- [transitive, intransitive]
to give money to pay for goods, services, etc. 用，花（钱） - spend something
I've spent all my money already. 我已经把我的钱全都花完了。 🔊🔊 - spend something on something
She spent £100 on a new dress. 她花 100 英镑买了一条新连衣裙。 🔊🔊 - spend something on doing something
That money would be better spent on educating children. 那笔钱最好花在教育孩子上。 - spend something doing something
The company has spent thousands of pounds updating their computer systems. 公司花了几千英镑更新计算机系统。 🔊🔊 I just can't seem to stop spending. 我似乎就是没法不花钱。 🔊🔊
Extra ExamplesTopics Shoppinga1, Moneya1We're spending too much and we need to cut back. 我们花了太多钱，我们需要削减。 Try to spend your money wisely. 钱要尽量花得明智。 These patrons have money to spend. 这些顾客有钱可花。 Work out how much you can afford to spend. 算出您有能力负担的费用。 Consumers are spending less because of fear of unemployment. 由于担心失业，消费者的支出减少了。 the amount of money spent per student 学生每人支出的金额 The government spends more on sport than on the arts. 政府在体育上的投入超过在艺术上的投入。 In 1953, consumers spent 20 per cent of their income on food. 1953年，消费者将其收入的20％用于食品。 The company spent a lot on advertising. 这家公司花了大钱做广告。 Do you know how much your family spends annually on holidays? 您知道您的家庭每年在假期花费多少吗？ The average household spends £59 per week on transport. 平均每个家庭每周在交通上花费59英镑。 I pay my bills and then I spend the rest on going out and having fun. 我付账单，然后其余的都花在外出玩乐上。 The money spent on funding this research would be much better spent on cancer care and prevention. 花在资助这项研究上的钱会好得多花在癌症的护理和预防上。 Why spend billions sending people into space? 为什么花数十亿美元将人们送入太空？ The government spent $11 million restoring the building. 政府花费了1100万美元来修复大楼。 He had grown used to spending freely, without worrying about the consequences. 他已经习惯了随意花钱，不计后果。 During the boom years, the American public bought and spent like never before. 在繁荣时期，美国公众前所未有地进行购买和消费。 They spent lavishly on entertaining. 他们花大量的钱在娱乐上。 This jacket cost me £150, which I consider money well spent. 这件外套花了我150英镑，我认为这笔钱花得还不错。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- wisely
- freely
- heavily
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- on
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- be money well spent
- spend something
- [transitive]
to use time for a particular purpose; to pass time 花（时间）；度过 - spend something + adv./prep.
We spent the day at the beach. 我们在海滩度过了一天。 I like to spend time with my friends. 我喜欢和朋友们在一起。 Her childhood was spent in Italy. 她的童年是在意大利度过的。 - spend something on something
How long did you spend on your homework? 你做家庭作业用了多长时间？ 🔊🔊 - spend something doing something
They spent the whole night talking. 他们整夜都在聊天。 I've spent years trying to learn Japanese. 我花了多年的时间尝试学习日语。 to spend hours/days/months doing something 花几个小时/几天/几个月做某事 - spend something in doing something
Most of her life was spent in caring for others. 她大半辈子的时间都用来照顾别人了。 🔊🔊
Extra ExamplesWe spent the weekend in Paris. 我们在巴黎度过了周末。 🔊🔊 How do you spend your spare time? 你在业余时间干什么？ 🔊🔊 He couldn't find a hotel and had to spend the night in the car. 他找不到旅馆，只好在车上过夜。 He spent six months in prison for the offence. 他因违法行为被判入狱六个月。 She spends more time at work than at home. 她在工作上花费的时间多于在家。 She had to spend two nights in hospital. 她不得不在医院住了两个晚上。 There is concern about the amount of time our children spend in front of screens. 人们担心我们的孩子在屏幕前所花费的时间。 She spends three hours a day on exercise. 她每天花三个小时锻炼身体。 I've spent ages on this so I hope it's all right. 我已经为此花了很长时间，所以我希望一切都很好。 We spent a very pleasant evening at a restaurant. 我们在一家餐厅度过了一个非常愉快的夜晚。 We usually spend Christmas with my parents. 我们通常和父母一起过圣诞节。 The family spends every Thursday evening together. 一家人每个星期四晚上在一起度过。 Every hour spent on practice is worth it. 花在练习上的每一小时都是值得的。 I spent a couple of hours talking to him but it was time well spent because he really helped me. 我花了几个小时与他交谈，但是花了很多时间，因为他确实帮助了我。 This is where I want to spend the rest of my life. 这是我想度过余生的地方。 They spend winters in the Caribbean. 他们在加勒比地区过冬。 After nearly 3 decades spent as a teacher, she's ready for a career change. 在担任教师近三十年后，她已准备好转行。 I spend too much time watching television. 我看电视花的时间太多。 🔊🔊 Just spend a few minutes checking your work. 只需花几分钟检查您的工作即可。 He plans to spend a week touring the south coast. 他计划花一个星期游览南海岸。 I spent about 20 minutes reading the wrong manual. 我花了大约20分钟阅读了错误的手册。 In the summer she spent two weeks doing work experience at a law firm. 夏天，她花了两个星期在一家律师事务所工作。 You can spend the rest of the day relaxing. 您可以在剩下的一天中放松身心。 We'll spend the morning working in small groups. 我们将以小组形式度过整个上午。 He has spent his life helping other people. 他一生都在帮助别人。 A lot of time has been spent in developing these methods. 在开发这些方法上已经花费了很多时间。 Time spent in training staff is never wasted. 培训员工所花费的时间永远不会浪费。
- spend something + adv./prep.
- [transitive, often passive]
to use energy, effort, etc., especially until it has all been used 花费，消耗，用尽（精力等） - spend something on something
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。 🔊🔊 - spend something doing something
The teacher spends a lot of energy planning a good lesson. 老师花费大量精力计划一堂好课。 - spend itself
The storm had finally spent itself. 暴风雨终于停歇了。 🔊🔊
Extra ExamplesAll his energy is spent on revenge. 他所有的精力都花在了报仇上。 I can see you've spent a lot of energy on this. 我可以看到您为此花费了很多精力。 For a guy who spends so much energy trying to pick up women, Roger's pretty awful at it. 对于一个花这么多精力去接女性的男人，罗杰对此感到非常糟糕。 There's not enough effort spent exploring these issues. 没有足够的精力来探索这些问题。 Considering he spends so much effort criticizing our ideas, you'd expect him to come up with some alternatives. 考虑到他花了很多精力来批评我们的想法，您可以期望他提出一些替代方案。 I felt that this excitement could not keep on long, that it must soon spend itself. 我感到这种兴奋不能持续太久，必须很快度过。 It seemed at the time that the frantic rush to buy smartphones had finally spent itself. 当时看来，疯狂购买智能手机的狂热终于花光了。
- spend something on something
Word OriginOld English spendan, from Latin expendere ‘pay out’; partly also a shortening of obsolete dispend, from Latin dispendere ‘pay out’.
Idioms
spend the night with somebody
spend a penny
- (old-fashioned, British English)
people say ‘spend a penny’ to avoid saying ‘use the toilet’ （委婉说法，与 use the toilet 同义）解手，方便