spend是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 to give money as a payment for something -- 花费；用，花（钱）

  • How much did you spend? 你花了多少钱？

  • I don't know how I managed to spend so much in the club last night. 我不知道昨晚在俱乐部怎么会花了这么多钱。

  • We spent a fortune when we were in New York. 我们在纽约花了一大笔钱。

  • She spends a lot of money on clothes. 她在衣服上花销很大。

  • We've just spent $1.9 million on improving our computer network. 我们刚花了190万美元改进我们的计算机网络系统。

  • We went on a spending spree (= we bought a lot of things) on Saturday. 我们周六疯狂购物了一番。

• 1 to use time doing something or being somewhere -- 花（时间）；度过

  • I think we need to spend more time together. 我认为我们应该多花些时间在一起。

  • I spent a lot of time cleaning that room. 我花了很长时间打扫那个房间。

  • I've spent years building up my collection. 我花了好多年时间搜集藏品。

  • I spent an hour at the station waiting for the train. 我在火车站等车等了一个小时。

  • How long do you spend on your homework? 你做家庭作业用多长时间？

  • My sister always spends ages in the bathroom. 我姐姐总是花很长的时间梳洗打扮。

  • We spent the weekend in Buenos Aires. 我们在布宜诺斯艾利斯度过了周末。

  • You can spend the night here if you like. 如果你愿意的话，可以在这里过夜。

• 2 to use energy, effort, force, etc., especially until there is no more left -- 消耗，花费（精力等）；（尤指）用尽（全力）

  • For the past month he's been spending all his energy trying to find a job. 过去的一个月里，他竭尽全力想找份工作。

  • They continued firing until all their ammunition was spent (= there was none of it left). 他们持续开火，直到弹药全部打光为止。

  • 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. 飓风抵达该国北部地区时，风势可能已减弱了大半。

  • Her anger soon spent itself (= stopped). 她的怒气很快就烟消云散了。

• 3 the amount of money that is spent on something -- 花费，开销

  • The total spend on the project was almost a million pounds. 这个项目的花费总计接近100万英镑。