spare是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 If something is spare, it is available to use because it is extra. -- 額外的，備用的；多餘的

  • a spare key/tyre 備用鎖匙／輪胎

  • spare sheets and blankets 多餘的床單和毛毯

  • Do you have a spare pen? 你有多餘的筆嗎？

  • We have a spare room if you want to stay overnight with us. 要是你想在我們這裡過夜的話，我們有一個空房間。

  • Could I have a word with you when you have a spare moment/minute? 如果你有時間，我能否和你談兩句？

  • UK informal "Do you want this cake?" "Yes, if it's going spare (= if no one else wants it)." 「你要這塊蛋糕嗎？」「如果沒有別人要，就給我吧。」

  • I like to paint in my spare time. 我業餘時間喜歡畫畫。

• 1 tall and thin -- 瘦高的，瘦長的

  • He had the spare build of a runner. 他有著賽跑運動員的瘦長體型。

• 2 plain and not decorated -- 簡樸的，未裝飾的

  • The interior is spare, almost minimalist. 內部是簡樸的，幾乎是最簡單的。

• 3 to get very upset or angry -- 很惱火，很生氣

  • She goes spare if I'm so much as five minutes late. 如果我遲到五分鐘，她就會很生氣。

• 4 to not hurt or destroy something or someone -- 饒恕；不傷害；不毀壞

  • They asked him to spare the women and children. 他們要他放過婦女和兒童。

• 5 to prevent someone from having to experience something unpleasant -- 使避免，使免遭

  • Luckily, I was spared the embarrassment of having to sing in front of everyone. 幸運的是，我躲過了在大家面前唱歌的尷尬。

  • It was a nasty accident - but I'll spare you (= I won't tell you) the gruesome details. 那是一起嚴重的事故——我就不跟你講那些令人毛骨悚然的細節了。

• 6 to use a lot of effort, expense, etc. to do something -- 不遺餘力／不惜成本

  • [ + to infinitive ] We will spare no effort to find out who did this. 我們會全力以赴，一定查出是誰做了這件事。

  • She never spared herself in the pursuit of excellence. 她竭盡全力追求卓越。

• 7 to give time, money, or space to someone, especially when it is difficult for you -- （尤指在自己困難的情況下）抽出，撥出，擠出

  • [ + two objects ] Could you spare me £20? 你能抽出20英鎊給我嗎？

  • I'd love to come, but I can't spare the time. 我很想來，但恐怕沒時間。

  • Spare a thought for me tomorrow, when you're lying on a beach, because I'll still be here in the office! 明天你躺在海灘上的時候，就想想我吧，因爲我還在辦公室裡！

  • If you have any woolyarn to spare when you've finished the sweater, can you make me some gloves? 如果你織完毛衣還剩下毛線的話，可以給我織副手套嗎？

  • I caught the plane with only two minutes to spare. 我趕上飛機時距離起飛只剩兩分鐘了。

  • There's no time/We have no time to spare if we want to get the article written by tomorrow. 如果我們想明天就把這篇文章寫完，那麽就沒剩多少時間了。

• 8 an extra thing that is not being used and can be used instead of a part that is broken, lost, etc. -- 備用品