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spendvt. 1.afford,bestow,lay out 提供,安置,安排。 △Mac.5.7.79 (5.9.16): “He’s worth more sorrow,/And thatI’ll spend for him.”他值得更多的哀悼,这且由我去安排。 2. employ,make use of,use,expend 使用,花费。 △Rom.3.2.130: “Wash they his wounds with tears?Mine shall be spent./When theirs are dry,forRomeo’s banishment.”他们用眼泪洗他的伤口吗? 等他们的眼泪干了的时候,我的眼泪要留着为罗米欧的放逐而流洒。 3. employ,vent,let out 使用,发泄,发出。 △L. L. L.4.3.147 (145):“how will he spend his wit!”他将如何卖弄口才(冷讥热嘲)! △ Oth.1.3.208: “The robbed thatsmiles steals something from the thief; /He robs him-self that spends a bootless grief.”被盗者微笑,反倒偷了贼人;发泄无益的悲伤等于掠夺自身。 △1H.vi. 1.2.16:“Andhe may well in fretting spend his gall.”就叫他在焦躁之中把他的怒气都发泄个一干二净吧。 △ 2H.VI.5.1.26:“And now,like Ajax Telamonius,/On sheep or oxencould I spend my fury.”现在,我能像台拉蒙之子埃阿斯一样,在牛羊身上发泄我的狂怒。 △ 3H. VI.5.5.57: “Andmen ne’er spend their fury on a child.”人们从来不往一个小孩子身上发泄怒火。 4. consume,waste,squander 消耗,浪费,滥用。 △Mer.1.1.154 (153):“spend but time”,不过是浪费时间。 5. use up,exhaust 用尽,耗尽。 △ 2H.VI.1.1.79 (78):“What,did my brother Henry (i. e. Henry V) spendhis youth,/ His valour,coin,and people in the wars?”怎么,难道我的皇兄亨利不是把他的青春、勇气、金钱和人民都在战争中耗尽了吗? △3H.VI.1.4.21:“And spendher strength with over-matching waves.”不过顶着无比强大的浪涛把自己的力气耗尽。 △R.III.1.3.125 (124):“To royalize his blood I spent mine own.”为了使他的血统变成王族,我洒尽了自己的血。 △ R.III.2. 2.115:“Though wehave spent our harvest of this king,”虽然我们已经耗尽了我们从这位国王那里所收获的一切。 △ Mac.3.2.4:“Nought’s had,all’s spent,/ Where our desire is gotwithout content;”什么也没有得到,一切心机都已用尽;愿望虽然实现,却不能如意称心。 6. part with,throw away,suffer the loss of 放弃,丢掉,丧失。 △Oth.2.3.197 (195): “And spend your richopinion for the name / Of a night-brawler?”把你的宝贵名誉白白丢掉,只换来一个深夜闹事者的恶名? Phrase: spend one’s mouth: (hunting term) cry out,givetongue,bark(打猎用词)大叫,吠叫。 △H.V.2.4.69:“for coward dogs / Most spend their mouths whenwhat they seem to threaten / Runs far before them.”i.e. they cried out loudest,etc. 因为怯懦的狗群愈是看见被它们所威吓的猎物远远逃跑,就愈是狺狺狂叫。 spend[spend]v.花费,消耗 ‖ spend extravagantly挥霍浪费 spend one’s holidays度假 spent bill of letter已使用提单 spent cash零用金 spent conviction失效的定罪判决 spent provision已丧失时效的条文 spending authority财务开支授权 spending boom消费高涨 spending curtailment紧缩开支 spending money零花钱 spending range audit开支范围审计 spending unit消费单位 spending standard开支标准 spendable adj. 可使用的,可花费的 spendable average weekly earnings可供花费的平均周收入 spending n.经费,开销,花费,开支 spendthrift n.挥霍浪费者 |