单词解释
- 动词 spend: 花费,消耗
- 名词 spend: 花费的款项
形容词
- spendable: 可支配的
- spendthrift: 挥霍无度的
名词
- spend: 花费,支出
- spending: 支出,消费
- spender: 花钱大手
词语辨析
spend 和 expend 都表示花费或消耗,但 expend 更加正式。
词汇扩充
- overspend: 超支
- underspend: 节省开支
- misspend: 浪费,滥用
近义词
- consume: 消费
- use: 使用
- expend: 花费
反义词
- save: 节省,储蓄
- earn: 赚取
柯林斯词典
spend (spends, spending, spent)
动词
- If you spend money, you give it or pay it to people in exchange for something.
例句:She had spent all her money.
- If you spend time doing something, you use it doing that thing.
例句:They spend hours getting dressed.
- If you spend a period of time in a place or doing a particular activity, you stay there or do the activity.
例句:We spent the evening at home.
牛津词典
spend (spends, spending, spent)
动词
- Pay out (money) in buying or hiring goods or services.
例句:She spent a lot of money on clothes.
- Pass (time) in a specified way or in a particular place.
例句:We spent the weekend at the beach.
用法
1. spend 后面可以接表示时间的名词或代词,表示花费时间做某事。
例句:He spent the whole afternoon reading.
2. spend 可以用作及物动词或不及物动词。
例句:I spent all my money. (及物动词)
例句:He spends too much. (不及物动词)
例句
- I spent $50 on groceries yesterday. 昨天我花了50美元买杂货。
- She spends most of her salary on rent. 她把大部分薪水花在了房租上。
- We spent a lot of time planning our vacation. 我们花了很多时间计划我们的假期。
- He spends his weekends playing video games. 他周末都在玩电子游戏。
- She is a spendthrift and always buys unnecessary things. 她是个挥霍无度的人,总是买一些不必要的东西。
- The government's spending on education has increased this year. 政府在教育方面的支出今年有所增加。
- They are careful spenders and always budget their expenses. 他们是谨慎的花钱人,总是做预算控制开支。
- He overspent on his vacation and now he has no money left. 他度假超支了,现在没有钱了。
- We need to analyze our spending habits to save more money. 我们需要分析我们的消费习惯以节省更多钱。
- She misses her job because she enjoyed the spending power it gave her. 她怀念她的工作,因为她喜欢那份工作给她的消费能力。
- He spent all his energy on completing the project. 他把全部精力都花在了完成这个项目上。
- They spent the entire day exploring the city. 他们花了整整一天时间探索这个城市。
- We spent the evening chatting and reminiscing about old times. 我们花了一个晚上聊天,回忆过去的时光。
- She spends a lot of time studying for her exams. 她花了很多时间准备考试。
- He spends his weekends hiking in the mountains. 他周末都在山里徒步旅行。
- They spent their vacation traveling around Europe. 他们度假期间在欧洲各地旅行。
- I spent weeks researching before buying a new car. 在买新车之前,我花了几个星期进行了研究。
- She spends most of her free time reading books. 她把大部分空闲时间都用来读书。
- He spends a significant amount of money on his hobbies. 他在自己的爱好上花了大量的钱。
- We spent a lovely afternoon at the beach. 我们在海滩度过了一个美好的下午。
- She spent the whole day cleaning the house. 她花了一整天时间打扫房子。