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spare

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1 EXTRA 备用的spare key/battery/clothes etc MORE/EXTRAa key etc that you keep in addition to the one you usually use, so that it is available if the one you usually use breaks, gets lost etc 备用钥匙/电池/衣服等

a spare key

一把备用钥匙

Bring a towel and some spare clothes.

带一条毛巾和一些备用的衣服。

a supply of spare batteries

一些备用电池

a spare tyre

一个备用轮胎

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spare key/battery/clothes etc• It may include parts of larger support weapons such as mortars, radio equipment and spare batteries.• Some people take a fully charged spare battery along with them just in case!• Carrying spare batteries could be a cheaper option to fast charging and all chargers rely on a power point anyway.• I'd got no money, no night things, no spare clothes, no bank card.• Soon she took my visits for granted and I was given the spare key to let myself in the door.• Make sure you have a supply of spare batteries too.• Eventually, the spare key was found and they were released from the clutches of the car.• Remember that I had always intended to leave spare key with the Twills next door but never got round to it.

2 not used/needed 不用的/不需要的REMAIN/BE LEFT [usually before noun] not being used or not needed at the present time 多余的，闲置的

Have you got any spare boxes?

你有没有多余的盒子？

You could sleep in the spare bedroom.

你可以睡那间空着的客房。

Do you have any spare cash?

你手头有闲钱吗？

I’ll go and see if there are any spare seats.

我去看看是否还有空余的座位。

A decline in beer sales had left the industry with spare capacity (=the ability to produce more than can be sold).

啤酒销售量的下降使该行业出现产能闲置。

3 TIME 时间spare time/moment/hour etc time when you are not working 空闲时间

What do you do in your spare time?

你空闲时间干些什么？

Eric spent every spare moment he had in the library.

埃里克一有空就泡在图书馆里。

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spare time/moment/hour etc• Darby was a cheerfully relaxed young man who compiled cryptic crosswords for a monthly magazine in his spare time.• Q: What do you do in your spare time?• In many schools, teachers are spending their spare time fund-raising and making equipment to support the new Curriculum.• In his spare time, Grigsby gave legal advice to the Black Panthers.• In her spare time she makes and decorates cakes of different shapes and sizes for all occasions.• We had some spare time, so we started messing around with samples and sequencers and stuff.• Q: When you have spare time, what do you do?

4 MONEY 钱spare change ENOUGHcoins of little value that you do not need and can give to other people 多余的零钱

There are beggars on every corner asking for spare change.

每个拐角都有乞丐在讨零钱。

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spare change• Homeless children scrounge for spare change, and newspapers carry ads from people offering their kidneys for cash.• The bottom line: That guy on the street asking for spare change is actually doing you a favor.• A spare change of underclothing is desirable for those who value comfort.

5 be going spare British EnglishBrE spokenAVAILABLE if something is going spare, it is available for you to have or use 可以拥有；可以使用

I’ll have some of that cake if it’s going spare.

如果那蛋糕没有人要，我就吃一点。

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be going spare• So 10,000 posters are going spare, and the Tories are laughing.

6 go spare British EnglishBrE informalANGRYWORRIED to become very angry or worried 非常生气，气急败坏；非常担心

Dad would go spare if he found out.

爸爸要是知道的话会气坏的。

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go spare• I often ring at this time of the night for a chat, it helps to stop me from going spare.• Mrs Mangle would be mortified, Harold horrified ... and Scott would go spare.• So 10,000 posters are going spare, and the Tories are laughing.• One spare nut on a table may not seem much of an asset, but 10,000 nuts going spare are a liability.

7. plain 简朴的 a spare style of writing, painting etc is plain or basic and uses nothing unnecessary 〔写作、绘画等风格〕简朴的，不加渲染的

8. thin 瘦的 literaryALTHIN PERSON someone who is spare is tall and thin 瘦削的，又高又瘦的

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spare• a spare bass guitar line• We carried Ros upstairs and laid her on the spare bed.• We're using the spare bedroom as a storage space.• You can stay with us, we have a spare bedroom.• Are there any spare chairs we can borrow?• I put my spare change in a charity collection box.• I need 50 cents for the parking meter - do you have any spare change?• It seemed like every time I turned around, some bum was hitting me up for spare change.• In his spare hours, he played the flute and read a great deal of poetry.• Pauline keeps a spare key hanging in the closet upstairs.• I always leave a set of spare keys with my neighbor.• Elastogran will take over sales of spare parts and the service of all polyurethane processing machines and plants already supplied by Desma.• It was very evident that there were no supplies or spare parts available.• Ian MacDonald and he had stripped down the old wreck and searched junk yards for spare parts.• And I noticed that in the wardrobe was a spare pillow.• Some couples will start married life in a spare room at the home of one set of parents -- usually the bride's.• Every spare room became a coveted rental unit.• We've got a spare sleeping bag that you can borrow.• a precise, spare style of writing• We have two spare tickets for the game - do you want to come?• A lot of kids don't have enough to do in their spare time, and that's when they get into trouble.• In his spare time Gavin competes in various rallies.• Some of his best work, on glaciation and on Old Red Sandstone, was done in his spare time.• All cars have to carry a spare tyre by law.• the artist's spare use of color

spare capacity• Despite planned closures, the continuing decline in demand will continue to generate spare capacity.• One of the hospitals in Grampian had spare capacity in radiology and made a presentation to the fundholding group.• A final difference with the Marshall era is the lack of spare capacity in the developed world.• These non-critical elements can be either spread throughout the time-scale or tackled when spare capacity is available.• Foster Yeoman sees potential in selling spare capacity on its trains to other users.• Smaller companies that can't afford these luxuries can sometimes arrange to use spare capacity on the network of a nearby multinational.• In the meantime fundholding practices can use the spare capacity that exists.• Much also depends on how much spare capacity there actually is in manufacturing industry.

spare2 verb [transitiveT]

1 give 给予GIVE to make something such as time, money, or workers available for someone, especially when this is difficult for you to do 拨出，抽出，腾出〔时间、金钱或人手等〕

Sorry, I can’t spare the time.

对不起，我抽不出时间。

I’d like you to come over when you can spare a couple of hours.

我希望你在能空出几个钟头时过来一下。

Can you spare £5?

你能给我五英镑吗？

spare somebody/something to do something

We’re too busy to spare anyone to help you right now.

我们太忙了，现在腾不出人手来帮你。

spare somebody ten minutes/an hour etc

Could you possibly spare me a few moments in private (=used to ask someone if they have time to quickly talk to you)?

你能抽出一点时间私下和我谈几句吗？

It’s very kind of you to spare me so much of your time.

感谢你为我抽出那么多时间。

2 money/time etc to spare REMAIN/BE LEFTif you have money, time etc to spare, you have some left in addition to what you have used or need 多出的钱/时间等

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with something to spare• He has passed the first three tests on the way to the presidency with room to spare.• I became that vet with time to spare.• Smith went on to 61, the winning runs coming with 16.1 overs to spare.• Staffordshire won by four wickets with a ball to spare.• And not such a bad parent-always with time to spare, always eager to please, often funny.• A convincing one-day success was wrapped up with 15 overs to spare as Cheshire outplayed the Duchy in every respect.• She and her husband rescued their three children from their blazing home with seconds to spare early yesterday.• But with time to spare, we rummaged around.

3 spare somebody the trouble/difficulty/pain etc (of doing something) PREVENTto prevent someone from having to experience something difficult or unpleasant 免除某人（做某事）的麻烦/困难/痛苦等

4 not damage or harm 不损坏或伤害SAVE/RESCUE to not damage or harm someone or something, even though other people or things are being damaged, killed, or destroyed 使免受〔损坏或伤亡〕，幸免

5 spare a thought for somebody THINK ABOUTto think about another person who is in a worse situation than you are 想一想某人，为某人想想〔某人的处境比你要糟〕

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spare a thought for somebody• Whilst knitting your designs you might spare a thought for Giant Pandas now very much an endangered species.• But spare a thought for Helen Williams.• But whereas Errol struck it lucky, spare a thought for Instonian Neil Cooke.• While all these contrivances give us the pleasure of moving water, we must spare a thought for the plants beneath.• We should spare a thought for those less fortunate.• Let us take a moment this Advent to spare a thought for what the poorest of our world are waiting for.

6 spare no expense/effort SPEND MONEYto spend as much money or do everything necessary to make something really good or successful 不惜工本/全力以赴

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spare no expense/effort to do something• If you suspect you will be facing a greater daemon spare no effort to acquire the Banishment spell.• Mrs Grindlewood-Gryke had spared no expense to feed the multitude.• He is totally dedicated to his calling, his art, and spares no expense to fulfil it.• She was often ill, and Hubert spared no effort to make her well again.• It attracted more retail savings than even the government, which spares no effort to tap the market.

7 spare somebody (the details) TELLto not tell someone all the details about something, because it is unpleasant or boring 不对某人详谈（细节）〔以免使人不快或厌烦〕

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Spare me• "They own three houses: one in the country, one in..." " Spare me."• I don't ever want to get old. Spare me that.• I've seen the movie, plus all the rip-offs and sequels. Spare me the victim shit.

8 spare somebody’s feelings EMBARRASSEDto avoid doing something that would upset someone 避免让某人难过

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spare somebody’s feelings• He destroyed parts of Diane's diary to spare the feelings of their children.

9 spare a glance British EnglishBrE written to look quickly at someone or something 〔很快地〕看一眼

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spare somebody/something a glance• Her father raised his hand once, hardly sparing a second glance.• Rudolf did not spare a glance.• They sat at one of the marble-topped tables and ordered coffee from a bored waitress who scarcely spared them a glance.• They didn't spare the newcomers a glance as Agnes led the way to the royal apartments.• Before passing on to the maze of closely clustered streets of the old town, spare another glance at the tower.• He didn't spare Schmidt a glance; his eyes held Culley's, waiting for the glint that betrays sudden movement.• That she should spare a first glance, let alone a second, on this man was almost incredible.

10. spare somebody’s blushes EMBARRASSED British EnglishBrE to avoid doing something that would embarrass someone 避免使某人难为情

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spare• Haynes then steered the tourists to an easy victory with more than 11 overs to spare.• They reached their goal with five overs to spare.• Luckily, the hostages' lives were spared.• If anyone can spare a couple of hours a week to help out, it would be much appreciated.• Dad, can you spare a fiver?• He had had a very hard time indeed to persuade the King, but he had spared no pains.• But he could spare no time, not knowing how long he might be allowed to talk to Jason.• And if not, yet I will not spare of what I have sworn touching Parfois.• Although we are spared the details, it resulted in all the barbed wire on the course being removed.• I'm afraid we can't spare the staff. Everybody's busy right now.• Certainly nothing was spared to make her happy - if money, and attention, and general spoiling could do that.• We don't have very much coffee, I'm afraid, but we can spare you a little.

Related topics: Motor vehicles

spare3 noun

1 [countableC]MORE/EXTRA an additional thing, for example a key, that you keep so that it is available 备用品

2. [countableC]TTC a spare tyre 备用轮胎 →5 see picture at 见图 car

3 spares [plural] British EnglishBrETTTE spare parts 〔车辆或机器的〕零件，备件

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motor/car/aircraft etc spares• Transom Trading is a retailer of motor spares and accessories.• Bert started to move a huge pile of cardboard boxes which had once housed a variety of motor spares.• For example, a warehouse selling car spares may give a discount of 20% to a garage buying spare parts.

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spare• I brought two batteries just in case I needed a spare.• They are sold by many electrical retail outlets, and spares are easy to carry.• Build quality seemed good and there are now enough agents in this country to make servicing and spares less of a worry.• The reason is now obvious, a pair of robins had nested in the electrical spares rack.• Sanctions meant he could no longer import spares but the value of his existing stock had increased tenfold.• She noted, however, that spares for aircraft can be produced by companies other than the original manufacturer.• Within a minute, the spare was in place.

Origin spare1

Old English spær

spare2

Old English sparian

spare1 adjectiveadjspare2 verbspare3 noun

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