spend
verb
spend
verb
1
MONEY
钱
to
use
your
money
to
pay
for
goods
or
services
用（钱），花费
I,T
I
can’t
afford
to
spend
any
more
money
this
week.
这星期我没有能力花更多的钱了。
spend
£5/$10
etc
I
only
want
to
spend
about
$20.
我只想花 20 美元左右的钱。
spend
sth
on
sth
More
money
should
be
spent
on
education.
在教育上应该投入更多的钱。
spend
sth
on
sb
Mum
never
spends
any
money
on
herself.
妈妈从来都不在自己身上花钱。
The
repairs
cost
a
lot,
but
it’s
money
well
spent
(=a
sensible
way
of
spending
money)
.
修理费很高，但这是该花的钱。
2
TIME
时间
to
use
time
doing
a
particular
thing
or
pass
time
in
a
particular
place
度过，消磨，花〔时间〕
T
spend
time
etc
with
sb
I
want
to
spend
more
time
with
my
family.
我想花更多的时间和家人在一起。
spend
time
etc
in/at
sth
We’ll
have
to
spend
the
night
in
a
hotel.
我们将不得不在旅馆过夜。
His
childhood
was
spent
in
Brazil.
他的童年是在巴西度过的。
spend
time
etc
doing
sth
Stacey
spends
all
her
free
time
painting.
斯泰茜把所有的空余时间都用来绘画。
3
spend the night with sb spend the night (at sth)
a.
to
stay
for
the
night
and
have
sex
with
someone
b.
if
someone
spends
the
night
at
someone’s
house,
they
sleep
at
that
person’s
house
for
a
night
（在某处）过夜
She
spent
the
night
at
a
friend’s
house.
她在一位朋友家里过了一夜。
4
FORCE/EFFORT
力量/努力
to
use
effort
or
energy
to
do
something
花〔精力〕
T
I
love
to
cook,
but
I
don’t
feel
like
spending
the
energy
every
evening.
我喜欢烹饪，但不愿意每天晚上都花精力去做。
5
spend a penny
to
URINATE
–
used
when
you
want
to
avoid
saying
this
directly
[英，口，过时] 小便〔委婉说法〕
BrE spoken old-fashioned