spent是什么意思？

spent

英[spent] 美[spɛnt]

• adj. 用过的，不再有用的，已废的，失效的；
• v. 用钱，花钱( spend的过去式和过去分词 )，花费，消耗，花（时间）；

例句

• one tonne of plutonium extracted from spent nuclear fuel 从废核燃料中提取的一吨
• The dealer spent hours bargaining for the painting. 那个商人为购买那幅画花了几个小时讨价还价。
• More than 70 per cent of my time has been spent in teaching. 我的时间70%以上用在了教学上。
• She spent a sleepless night. 她度过了一个不眠之夜。
• The gardener spent a complete morning in trimming those two shrubs. 园丁花了整个上午的时间修剪那两处灌木林。
• The new president spent the first year undoing the work of his predecessor. 新总统用了第一年的时间来收拾前任总统留下的摊子。
• He spent a week in custody on remand awaiting sentence. 等候判决期间他被还押候审一个星期。
• He spent important money on a small jewel for his wife. 他花大笔钱购买小小的宝石给太太。
• We’ve spent our Easter holidays pleasantly. 我们的复活节假期过得很愉快。
• The new album is proof that this band is not a spent force just yet. 新专辑证明这支乐队风头仍健。

英语四级真题

Once she lost a two-cent stamp and spent the night looking for it.
出自-2014年6月听力原文
Worst of all, when her son, Ned, fell and injured his knee, she refused to pay for a doctor and spent hours looking for free medical help
出自-2014年6月听力原文
Kodak is an example of a firm that was very much aware that they had to adapt, and spent a lot of money trying to do so, but ultimately failed.
出自-2013年6月阅读原文

英语六级真题

in one study, people who were instructed to think about money before entering a cafe spent less times chatting with the other patrons and more time working.
出自-2014年6月听力原文
He spent most of his days outdoors and had deep love for the wild lands.
出自-2013年6月听力原文
The interracial roommates spent less time together, and had fewer joint activities than the white pairs.
出自-2012年6月听力原文

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• Spent is the past tense and past participle of spend .
• ADJ
  已用尽的;用过的
  Spent substances or containers have been used and cannot be used again.
  例句
  Radioactive waste is simply spent fuel... 放射性废物就是用后的燃料。 Several spent cartridges have already been found. 几个空弹壳已经被找到。

英汉词典释义

• adj.
  用过的;不再有用的; 已废的; 失效的
  She found two spent matches. 她发现了两根用过的火柴。
  权力不再的人(或集团)；不再有影响力的人(或集团)
  The new album is proof that this band is not a spent force just yet. 新专辑证明这支乐队风头仍健。

英英词典释义

• Adjective
  1. drained of energy or effectiveness; extremely tired; completely exhausted;
  "the day's shopping left her exhausted""he went to bed dog-tired""was fagged and sweaty""the trembling of his played out limbs""felt completely washed-out""only worn-out horses and cattle""you look worn out"
  2. having all been spent;
  "the money is all gone"