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BNC: 424 COCA: 342

spend

Word family 
spend1 /spend/ ●●● S1 W1 verb (past tensepst and past participlepp spent /spent/)  
1  money 钱 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]SPEND MONEY to use your money to pay for goods or services 用（钱），花费
 I can’t afford to spend any more money this week.
这星期我没有能力花更多的钱了。
spend £5/$10 etc
 I only want to spend about $20.
我只想花 20 美元左右的钱。
spend something on something
 More money should be spent on education.
在教育上应该投入更多的钱。
spend something on somebody
 Mum never spends any money on herself.
妈妈从来都不在自己身上花钱。
 The repairs cost a lot, but it’s money well spent (=a sensible way of spending money).
修理费很高，但这是该花的钱。
n Grammar
You spend money on something:
I don’t spend much on clothes.
✗Don’t say: I don’t spend much for clothes.
2  time 时间 [transitiveT]SPEND TIME to use time doing a particular thing or pass time in a particular place 度过，消磨，花〔时间〕
spend time etc with somebody
 I want to spend more time with my family.
我想花更多的时间和家人在一起。
spend time etc in/at something
 We’ll have to spend the night in a hotel.
我们将不得不在宾馆过夜。
 His childhood was spent in Brazil.
他的童年是在巴西度过的。
spend time etc doing something
 Stacey spends all her free time painting.
斯泰茜把所有的空余时间都用来绘画。
3 
a) spend the night with somebodySEX/HAVE SEX WITH to stay for the night and have sex with someone 和某人过夜〔指发生性关系〕
b) spend the night (at something) if someone spends the night at someone’s house, they sleep at that person’s house for a night （在某处）过夜
 She spent the night at a friend’s house.
她在一位朋友家里过了一夜。
4  force/effort 力量/努力 [transitiveT] to use effort or energy to do something 花〔精力〕
 I love to cook, but I don’t feel like spending the energy every evening.
我喜欢烹饪，但不愿意每天晚上都花精力去做。
5. spend a penny British EnglishBrE spoken old-fashionedHBH to urinate – used when you want to avoid saying this directly 小便〔委婉说法〕
Examples from the Corpus
spend a penny• You do not spend a penny.• Raising cash to spend a penny A CO-OPERATIVE of local councils could help reopen Langbaurgh's public toilets, a councillor claims.• My father said not to spend a penny more than I need.• Weeks she'd been badly, and he wouldn't hear of spending a penny on a doctor.
 THESAURUS
spend to use money to buy things 用〔钱〕,花费
I bought two skirts and a T-shirt and I only spent $50.
我买了两条裙子,一件T恤衫,只花了50美元。
How much do you spend a week on food?
你一个星期购买食物花多少钱？
go through something (also get through something British EnglishBrE) to spend all of an amount of money over a period of time – used especially when saying that someone spends a lot of money 花光,用完〔尤指许多钱〕
I got through all my money in less than a month, and had to get my parents to send me more.
我不到一个月就花完了所有的钱,只得叫我父母再寄。
go to great expense to spend a lot of money in order to do something, because you think it is important or special 〔因为某事重要或特别而〕花大钱
The party was wonderful – they had obviously gone to great expense.
派对办得非常好——他们肯定花了不少钱。
There’s no need to go to great expense.
没有必要花大钱。
squander /ˈskwɒndə $ ˈskwɑːndər/ to waste money on unnecessary things, instead of saving it or using it carefully 浪费〔钱〕,挥霍
His son had squandered the family fortune on gambling and women.
他儿子赌博、玩女人,把家财挥霍殆尽。
splash out British EnglishBrE informal to spend a lot of money on something you really want or will enjoy 〔在非常想要或喜欢的东西上〕大手大脚地花钱
Let’s splash out on a bottle of champagne.
我们奢侈一回,来瓶香槟吧。
People often splash out for Christmas and then regret it later.
人们往往在圣诞节的时候不惜花费,事后又追悔莫及。
blow informal to spend a lot of money on something, especially on something that you do not really need 〔尤指在非必需的东西上〕乱花〔钱〕
Her husband blew all their savings on a new sports car.
她丈夫用他们的全部积蓄买了一辆新跑车。
neconomize to spend less money
We’re trying to economize by eating at home instead of going out for meals.
Examples from the Corpus
spend• I bought two skirts and a T-shirt and I only spent $50.• During the recession, even the tourists weren't spending.• We spent a lot of energy looking for a nice apartment.• Fay spent a year in Italy teaching English.• We spend about £85 a week on food.• At seventeen, he announces that he wants to spend his whole life in a ruined castle by the sea.• Dani spends hours on the phone.• Everyone spends more at Christmas - it's an important time for business.• The government has promised to spend more money on education.• All travelers apparently will be spending more time outdoors this summer.• She spends most of her salary on clothes.• Mom spent most of the weekend cleaning up the house.• Reagan and Gorbachev spent nine hours and forty-eight minutes in face-to-face negotiations.• Customers receive additional Clubcard points for every £2 spent on a Tesco Credit card.• Children are particularly at risk because of the amount of time they spend out of doors.• Now they spend quite a bit of their money, which is nice.• They spend quite a lot of money each week on eating out.• We spent the week in a dingy motel off Route 9.• He spent the whole morning reading the report.• A diabetic, she spent two days in the hospital last week when stress sent her blood pressure rocketing.• I never seem to have any time to spend with the children.
money well spent• The $100 I used for my new shoes was money well spent.• A1.5 million when costs are determined, it may well consider the experience to have been money well spent.• At a time when resources are so scarce is this really money well spent?• But as far as producer Ilya Salkind was concerned, it was money well spent.• Experience in Newcastle suggests it could be money well spent.• Given the level of service and quality of the food though-especially the steaks-it's money well spent.• It might, however, be money well spent.• Regis benefited from a $ 100 million renovation five years ago, and it was money well spent.• They see money spent on political campaigns as money well spent.
spend time etc doing something• But remember, the goal of making a date is to spend time together, not necessarily to spend money together.• Children who have spent time in adult facilities have a higher rate of recidivism than those who are treated as juveniles.• Likes to spend time online talking to friends and listening to music.• The men are free from child-care responsibilities and can spend time competing for power.• Those humans who are surviving most successfully, now spend time considering the welfare of other creatures.• Those were the days when musicians spent time in each place and got to know people in those towns.• We saw less and less of each other and fought like tigers when we did spend time together.• You don't not spend time on some one just because they aren't about any longer.
spend2n noun [uncountableU]  
nthe amount of money spent by a company, organization, or person on something – used especially in business
 I was just totting up our advertising spend in the last four or five weeks.
From Longman Business Dictionary
spendspend1 /spend/ verb (past tensepst and past participlepp spent /spent/) [intransitiveI, transitiveT]
1to use your money to buy or pay for things
How much do we have to spend?
It is worth spending money on advertising.
2to use or pass time
Effective managers spend time getting to know their workers.
I have spent the past seven years working in industry.
spendspend2 noun [uncountableU] British EnglishBrEACCOUNTING
the amount of money spent by a company on a particular activity in a particular period of time
They increased the marketing spend needed to launch the new brands.
Origin spend
(1100-1200) Partly from Latin expendere ( → EXPEND) and partly, later, from Old French despendre, from Latin dispendere “to weigh out”
spend1 verb →n GRAMMAR1 →THESAURUS1spend2n noun
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BNC: 424 COCA: 342
spend

verb

ADVERB | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADVERB➤wisely花費得明智◇Try to spend your money wisely.錢要盡量花得明智。➤freely, heavily, lavishly隨意地花錢；大把花錢；揮霍➤annually年度支出PREPOSITION➤on在⋯上花錢◇The company spent a lot on advertising.這家公司花了大錢做廣告。➤per人均支出◇the amount of money spent per student學生每人支出的金額PHRASES➤be money well spent錢花得值◇It may seem expensive but it's money well spent.好像很貴，但這錢花得值。
BNC: 424 COCA: 342
spend verb
⇨ spend 1 (spend money) ⇨ spend 2 (spend time)spend1

verb

 spend money 花钱spend time 花时间  ➡ See also the entry for pay 另见pay条spend ♦︎ investThese words both mean to give money to pay for goods or services. 这两个词均表示花钱。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆to spend / invest (money) on sth◆to spend / invest money / £1 000◆to spend / invest a lot■ spend (spent, spent) [transitive, intransitive] to give money to pay for goods or services 用，花（钱）◆I've spent all my money already.我已经把钱都花光了。◆She spent £100 on a new dress.她花100英镑买了一条新连衣裙。◆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。  see also spending ⇨ costs , expend ⇨ use verb 2 ■ invest ɪnˈvest [intransitive, transitive] to buy property, shares in a company, etc. in the hope of making a profit; (of an organization or government) to spend money on sth in order to make it better or more successful 投资；（机构或政府）投入（资金）◆Now is a good time to invest in the property market.现在是投资房地产市场的好时机。◆When exchange controls were lifted Swedes rushed to invest abroad.外汇管制解除后，瑞典人争先恐后去国外投资。◆The college has invested $2 million on a new gymnasium.这所学院已经投入200万元建造新体育馆。  see also investment ⇨ investment spend2

verb

 spend money 花钱spend time 花时间spend ♦︎ occupy ♦︎ take up sth ♦︎ devote sth to sth ♦︎ pass ♦︎ fill ♦︎ while sth awayThese words all mean to use time for a particular purpose. 这些词均表示使用或度过时间。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆time is occupied / taken up with sth◆to spend / occupy / take up / devote / pass / fill / while away (the) time◆to spend / occupy / take up / devote / pass / fill / while away an hour / a couple of hours■ spend (spent, spent) [transitive] to use time for a particular purpose 花（时间）；度过◆We spent the weekend in Paris.我们在巴黎度过了周末。◆How do you spend your spare time?你业余时间做什么？◆How long did you spend on your homework?你做家庭作业用了多长时间？◆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。■ occupy [transitive] (rather formal) (especially of an activity) to use an amount of time （尤指活动）占用，使用（时间）◆Administrative work occupies half of my time.行政事务占用了我一半的时间。ⓘ It is usually an activity that occupies sb's time, rather than a person, except in formal language. * occupy表示“占用时间”时通常以活动而非以人作主语，但在正式语言中除外◆ (formal) How do you occupy your time?你一般都做什么？ ■ ˌtake ˈup sth

phrasal verb

(took, taken) (sometimes disapproving) to use an amount of time 占用（时间）◆Her time is fully taken up with writing.她的时间都被写作占据了。ⓘ Take up sth is sometimes used when the speaker disapproves or regrets that time is being used in this way. * take up sth有时表示说话者不赞成或后悔时间被这样占用◆I won't take up any more of your time.我不会再占用你的时间了。 ■ devote sth to sth

phrasal verb

to give an amount of time or attention completely to sb/sth 把（时间或精力）用于◆I could only devote two hours a day to work on the project.我一天只能在这个项目上花两个小时。◆Many women devote years of their lives to bringing up children.许多妇女把一生中多年的时间用在抚养孩子上。■ pass [transitive] to spend time, especially when you are bored or waiting for sth 消磨；度过；打发◆We sang songs to pass the time.我们用唱歌来打发时间。■ fill [transitive] to use up a particular period of time doing sth 耗去；打发；消磨◆How do you fill your day now that you've retired?你已经退休了，那怎样打发日子呢？■ ˌwhile sth aˈway

phrasal verb

to spend time in a pleasant lazy way, especially while you are waiting for sth else to happen 逍遥自在地度过，消磨（时间）◆We whiled away the time reading and chatting.我们用读书和聊天来消磨时间。
BNC: 424 COCA: 342

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