0 to give money as a payment for something -- 花費;用,花(錢)
We went on a spending spree (= we bought a lot of things) on Saturday. 我們週六瘋狂購物了一番。
We've just spent $1.9 million on improving our computer network. 我們剛花了190萬英鎊改進我們的電腦網路系統。
We spent a fortune when we were in New York. 我們在紐約花了一大筆錢。
I don't know how I managed to spend so much in the club last night. 我不知道昨晚在俱樂部怎麽會花了這麽多錢。
How much did you spend? 你花了多少錢?
1 to use time doing something or being somewhere -- 花(時間);度過
You can spend the night here if you like. 如果你願意的話,可以在這裡過夜。
We spent the weekend in Buenos Aires. 我們在布宜諾賽勒斯度過了週末。
My sister always spends ages in the bathroom. 我姐姐總是花很長的時間梳洗打扮。
I spent an hour at the station waiting for the train. 我在火車站等車等了一個小時。
I've spent years building up my collection. 我花了好多年時間蒐集收藏品。
I think we need to spend more time together. 我認爲我們應該多花些時間在一起。
2 to use energy, effort, force, etc., especially until there is no more left -- 消耗,花費(精力等);(尤指)用盡(全力)
The hurricane will probably have spent most of its force (= most of its force will have gone) by the time it reaches the northern parts of the country. 颶風抵達該國北部地區時,風勢可能已減弱了大半。
They continued firing until all their ammunition was spent (= there was none of it left). 他們持續開火,直到彈藥全部打光爲止。
For the past month he's been spending all his energy trying to find a job. 過去的一個月裡,他竭盡全力想找份工作。
Most people suggested a combination of spending some resources in retirement and saving some for unexpected events later on.
Some other helpers noted that the older people they assisted wanted them to spend more time with them than they felt able to give.
One way of determining burden is by recording how much time is spent attending to the patient.
Popular attitudes to spending priorities do not in general demand a radical redirection in the major areas of state spending.
Newly elected officials do not want to spend the capital they have 'earned' in the election by staying the course.
But not being a hoarder, he spent his cash as fast as he earned it.
For one thing, it is misleading to measure leisure simply as time spent outside the labor market.
Those men and women aged 25-44 and living-apart-together had both spent a full year longer in secondary education than had those in co-residential relationships.