spends

英 [spendz] 美 [spendz]

v.  用，花(钱); 花(时间); 度过; 花费，消耗，用尽(精力等)
n.  (为某目的或某段时间内的)花销，花费，开销
spend的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

  1. VERB 花(钱);用(钱)
    When you spend money, you pay money for things that you want.
    1. By the end of the holiday I had spent all my money...
      到假期结束时，我已经花光了自己所有的钱。
    2. Businessmen spend enormous amounts advertising their products...
      商人们花费巨额资金为自己的商品做广告。
    3. Juventus have spent £23m on new players...
      尤文图斯队已经在新球员身上花了 2,300 万英镑。
    4. The survey may cost at least £100 but is money well spent.
      该调查可能要花费至少 100 英镑，但这钱花得值。
  2. VERB 花费(时间或精力)
    If you spend time or energy doing something, you use your time or effort doing it.
    1. Engineers spend much time and energy developing brilliant solutions...
      工程师们花费很多时间和精力来开发完美的解决方案。
    2. This energy could be much better spent taking some positive action.
      这些精力若用于采取某些积极行动的话，可能会更值得。
  3. VERB (在某处)度过(一段时间)
    If you spend a period of time in a place, you stay there for a period of time.
    1. We spent the night in a hotel.
      我们在一家旅馆过夜。

    4. Do not confuse spend and pass. If you spend a period of time doing something or spend time in a place, you do that thing or stay in that place for all of the time you are talking about. I spent three days cleaning our flat. ...a hotel where we could spend the night. If you do something while you are waiting for something else, you can say you do it to 'pass the time'. He had brought along a book to pass the time. You can say that time has passed in order to show that a period of time has finished. The first few days passed... The timne seems to have passed so quickly.
    不要混淆 spend 和 pass。spend 表示花一段时间做某事或呆在某地，如：I spent three days cleaning our flat (我花了 3 天时间打扫我们的公寓)，a hotel where we could spend the night (可供我们过夜的旅馆)。如果在等待的过程中做某事消磨时间，可以说 pass the time，如：He had brought along a book to pass the time (他带了一本书来打发时间)。要表示一段时间过去了，可以用 pass，如：The first few days passed (头几天过去了)，The time seems to have passed so quickly (时间似乎过得很快)。

  4. N-COUNT 开支;费用
    The spend on a particular thing is the amount of money that is spent on it, or will be spent.
    1. ...the marketing and advertising spend.
      营销和广告开支
  5. to spend a penny → see: penny
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双语例句

  1. She spends her Easter holidays taking groups of children to France
    她带领一群孩子去法国过复活节。
  2. My husband spends hours in the bathroom, but then again so do I.
    我丈夫常占用浴室好几个小时，不过我也是这样。
  3. He spends his time flitting between Florence, Rome and Bologna.
    他辗转于佛罗伦萨、罗马和博洛尼亚三地之间。
  4. Drew spends all day eyeing up the women and making lewd comments.
    德鲁整天就盯着女人看，说些下流话。
  5. She spends her days reading and watching television.
    她每天就是读读书，看看电视。
  6. She spends a lot of time rearing animals.
    她花费大量时间饲养动物。
  7. She spends her nights lying in bed, replaying the fire in her mind.
    她好多个晚上躺在床上，不断想起火灾场面。
  8. The Institute spends a lot of time scratching its head about how to boost American productivity.
    该协会花费大量时间苦苦思索如何提高美国的生产力。
  9. The driver usually spends four hours or so helping to load and prepare his lorry.
    司机通常花4小时左右的时间帮忙装货和打理货车。
  10. She spends her time swanning around the world
    她一个人自由自在地环游世界。
  11. He spends all his free time at home vegetating in front of the TV.
    他一有空闲时间就窝在家里看电视。
  12. He spends his spare time visiting schools to warn pupils off drugs.
    他用自己的业余时间访问学校，告诫小学生远离毒品。
  13. Linda spends all her time working on the garden
    琳达把所有时间都花在打理花园上。
  14. He spends at least a part of his time in reading.
    他至少有一部分空闲时间看书。
  15. Ruth is a visionary girl, she spends her time daydreaming.
    露丝是个好幻想的女孩，她常把时间消磨于做白日梦。
  16. The average child spends around ten hours a week watching television.
    普通孩子一周花大约10小时看电视。
  17. He spends all his money on food and drink.
    他把钱都花在吃喝儿上。
  18. She's not a very good manager, she always spends more money than she earns.
    她不大会理财，总是入不敷出。
  19. She spends whole nights playing mah-jong.
    她成夜成夜地打麻将。
  20. He spends a lot on smoking and drinking every month.
    他每月抽烟喝酒的花销可不小。
  21. Instead of working hard at her lessons, mary spends her time building a castle in the air.
    玛丽不用功读书，却花时间去幻想。
  22. Our company spends a lot of money on scientific research.
    我们公司在科学研究上花费了大量钱财。
  23. He spends about half an hour finish the work.
    他花了约半个小时完成了拿项工作。
  24. He spends less time at work, to the benefit of the whole family.
    他花在工作上的时间少了些，这对全家都有好处。
  25. He spends more time with his schoolmates than he does with his family.
    他和同学们在一起的时候比和家人多。
  26. A young woman spends a curiously unpredictable day with a stranger.
    一个年青女子和一个陌生人，度过了奇怪和不可预知的一天。
  27. He spends a lot of money in entertaining friends.
    他招待朋友花了很多钱。
  28. So, he goes to Cambridge, and he spends six months with Thompson.
    所以他去了剑桥，他花了六个月和汤姆逊待了六个月。
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