spared

英 [speəd] 美 [sperd]

v.  抽出; 拨出; 留出; 匀出; 省得; 免去; 饶恕; 赦免; 放过; 使逃脱
spare的过去分词和过去式

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  1. ADJ 备用的;预备的
    You use spare to describe something that is the same as things that you are already using, but that you do not need yet and are keeping ready in case another one is needed.
    1. If possible keep a spare pair of glasses accessible in case your main pair is broken or lost...
      如果有可能的话，最好准备一副备用眼镜，以防常用的那副眼镜打碎或者丢失。
    2. Don't forget to take a few spare batteries...
      别忘了带上几节备用电池。
    3. He could have taken a spare key...
      他本该带上一把备用钥匙的。
    4. The wagons carried spare ammunition.
      大货车载着备用的弹药。
    5. Spare is also a noun.
    6. Give me the trunk key and I'll get the spare.
      把行李箱的钥匙给我，我去拿一下备胎。
  2. ADJ 剩下的;多余的;空闲的
    You use spare to describe something that is not being used by anyone, and is therefore available for someone to use.
    1. They don't have a lot of spare cash...
      他们没有多少闲钱。
    2. The spare bedroom is on the second floor...
      闲置的卧室在三楼。
    3. There was hardly a spare inch of space to be found.
      几乎找不到一丁点空余的地方。
  3. VERB 剩余，剩下(时间、金钱或空间)
    If you have something such as time, money, or space to spare, you have some extra time, money, or space that you have not used or which you do not need.
    1. You got here with ninety seconds to spare...
      你到这里的时候还剩 90 秒钟时间。
    2. It's not as if he has money to spare...
      他又不是有什么余钱。
    3. The car suddenly darted ahead, squeezing past him with only inches to spare...
      那辆车突然向前疾驶而去，从他身边擦身而过。
    4. Miranda has drive and energy to spare and has now taken on an even bigger challenge.
      米兰达有使不完的干劲和精力，现在已经接受了一个更大的挑战。
  4. VERB 抽出，拨出(金钱或其他资源)
    If you spare time or another resource for a particular purpose, you make it available for that purpose.
    1. She said that she could only spare 35 minutes for our meeting...
      她说她只能抽出 35 分钟时间参加我们的会议。
    2. He's a very busy man, and it's good of him to spare the time to visit...
      他是个大忙人，能抽出时间到访真是太好了。
    3. He suggested that his country could not spare the troops for such an operation.
      他暗示说他的国家无法抽调军队参与这样的行动。
  5. VERB 使免遭伤害;使幸免
    If a person or a place is spared, they are not harmed, even though other people or places have been.
    1. We have lost everything, but thank God, our lives have been spared...
      我们已经失去了一切，不过谢天谢地，总算是保住了性命。
    2. Not a man was spared...
      无人得以幸免。
    3. Northern Somalia was largely spared from the famine.
      索马里北部的大部分地区逃过了这场饥荒。
  6. VERB 不让…难堪(或难过)
    If you spare someone an unpleasant experience, you prevent them from suffering it.
    1. I wanted to spare Frances the embarrassment of discussing this subject...
      讨论这个话题太尴尬，我不想让弗朗西斯难堪。
    2. Prisoners are spared the indignity of wearing uniforms...
      囚犯们不必忍受身穿囚服的侮辱。
    3. Spare me the gory details...
      别给我讲那些骇人听闻的细节了。
    4. She's just trying to spare Shawna's feelings...
      她只是想尽量不让肖娜难过。
    5. The policy has not spared the farming community from severe financial pressure.
      这项政策并没有使农村社会逃脱沉重的经济压力。
  7. ADJ-GRADED 瘦削的
    Someone who is described as spare is tall and not at all fat.
    1. She was thin and spare, with a sharply intelligent face.
      她又高又瘦，一副精明过人的模样。
  8. ADJ-GRADED 简单的;不加修饰的;简朴的
    Something such as a room that is spare is very plain with no unnecessary features.
    1. Inside, the two small rooms were spare and neat, stripped bare of ornaments.
      进去以后是两个简单而整洁的小房间，朴实无华，没有什么装饰。
  9. See also: sparing
  10. PHRASE 不遗余力/不惜工本
    If you spare no effort in doing something, you do it as well as possible, without worrying about the amount of work involved. If you spare no expense in doing it, you do it as well as possible, without trying to save money.
    1. The government is determined to spare no effort in investigating this case thoroughly...
      政府决定不遗余力地彻底调查这个案子。
    2. Officials say they'll spare no expense to prevent another riot.
      官员说他们会不惜一切地阻止再次发生暴乱。
  11. PHRASE 可怜一下(不幸的人)
    If you spare a thought for an unfortunate person, you make an effort to think sympathetically about them and their bad luck.
    1. Spare a thought for the nation's shopkeepers — consumer sales slid again in May...
      可怜一下这个国家的店老板吧—— 5 月份消费品的销售量又下滑了。
    2. I do not think any of us spared a thought for the ordeal of her crew.
      我不认为我们中间有任何一个人同情过这艘船的船员所遭受的磨难。
  12. to spare someone's blushes → see: blush
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双语例句

  1. To his relief a loud knock on the door spared him from giving an explanation
    一声重重的敲门声让他松了一口气，他可以不用解释了。
  2. We have lost everything, but thank God, our lives have been spared
    我们已经失去了一切，不过谢天谢地，总算是保住了性命。
  3. Not a man was spared
    无人得以幸免。
  4. Northern Somalia was largely spared from the famine.
    索马里北部的大部分地区逃过了这场饥荒。
  5. Prisoners are spared the indignity of wearing uniforms
    囚犯们不必忍受身穿囚服的侮辱。
  6. The policy has not spared the farming community from severe financial pressure.
    这项政策并没有使农村社会逃脱沉重的经济压力。
  7. I do not think any of us spared a thought for the ordeal of her crew.
    我不认为我们中间有任何一个人同情过这艘船的船员所遭受的磨难。
  8. We're so busy that no one can be spared for any other work.
    我们是一个萝卜一个坑，腾不出人手来。
  9. She was spared the watching of the branches jut out beyond the point of balance.
    她幸免于看到将来枝干攲侧倾斜的景象。
  10. He spared neither pains nor expense.
    他既不辞劳苦也不惜费用。
  11. He was on his knees, begging to be spared.
    他跪在地上，直求饶命。
  12. Tornadoes battered the area, but the hospital was spared.
    龙卷风摧毁了该地区，医院则幸免于难。
  13. Me? But most of my spared time has been spent in painting it.
    我？但我的大部分业余时间都用来画它了。
  14. And the rest of you will be spared.
    我会饶了你们其余的人。
  15. Our lives were spared but houses and all possessions were lost.
    我们得救了，但是房子等财产都失去了。
  16. But when they did the asking, they spared me.
    但他们要求时，他们放过了我。
  17. But I spared him the pain.
    可是我减轻了他的痛苦。
  18. I spared your lives because I need you.
    我保留你们的性命是因为我需要你们。
  19. The king spared the lives of the women and children.
    国王放过了妇女和儿童。
  20. He spared no efforts on his studies.
    他在研究方面不遗余力。
  21. They spared the prisoner.
    他们饶了这犯人的性命。
  22. The gods have spared me?
    诸神已经宽恕我了？
  23. They killed the men but spared the children.
    他们把男人都杀了，但放过了孩子。
  24. Since the lion has spared you, I will for this time ratify your pardon.
    既然狮子饶了你，我这次也赦免你。
  25. They would have been spared.
    他们就不会像现在这样了。
  26. He spared no expense in building a villa for himself.
    他不惜工本为自己造了一幢别墅。
  27. The King of Khotan happened to here about this, and he requested that their lives be spared.
    和阗王刚好听到了，他要求放了这些羊。
  28. They took his money but spared his life.
    他们拿走了他的钱但饶了他一命。
  29. Now that you have spared me, you won't be able to kill so easily.
    现在因为你放了我，你就不会再这么轻易地去杀人了。
  30. Happily, I was spared the journey and the trouble.
    幸好，我省去了这趟出行和麻烦。
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