spends

英 [spendz]

美 [spendz]

v.  用，花(钱); 花(时间); 度过; 花费，消耗，用尽(精力等)
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

柯林斯词典

• VERB 花(钱);用(钱)
  When youspendmoney, you pay money for things that you want.
  1. 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。
  2. Businessmen spend enormous amounts advertising their products...
     商人们花费巨额资金为自己的商品做广告。
  3. Juventus have spent £23m on new players...
     尤文图斯队已经在新球员身上花了 2,300 万英镑。
  4. The survey may cost at least £100 but is money well spent.
     该调查可能要花费至少 100 英镑，但这钱花得值。
• VERB 花费(时间或精力)
  If youspendtime or energy doing something, you use your time or effort doing it.
  1. 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。
  2. This energy could be much better spent taking some positive action.
     这些精力若用于采取某些积极行动的话，可能会更值得。
• VERB (在某处)度过(一段时间)
  If youspenda period of time in a place, you stay there for a period of time.
  1. We spent the night in a hotel.
     我们在一家旅馆过夜。

Do not confusespendandpass. If youspenda period of time doing something orspendtime in a place, you do that thing or stay in that place for all of the time you are talking about.I spent three days cleaning our flat. ...a hotel where we could spend the night.If you do something while you are waiting for something else, you can say you do it to 'passthe time'.He had brought along a book to pass the time.You can say that timehas passedin order to show that a period of time has finished.The first few days passed... The timne seems to have passed so quickly.
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)。

• N-COUNT 开支;费用
  Thespendon a particular thing is the amount of money that is spent on it, or will be spent.
  1. ...the marketing and advertising spend.
     营销和广告开支
• tospend a penny→ see:penny

双语例句

• He spends at least a part of his time in reading.
  他至少有一部分空闲时间看书。
• He spends less time at work, to the benefit of the whole family.
  他花在工作上的时间少了些，这对全家都有好处。
• She spends a lot of time rearing animals.
  她花费大量时间饲养动物。
• She spends her time swanning around the world
  她一个人自由自在地环游世界。
• The Institute spends a lot of time scratching its head about how to boost American productivity.
  该协会花费大量时间苦苦思索如何提高美国的生产力。
• My husband spends hours in the bathroom, but then again so do I.
  我丈夫常占用浴室好几个小时，不过我也是这样。
• She's not a very good manager, she always spends more money than she earns.
  她不大会理财，总是入不敷出。
• He spends a lot on smoking and drinking every month.
  他每月抽烟喝酒的花销可不小。
• He spends a lot of money in entertaining friends.
  他招待朋友花了很多钱。
• Ruth is a visionary girl, she spends her time daydreaming.
  露丝是个好幻想的女孩，她常把时间消磨于做白日梦。