spend
v. 花錢; 消耗
n. 花費
When you spend money, you pay money for things that you want.
By the end of the holiday I had spent all my money...
到假期結束時,我已經花光了自己所有的錢。
Businessmen spend enormous amounts advertising their products...
商人們花費鉅額資金為自己的商品做廣告。
If you spend time or energy doing something, you use your time or effort doing it.
Engineers spend much time and energy developing brilliant solutions...
工程師們花費很多時間和精力來開發完美的解決方案。
This energy could be much better spent taking some positive action.
這些精力若用於採取某些積極行動的話,可能會更值得。
If you spend a period of time in a place, you stay there for a period of time.
We spent the night in a hotel.
我們在一家旅館過夜。
The spend on a particular thing is the amount of money that is spent on it, or will be spent.
...the marketing and advertising spend.
營銷和廣告開支
1. pass (time) in a specific way;
2. pay out;
3. spend completely;
cost, expend, spend, take
這些動詞均含"花費"之意。
spend a penny
(英,非正式,婉)小便
She would pinch on food in order to spend on clothing.
她過去常把伙食費省下來買衣服.
I've never seen anyone spend so much in one evening; he must have money to burn!
我從未見過一晚上就揮霍掉這麼多錢的人, 他一定有的是錢.
How do you spend your leisure?
你是怎樣消磨空閒時間的?
He can't spend too much time arguing with you about this matter. He has other fish to fry.
他不能用太多的時間和你辯論這件事, 他另有要事.
Have you decided on where you'll spend your holidays?
你是否已經決定到什麼地方去度假?