spends
- v.用，花(钱);花(时间);花费，消耗，用尽(精力等);度过
- 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
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VERB 花(钱);用(钱)
When you spend money, you pay money for things that you want.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。
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Has your spending on food increased?...
你在食品上的开支增加了吗？
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VERB 花费(时间或精力)
If you spend time or energy doing something, you use your time or effort doing it.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。
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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.We spent the night in a hotel.
我们在一家旅馆过夜。
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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)。
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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....the marketing and advertising spend.
营销和广告开支
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to spend a penny→ see:penny
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In order to make money , Sally works in a supermarket after class and spends the money supporting the family .
为了赚钱，萨莉下课后会在一家超市工作，用这些钱养家。
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He spends all his time on crosswords and other trifles .
他把所有的时间都用在做纵横填字游戏和其他无聊的活动上。
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How would you like to spend the rest of the day ?
后半天你打算怎么过？
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Obviously , we don 't want to spend too much money .
很明显，我们不想花太多的钱。
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I spend a lot of my time on administrative duties .
我在行政管理事务上花了大量时间。
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This is as good a place as any to spend the night .
有这么个地方过夜就很好了。
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She spends two hours a day getting to work and back again .
她每天上班来回要花两小时。
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Stores spend more and more on crime prevention every year .
商店每年在防止犯罪方面的花费越来越多。
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I 've been planning how I 'm going to spend the day .
我一直在筹划怎样度过这一天。
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We should spend the money on something that will benefit everyone .
我们应该把这笔钱花在大家都能得益的事上。
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It is not realistic to expect people to spend so much money .
期望人们花那么多的钱是不实际的。
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How to spend the money is for you to decide .
怎样花这笔钱由你决定。
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It costs a bit more than I wanted to spend .
它比我预计的消费高了一点。
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You should spend more time out of doors in the fresh air .
你应多花点时间在户外呼吸新鲜空气。
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She spends too much effort on things that don 't matter .
她在一些无关紧要的事情上花费精力太多。
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I spend too much time watching television .
我看电视花的时间太多。
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He spends most of his time working .
他把大部分时间都花在工作上。
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You should spend more time out of doors .
你应多点到户外透透气。
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Parents spend an average of $ 220 a year on toys .
父母为孩子买玩具的花费每年平均为220元。
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I spend most of my working day sitting at a desk .
我一天之中大部分工作时间都坐在办公桌旁。
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How do you spend your spare time ?
你在业余时间干什么？
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I spend at least six hours a week marking .
我每周至少要花六个小时批改作业。
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I spend a lot of time in Britain but Paris is still my base .
我有很多时间在英国度过，但主要还是居住在巴黎。
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Families with children spend proportionally less per person than families without children .
有子女家庭比无子女家庭的人均开销相对地少。
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They had an arrangement that the children would spend two weeks with each parent .
他们商定，孩子们与父方母方分别各住两个星期。
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He likes to spend his time chatting up the local talent .
他喜欢把时间花在和当地的妞儿搭讪上。
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It seems unnatural for a child to spend so much time alone .
一个孩子独自一人待那么长时间似乎有点反常。
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He would spend hours on the telephone .
他一打电话往往就是几个小时。
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He spends money like water .
他挥霍无度。
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She spends money like there 's no tomorrow .
她拼命花钱，就像过了今天没有明天似的。