spend
verbVerb Forms
Idioms | present simple I / you / we / they spend | |
| he / she / it spends | |
| past simple spent | |
| past participle spent | |
| -ing form spending |
- [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. 这笔钱最好花在教育孩子上。 - 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, Moneya1We're spending too much and we need to cut back. 我们花费太多，需要削减开支。 Try to spend your money wisely. 钱要尽量花得明智。 These patrons have money to spend. 这些顾客有钱花。 Work out how much you can afford to spend. 算出你能花多少钱。 Consumers are spending less because of fear of unemployment. 由于担心失业，消费者正在减少支出。 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. 政府花在体育上的钱比花在艺术上的钱多。 In 1953, consumers spent 20 per cent of their income on food. 1953年，消费者将收入的20%用于食品。 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花多少钱度假吗？ The average household spends £59 per week on transport. 平均每个家庭每周花59英镑在交通上。 I pay my bills and then I spend the rest on going out and having fun. 我付了账单，然后把剩下的钱花在出去玩上。 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钱最好花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把人送上太空？ The government spent $11 million restoring the building. 政府花了1100万美元修复这座建筑。 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. 在繁荣时期，美国公众前所未有地购买和消费。 They spent lavishly on entertaining. 他们在娱乐上花了很多钱。 This jacket cost me £150, which I consider money well spent. 这件夹克花了我150英镑，我认为这笔钱花得值。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- wisely
- freely
- heavily
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- on
- per
- be money well spent
- spend something
- [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. 我们在海滩度过了一天。 I like to spend time with my friends. 我喜欢和我的朋友在一起。 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. 他们整晚都在聊天。 I've spent years trying to learn Japanese. 我花了几年时间试图学习日语。 to spend hours/days/months doing something 花几小时/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 ExamplesWe spent the weekend in Paris. 我们在巴黎度过了周末。 How do you spend your spare time? 你在业余时间干什么？ He couldn't find a hotel and had to spend the night in the car. 他找不到旅馆，只好在车里过夜。 He spent six months in prison for the offence. 他因这一罪行被监禁了六个月。 She spends more time at work than at home. 她工作的时间比在家的时间多。 She had to spend two nights in hospital. 她不得不在医院住了两个晚上。 There is concern about the amount of time our children spend in front of screens. 人们担心我们的孩子花在屏幕前的时间。 She spends three hours a day on exercise. 她每天花三个小时锻炼。 I've spent ages on this so I hope it's all right. 我已经花了很长时间在这件事上，所以我希望它是正确的。 We spent a very pleasant evening at a restaurant. 我们在一家餐馆度过了一个非常愉快的夜晚。 We usually spend Christmas with my parents. 我们通常和我父母一起过圣诞节。 The family spends every Thursday evening together. 这家人每周四晚上都在一起。 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，但时间花得很值，因为他真的帮助了我。 This is where I want to spend the rest of my life. 这就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. 当了近30年的老师后，她准备好了转行。 I spend too much time watching television. 我看电视花的时间太多。 Just spend a few minutes checking your work. 花几分钟检查一下你的工作。 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. 夏天，她在一家律师事务所工作了两周。 You can spend the rest of the day relaxing. 你可以休息一天。 We'll spend the morning working in small groups. 我们将在小组里工作一上午。 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. 开发这些方法花了很多时间。 Time spent in training staff is never wasted. 花在培训员工上的时间从不浪费。
- spend something + adv./prep.
- [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计划一堂好课。 - spend itself
The storm had finally spent itself. 暴风雨终于停歇了。
Extra ExamplesAll his energy is spent on revenge. 他所有的精力都花在复仇上了。 I can see you've spent a lot of energy on this. 我看得出你在这上面花了很多精力。 For a guy who spends so much energy trying to pick up women, Roger's pretty awful at it. 对于一个花这么多精力去泡妞的人来说，罗杰是个很糟糕的人。 There's not enough effort spent exploring these issues. 没有花足够的精力去探索这些问题。 Considering he spends so much effort criticizing our ideas, you'd expect him to come up with some alternatives. 考虑到他花了这么多精力批评我们的想法，你会期望他提出一些替代方案。 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，它很快就会消失。 It seemed at the time that the frantic rush to buy smartphones had finally spent itself. 当时，购买智能手机的疯狂热潮似乎终于花光了。
- spend something on something
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
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