spend

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UK [spend]
  • v.用；花（时间）；度过；用尽（精力等）
  • n.开销
  • Web花费；花钱；浪费
Past Tense：spent  Simple Present：spends  Present Participle：spending  

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spend
v.
1.
[t][i]
用，花（钱）to give money to pay for goods, services, etc.
I've spent all my money already.
我已经把我的钱全都花完了。
She spent £100 on a new dress.
她花 100 英镑买了一条新连衣裙。
The company has spent thousands of pounds updating their computer systems.
公司花了几千英镑更新计算机系统。
I just can't seem to stop spending.
我似乎就是没法不花钱。
2.
[t]
花（时间）；度过to use time for a particular purpose; to pass time
We spent the weekend in Paris.
我们在巴黎度过了周末。
How do you spend your spare time?
你在业余时间干什么？
How long did you spend on your homework?
你做家庭作业用了多长时间？
I spend too much time watching television.
我看电视花的时间太多。
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。
3.
[t][oftpass]
花费，消耗，用尽（精力等）to use energy, effort, etc., especially until it has all been used
She spends too much effort on things that don't matter.
她在一些无关紧要的事情上花费精力太多。
The storm had finally spent itself.
暴风雨终于停歇了。
IDM
My daughter's spending the night with a friend.
我女儿要在一个朋友那里过夜。
spend the night with sb
在某人家里住一夜to stay with sb for a night
My daughter's spending the night with a friend.
我女儿要在一个朋友那里过夜。
和某人一起过夜并发生性关系to stay with sb for a night and have sex with them
spend a penny
（委婉说法，与 use the toilet 同义）解手，方便people say ‘spend a penny’ to avoid saying ‘use the toilet’
n.
1.
[sing]
(informal)
（为某目的或某段时间内的）花销，花费，开销the amount of money spent for a particular purpose or over a particular length of time

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Definition:
AllAll,用用,花花,度过度过,用尽用尽,开销开销,花费花费,花钱花钱,浪费浪费
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1.
Any candidate can spend as much of her own money as she pleases because this counts as free speech.
任何候选人都可以自由花费她自己的财产，因为这被当作是言论自由。
rèn hé hòu xuǎn rén dōu kě yǐ zì yóu huā fèi tā zì jǐ de cái chǎn , yīn wèi zhè bèi dāng zuò shì yán lùn zì yóu 。
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2.
Spend a moment at the end of your day preparing for the next day.
在每天快结束的时候好好计划下明天的安排。
zài měi tiān kuài jié shù de shí hou háo hǎo jì huà xià míng tiān de ān pái 。
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3.
How much you spend in Research and Development Department ?
贵公司投放多少资源在研究和发展部门？。
guì gōng sī tóu fàng duō shao zī yuán zài yán jiū hé fā zhǎn bù mén ? 。
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4.
Photo Tip: You may have to spend quite a while with your subjects, following alongside them, to get that perfect shot.
照片提示：您可能不得不要花相当长的一段时间，同你的拍摄主题在一起，跟随着他们，使拍摄变得更为完美。
zhào piàn tí shì : nín kě néng bù dé bù yào huā xiāng dāng cháng de yí duàn shí jiān , tóng nǐ de pāi shè zhǔ tí zài yì qǐ , gēn suí zhe tā men , shǐ pāi shè biàn de gèng wéi wán měi 。
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5.
Residents of the UAE spend about USD 109 million a year on tobacco, she said.
阿联酋的居民每年大约花1.09亿美元购买烟草。
ā lián qiú de jū mín měi nián dà yuē huā yì diǎn líng jiǔ yì měi yuán gòu mǎi yān cǎo 。
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6.
How much did you spend for your new car?
你的新房子需要花多少钱？
nǐ de xīn fáng zǐ xū yào huā duō shao qián ?
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7.
And I'm going to ask Governor Romney - in fact, I already did - if he would spend time traveling around the country with me.
而我将问罗姆尼州长–实际上，我已经邀请–他是否有时间与我一起在全国巡回。
ér wǒ jiāng wèn luó mǔ ní zhōu zhǎng – shí jì shang , wǒ yǐ jīng yāo qǐng – tā shì fǒu yǒu shí jiān yǔ wǒ yì qǐ zài quán guó xún huí 。
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8.
the first sector to price products according to how much customers were prepared to spend.
对产品定价首要的是根据客户所愿意支付的。
duì chǎn pǐn dìng jià shǒu yào de shì gēn jù kè hù suǒ yuàn yì zhī fù de 。
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9.
The more time I spend with him, the more I would like to be his girlfriend, but I'm determined not to rush him into anything.
我和他在一起的时间越长，我就越想做他女朋友，但是我决定了，我不会催他的。
wǒ hé tā zài yì qǐ de shí jiān yuè cháng , wǒ jiù yuè xiǎng zuò tā nǚ péng yǒu , dàn shì wǒ jué dìng le , wǒ bú huì cuī tā de 。
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They reminded me of my childhood and how my girlfrinds and I used to spend hours braiding ribbons into our hair.
他们让我想起了我的童年和儿时的玩伴，那时，我经常花几个小时编织发带，戴在头发上。
tā men ràng wǒ xiǎng qǐ le wǒ de tóng nián hé ér shí de wán bàn , nà shí , wǒ jīng cháng huā jǐ gè xiǎo shí biān zhī fā dài , dài zài tóu fà shàng 。
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