spare
adj. 闲置的, 空闲的; 备用的; 瘦(高)的
v. 留出,剩余; 省得; 饶恕,使幸免; 不吝惜(时间、金钱)
n. 备用品
You use spare to describe something that is the same as things that you are already using, but that you do not need yet and are keeping ready in case another one is needed.
If possible keep a spare pair of glasses accessible in case your main pair is broken or lost...
如果有可能的话,最好准备一副备用眼镜,以防常用的那副眼镜打碎或者丢失。
Don't forget to take a few spare batteries...
别忘了带上几节备用电池。
You use spare to describe something that is not being used by anyone, and is therefore available for someone to use.
They don't have a lot of spare cash...
他们没有多少闲钱。
The spare bedroom is on the second floor...
闲置的卧室在三楼。
If you have something such as time, money, or space to spare, you have some extra time, money, or space that you have not used or which you do not need.
You got here with ninety seconds to spare...
你到这里的时候还剩 90 秒钟时间。
It's not as if he has money to spare...
他又不是有什么余钱。
If you spare time or another resource for a particular purpose, you make it available for that purpose.
She said that she could only spare 35 minutes for our meeting...
她说她只能抽出 35 分钟时间参加我们的会议。
He's a very busy man, and it's good of him to spare the time to visit...
他是个大忙人,能抽出时间到访真是太好了。
If a person or a place is spared, they are not harmed, even though other people or places have been.
We have lost everything, but thank God, our lives have been spared...
我们已经失去了一切,不过谢天谢地,总算是保住了性命。
Not a man was spared...
无人得以幸免。
If you spare someone an unpleasant experience, you prevent them from suffering it.
I wanted to spare Frances the embarrassment of discussing this subject...
讨论这个话题太尴尬,我不想让弗朗西斯难堪。
Prisoners are spared the indignity of wearing uniforms...
囚犯们不必忍受身穿囚服的侮辱。
Someone who is described as spare is tall and not at all fat.
She was thin and spare, with a sharply intelligent face.
她又高又瘦,一副精明过人的模样。
Something such as a room that is spare is very plain with no unnecessary features.
Inside, the two small rooms were spare and neat, stripped bare of ornaments.
进去以后是两个简单而整洁的小房间,朴实无华,没有什么装饰。
If you spare no effort in doing something, you do it as well as possible, without worrying about the amount of work involved. If you spare no expense in doing it, you do it as well as possible, without trying to save money.
The government is determined to spare no effort in investigating this case thoroughly...
政府决定不遗余力地彻底调查这个案子。
Officials say they'll spare no expense to prevent another riot.
官员说他们会不惜一切地阻止再次发生暴乱。
If you spare a thought for an unfortunate person, you make an effort to think sympathetically about them and their bad luck.
Spare a thought for the nation's shopkeepers — consumer sales slid again in May...
可怜一下这个国家的店老板吧—— 5 月份消费品的销售量又下滑了。
I do not think any of us spared a thought for the ordeal of her crew.
我不认为我们中间有任何一个人同情过这艘船的船员所遭受的磨难。
1. an extra component of a machine or other apparatus
2. an extra car wheel and tire for a four-wheel vehicle
3. a score in tenpins; knocking down all ten after rolling two balls
1. refrain from harming
2. save or relieve from an experience or action;
3. give up what is not strictly needed;
4. use frugally or carefully
1. thin and fit;
2. more than is needed, desired, or required;
3. just sufficient;
4. not taken up by scheduled activities;
5. kept in reserve especially for emergency use;
6. lacking in amplitude or quantity;
go spare Brit. informal 英,非正式
非常恼火
闲置的
spare someone's blushes
spare no expense (或 no expense spared)
不惜任何代价
spare the rod and spoil the child
spare a thought for
记得
to spare
有节余:超过所需要的
The hostess of the house reluctantly installed the two refugees in a spare room.
这家的女主人不情愿地把这两个难民安顿在一个空出来的房间里.
He doesn't know how to dispose of his spare time.
他不知如何打发空余时间.
Every family in our village has grain to spare.
我们村没一家没余粮.
My sister likes to learn art pottery in her spare time.
我妹妹喜欢在空余时间学习陶艺.
Eric got no votes at all, but we didn't tell him because we wanted to spare his feelings.
埃里克一票也没得到, 可是我们没有告诉他,因为我们不想让他难过.
vt. 放弃;省掉
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adj. 瘦的
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adj. 额外的
extraremainderleftoversurplusexcess
其他释义
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