资金最好用在癌症护理和预防上。 - Why spend billions sending people into space?
为什么要花费数十亿美元将人们送入太空？ - The government spent $11 million restoring the building.
政府花费了 1100 万美元修复了这座建筑。 - He had grown used to spending freely, without worrying about the consequences.
他已经习惯了随意花钱，不计后果。 - During the boom years, the American public bought and spent like never before.
在经济繁荣时期，美国公众的购买和消费方式达到了前所未有的水平。 - They spent lavishly on entertaining.
他们在娱乐上花费了大量的金钱。 - This jacket cost me £150, which I consider money well spent.
这件夹克花了我 150 英镑，我认为这笔钱花得很值。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- wisely
- freely
- heavily
- …
- on
- per
- be money well spent
- spend something I've spent all my money already.
- [transitive] to use time for a particular purpose; to pass time
花（时间）；度过 - spend something + adv./prep. We spent the day at the beach.
我们在海滩上待了一天。 - I like to spend time with my friends.
我喜欢和朋友们在一起。 - Her childhood was spent in Italy.
她的童年是在意大利度过的。 - spend something on something How long did you spend on your homework?
你做家庭作业用了多长时间？ - spend something doing something They spent the whole night talking.
他们聊了一个通宵。 - I've spent years trying to learn Japanese.
我花了很多年努力学习日语。 - to spend hours/days/months doing something
花几个小时/几天/几个月做某事 - spend something in doing something Most of her life was spent in caring for others.
她大半辈子的时间都用来照顾别人了。
Extra Examples- We spent the weekend in Paris.
我们在巴黎度过了周末。 - How do you spend your spare time?
你如何度过你的业余时间？ - He couldn't find a hotel and had to spend the night in the car.
他找不到旅馆，只好在车上过夜。 - He spent six months in prison for the offence.
他因此罪名入狱六个月。 - She spends more time at work than at home.
她花在工作上的时间比在家里的时间还多。 - She had to spend two nights in hospital.
她不得不在医院住两个晚上。 - There is concern about the amount of time our children spend in front of screens.
人们担心我们的孩子在屏幕前花费的时间。 - She spends three hours a day on exercise.
她每天花三个小时锻炼身体。 - I've spent ages on this so I hope it's all right.
我已经在这上面花了很多年了，所以我希望一切顺利。 - We spent a very pleasant evening at a restaurant.
我们在一家餐厅度过了一个非常愉快的夜晚。 - We usually spend Christmas with my parents.
我们通常和父母一起过圣诞节。 - The family spends every Thursday evening together.
每个星期四晚上，一家人都会在一起度过。 - Every hour spent on practice is worth it.
花在练习上的每一个小时都是值得的。 - I spent a couple of hours talking to him but it was time well spent because he really helped me.
我花了几个小时和他交谈，但这是值得的，因为他真的帮助了我。 - This is where I want to spend the rest of my life.
这是我想度过余生的地方。 - They spend winters in the Caribbean.
他们在加勒比海过冬。 - After nearly 3 decades spent as a teacher, she's ready for a career change.
在担任教师近 3 年后，她已准备好转行。 - I spend too much time watching television.
我花了太多时间看电视。 - Just spend a few minutes checking your work.
只需花几分钟检查您的工作即可。 - He plans to spend a week touring the south coast.
他计划花一周时间游览南海岸。 - I spent about 20 minutes reading the wrong manual.
我花了大约20分钟读错了手册。 - In the summer she spent two weeks doing work experience at a law firm.
暑假期间，她在一家律师事务所实习了两周。 - You can spend the rest of the day relaxing.
您可以轻松度过这一天剩下的时间。 - We'll spend the morning working in small groups.
整个上午我们将分成小组进行工作。 - He has spent his life helping other people.
他一生都在帮助别人。 - A lot of time has been spent in developing these methods.
开发这些方法花费了大量时间。 - Time spent in training staff is never wasted.
花在培训员工上的时间永远不会被浪费。
- spend something + adv./prep. We spent the day at the beach.
- [transitive, often passive] to use energy, effort, etc., especially until it has all been used
花费，消耗，用尽（精力等） - spend something on something She spends too much effort on things that don't matter.
她在一些无关紧要的事情上花费精力太多。 - spend something doing something The teacher spends a lot of energy planning a good lesson.
老师花了很多精力来筹划一堂好课。 - spend itself The storm had finally spent itself.
暴风雨终于停歇了。
Extra Examples- All his energy is spent on revenge.
他所有的精力都花在了复仇上。 - I can see you've spent a lot of energy on this.
我看得出你在这上面花费了很多精力。 - For a guy who spends so much energy trying to pick up women, Roger's pretty awful at it.
对于一个花费如此多的精力去泡妞的男人来说，罗杰在这方面实在是太糟糕了。 - There's not enough effort spent exploring these issues.
没有花费足够的精力来探索这些问题。 - Considering he spends so much effort criticizing our ideas, you'd expect him to come up with some alternatives.
考虑到他花费了如此多的精力来批评我们的想法，你会期望他能提出一些替代方案。 - I felt that this excitement could not keep on long, that it must soon spend itself.
我觉得这种兴奋不会持续太久，很快就会消失。 - It seemed at the time that the frantic rush to buy smartphones had finally spent itself.
当时，人们对智能手机的疯狂购买热潮似乎终于平息了。
- spend something on something She spends too much effort on things that don't matter.
Word OriginOld English spendan, from Latin expendere ‘pay out’; partly also a shortening of obsolete dispend, from Latin dispendere ‘pay out’.
Idioms
spend the night with somebody
- to stay with somebody for a night
在某人家里住一夜 - My daughter's spending the night with a friend.
我女儿要在一个朋友那里过夜。
- My daughter's spending the night with a friend.
- (also spend the night together)to stay with somebody for a night and have sex with them
和某人一起过夜并发生性关系
spend a penny
- (old-fashioned, British English) people say ‘spend a penny’ to avoid saying ‘use the toilet’
（委婉说法，与 use the toilet 同义）解手，方便