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spare的中文翻譯是什麼意思

spare

US/sper/
UK/speə(r)/

adj. 閒置的， 空閒的; 備用的; 瘦（高）的

v. 留出，剩餘; 省得; 饒恕，使倖免; 不吝惜（時間、金錢）

n. 備用品

spare的柯林斯釋義

ADJ備用的;預備的

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...

    如果有可能的話，最好準備一副備用眼鏡，以防常用的那副眼鏡打碎或者丟失。

  • Don't forget to take a few spare batteries...

    別忘了帶上幾節備用電池。

ADJ剩下的;多餘的;空閒的

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...

    他們沒有多少閒錢。

  • The spare bedroom is on the second floor...

    閒置的臥室在三樓。

VERB剩餘，剩下(時間、金錢或空間)

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...

    你到這裡的時候還剩 90 秒鐘時間。

  • It's not as if he has money to spare...

    他又不是有什麼餘錢。

VERB抽出，撥出(金錢或其他資源)

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...

    她說她只能抽出 35 分鐘時間參加我們的會議。

  • He's a very busy man, and it's good of him to spare the time to visit...

    他是個大忙人，能抽出時間到訪真是太好了。

VERB使免遭傷害;使倖免

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...

    我們已經失去了一切，不過謝天謝地，總算是保住了性命。

  • Not a man was spared...

    無人得以倖免。

VERB不讓…難堪(或難過)

If you spare someone an unpleasant experience, you prevent them from suffering it.

  • I wanted to spare Frances the embarrassment of discussing this subject...

    討論這個話題太尷尬，我不想讓弗朗西斯難堪。

  • Prisoners are spared the indignity of wearing uniforms...

    囚犯們不必忍受身穿囚服的侮辱。

ADJ-GRADED瘦削的

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，一副精明過人的模樣。

ADJ-GRADED簡單的;不加修飾的;簡樸的

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.

    進去以後是兩個簡單而整潔的小房間，樸實無華，沒有什麼裝飾。

PHRASE不遺餘力/不惜工本

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...

    政府決定不遺餘力地徹底調查這個案子。

  • Officials say they'll spare no expense to prevent another riot.

    官員說他們會不惜一切地阻止再次發生暴亂。

PHRASE可憐一下(不幸的人)

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...

    可憐一下這個國家的店老闆吧—— 5 月份消費品的銷售量又下滑了。

  • I do not think any of us spared a thought for the ordeal of her crew.

    我不認為我們中間有任何一個人同情過這艘船的船員所遭受的磨難。

spare的英文釋義

Noun

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

        Verb

        1. refrain from harming

          2. save or relieve from an experience or action;

          • I'll spare you from having to apologize formally

          3. give up what is not strictly needed;

          • he asked if they could spare one of their horses to speed his journey

          4. use frugally or carefully

            Adjective

            1. thin and fit;

            • the spare figure of a marathon runner
            • a body kept trim by exercise

            2. more than is needed, desired, or required;

            • trying to lose excess weight
            • found some extra change lying on the dresser
            • yet another book on heraldry might be thought redundant
            • skills made redundant by technological advance
            • sleeping in the spare room
            • supernumerary ornamentation
            • it was supererogatory of her to gloat
            • delete superfluous (or unnecessary) words
            • extra ribs as well as other supernumerary internal parts
            • surplus cheese distributed to the needy

            3. just sufficient;

            • the library had a spare but efficient look

            4. not taken up by scheduled activities;

            • a free hour between classes
            • spare time on my hands

            5. kept in reserve especially for emergency use;

            • a reserve supply of food
            • a spare tire
            • spare parts

            6. lacking in amplitude or quantity;

            • a bare livelihood
            • a scanty harvest
            • a spare diet

            spare的短語

            1. go spare Brit. informal 英，非正式

              非常惱火

              閒置的

            2. spare someone's blushes

            3. spare no expense (或 no expense spared)

              不惜任何代價

            4. spare the rod and spoil the child

            5. spare a thought for

              記得

            6. to spare

              有節餘：超過所需要的

            spare的場景例句

            The hostess of the house reluctantly installed the two refugees in a spare room.

            這家的女主人不情願地把這兩個難民安頓在一個空出來的房間裡.

            He doesn't know how to dispose of his spare time.

            他不知如何打發空餘時間.

            Every family in our village has grain to spare.

            我們村沒一家沒餘糧.

            My sister likes to learn art pottery in her spare time.

            我妹妹喜歡在空餘時間學習陶藝.

            Eric got no votes at all, but we didn't tell him because we wanted to spare his feelings.

            埃裡克一票也沒得到, 可是我們沒有告訴他,因為我們不想讓他難過.

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            spare的詞性變形

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            spare的近義詞

            vt. 放棄;省掉

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            adj. 瘦的

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            adj. 額外的

            extraremainderleftoversurplusexcess

            其他釋義

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            spare的反義詞

            vt. & vi. 節約;吝惜

            waste

            其他釋義

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