spends是什么意思？

spends

英[s'pendz] 美[s'pendz]

• v. 用钱，花钱( spend的第三人称单数 )，花费，消耗，花（时间）；

例句

• The sloth spends most of its time hanging upside down from the branches. 大部分时间里树懒都是倒挂在树枝上。
• He spends every penny he earns. 他把赚得的每一分钱都花掉了。
• She's not a very good manager, she always spends more money than she earns. 她不大会理财, 总是入不敷出。
• He spends all his time getting and spending. 他把他所有的时间都花在赚钱和消费上了。
• She often spends hours dressing her hair. 她常常花数小时做头发。
• He has to account to the chairman for how he spends the company's money. 他一定要向主席说明他是如何花公司的钱的。
• He that gains well and spends well needs no account book. 收支正当,无须记帐。
• He who spends more than he should, shall not have to spare when he would. 不该花的乱花，要花时没有花。
• He spends on the average two hours a day on reading. 他平均每天用两小时读书.
• She hoards her money - she never spends it. 她积蓄钱,但从来不花钱.

英语四级真题

He spends his spare time doing repairs.
出自-2013年12月听力原文
But he spends a lot of time in the lab, doesn't he?
出自-2012年12月听力原文
He spends huge sums on TV commercials every year.
出自-2011年6月听力原文

英语六级真题

The average American spends at least eight and a half hours a day in front of a screen.
出自-2012年12月阅读原文

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• VERB
  花(钱);用(钱)
  When you spend money, you pay money for things that you want.
  例句
  By the end of the holiday I had spent all my money... 到假期结束时，我已经花光了自己所有的钱。 Businessmen spend enormous amounts advertising their products... 商人们花费巨额资金为自己的商品做广告。
• VERB
  花费(时间或精力)
  If you spend time or energy doing something, you use your time or effort doing it.
  例句
  Engineers spend much time and energy developing brilliant solutions... 工程师们花费很多时间和精力来开发完美的解决方案。 This energy could be much better spent taking some positive action. 这些精力若用于采取某些积极行动的话，可能会更值得。
• VERB
  (在某处)度过(一段时间)
  If you spend a period of time in a place, you stay there for a period of time.
  例句
  We spent the night in a hotel. 我们在一家旅馆过夜。
• N-COUNT
  开支;费用
  The spend on a particular thing is the amount of money that is spent on it, or will be spent.
  例句
  ...the marketing and advertising spend. 营销和广告开支