spending
英 [ˈspendɪŋ]
美 [ˈspendɪŋ]
n. (政府或其他机构的)开支,支出,花销
v. 用,花(钱); 花(时间); 度过; 花费,消耗,用尽(精力等)
spend的现在分词
现在分词:spending
BNC.2353 / COCA.2337
牛津词典
noun
- (政府或其他机构的)开支,支出,花销
the amount of money that is spent by a government or an organization- to increase public spending
增加公共开支
- to increase public spending
柯林斯词典
- VERB 花(钱);用(钱)
When youspendmoney, you pay money for things that you want.- 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。 - Juventus have spent £23m on new players...
尤文图斯队已经在新球员身上花了 2,300 万英镑。 - The survey may cost at least £100 but is money well spent.
该调查可能要花费至少 100 英镑,但这钱花得值。
- By the end of the holiday I had spent all my money...
- VERB 花费(时间或精力)
If youspendtime or energy doing something, you use your time or effort doing it.- 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。
- Engineers spend much time and energy developing brilliant solutions...
- VERB (在某处)度过(一段时间)
If youspenda period of time in a place, you stay there for a period of time.- We spent the night in a hotel.
我们在一家旅馆过夜。
- We spent the night in a hotel.
- N-COUNT 开支;费用
Thespendon a particular thing is the amount of money that is spent on it, or will be spent.- ...the marketing and advertising spend.
营销和广告开支
- ...the marketing and advertising spend.
- tospend a penny→ see:penny
Do not confusespendandpass. If youspenda period of time doing something orspendtime in a place, you do that thing or stay in that place for all of the time you are talking about.I spent three days cleaning our flat. ...a hotel where we could spend the night.If you do something while you are waiting for something else, you can say you do it to 'passthe time'.He had brought along a book to pass the time.You can say that timehas passedin order to show that a period of time has finished.The first few days passed... The timne seems to have passed so quickly.
不要混淆 spend 和 pass。spend 表示花一段时间做某事或呆在某地,如:I spent three days cleaning our flat (我花了 3 天时间打扫我们的公寓),a hotel where we could spend the night (可供我们过夜的旅馆)。如果在等待的过程中做某事消磨时间,可以说 pass the time,如:He had brought along a book to pass the time (他带了一本书来打发时间)。要表示一段时间过去了,可以用 pass,如:The first few days passed (头几天过去了),The time seems to have passed so quickly (时间似乎过得很快)。
英英释义
noun
- the act of spending or disbursing money
- money paid out
双语例句
- The party fears the equation between higher spending and higher taxes
该党担心难以平衡更多支出和更高税率之间的综合关系。 - He and his family are spending the summer among the mountains.
他和家人在山间避暑。 - They really do get pleasure from spending money on other people
他们确实从把钱花在别人身上而得到快乐。 - His economic plan, with its tax hikes and spending cuts, will slow the economy.
他通过采取上调税率和削减支出等经济计划,将会使经济发展放慢速度。 - The accountant checked this unnecessary spending in good time.
会计及时卡住了这笔不必要的开支。 - He survived the earthquake after spending 3 days in an air pocket
他在气窝里度过了3天,得以从地震中幸存。 - We have allowed spending and borrowing to rise in this recession.
在此经济萧条时期,我们容许增加消费和借贷。 - You will find it difficult to construct a spending plan without first recording your spending
你会发现不先把自己的开销记录下来就很难制订支出计划。 - Public spending is supposed to fall, not rise, in the next few years.
在接下来的几年里,政府开支应该会下降,而不是上升。 - The National Health Service has visibly deteriorated, despite increased spending
尽管支出在增加,但国民医疗保健服务的质量却明显下降了。