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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary
Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
- spend [spεnd] [spend]
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1.
vt.
花费（钱）；支出
- I went shopping and I spent a lot of money I wasn't planning to.
- 我去购物了，买了很多没打算买的东西。
- He spends a lot of money traveling.
- 他花很多钱去旅行。
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2.
vt.
把（时间、精力等）用于…
- You need to spend more time studying.
- 你需要多花点儿时间学习。
- She has been spending a lot of energy trying to improve her technique.
- 她已经花了很大力气来提高技术了。
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3.
vt.
消耗；用尽
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4.
vt.
浪费；滥用
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5.
vt.
献出（生命）
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6.
vt.
（暴风过后船）失去（桅杆）
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7.
vi.
花费；浪费
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8.
vi.
[antiquated]
耗尽，用尽
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9.
noun
消费总额；消费总数
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1.
vt.
花费（钱）；支出
Collins English-English Dictionary
- spend [spεnd]
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1.
vb
to pay out (money, wealth, etc)
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2.
vt.
[tr]
to concentrate (time, effort, thought, etc) upon an object, activity, etc
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3.
vt.
[tr]
to pass (time) in a specific way, activity, place, etc
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4.
vt.
[tr]
to use up completely
- the hurricane spent its force
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5.
vt.
[tr]
to give up (one's blood, life, etc) in a cause
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6.
vi.
[intr]
[obsolete]
to be used up or exhausted
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7.
n
an amount of money spent, esp regularly, or allocated to be spent
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8.
n
See also spends
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9.
n
[Etymology]
Old English spendan, from Latin expendere; influenced also by Old French despendre to spend, from Latin dispendere; see
expend ,dispense
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1.
vb
to pay out (money, wealth, etc)
Examples
- spend one's days in study
- 把一生花在学习(或研究)上 → day
- to spend every last cent
- 花掉每一分钱 → last
- to spend lightly
- 花钱少 → lightly
- to spend a week together
- 共同度过一星期 → together
- The basic problem is that nobody wants to spend 300 RMB for a concert.
- 最根本的问题是，没有人想花300元人民币去看一场演唱会。
- After the accident, the player had to spend more than 3 months on the bench.
- 那次事故后，这个运动员不得不当了3个多月的替补。 → bench
- I want to play instead of spend the rest of the match on this bench.
- 我想上场，不想在余下的比赛中做替补。 → bench
- There is silk and silk, it depends on how much you'd like to spend.
- 什么样的丝绸都有，就看你想花多少钱了。 → and
- I want to spend more than five years in Asia traveling.
- 我想至少花五年的时间游遍亚洲。 → Asia
- I'll spend the first week of August in Thailand with my family.
- 我将和家人一起在泰国度过八月的第一周。 → August
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