spend

vt

• ① 用(钱);花费
  • She spends $200 a week.她一周花两百美元。
  • Ill gotten [got], ill spent.【谚】悖入悖出。
  • She spends a lot of money on clothes.她在衣服上花费很多钱。
  • He spends a lot of money (in) traveling abroad.他花很多钱出国旅行(★in常省略)。

• ② 花(时间);过(日子)
  • She spent a busy day.她度过忙碌的一天。
  • spend a sleepless night度过不眠的一夜
  • How did you spend the weekend?你怎么度过周末?
  • They spent a week at the beach.他们在海滨度过一周。
  • They spent their vacation in Hawaii.他们在夏威夷度过假期。
  • He spends very little time on his studies.他很少把时间花在功课上。
  • She spends too much time (in) reading novels.她用太多的时间读小说(★in常省略)。
  • He spent much of his spare time watching television.他大部分的空闲时间都用来看电视。

• ③ 1耗尽(精力、劳力等),用竭<on>2[spend oneself]用尽精力,消耗
  • He spent all his energies (on his work).他(在工作上)耗尽精力。
  • The storm soon spent its fury [force].【文】暴风雨不久就平静下来。
  • The storm soon spent itself.暴风雨不久就平静下来。