| 词汇 | spare |
| 释义 | spare | BrE spɛː, AmE spɛr | A. adjective ① (not occupied) 闲置的 ‹room, desk›; (not used) 不用的 ; (in reserve) 备用的 ▸ a spare bed/seat 空床/空座 ▸ spare cash for the book/winter holiday 买书/过寒假的闲钱 ▸ will there be any spare men/women at the party? informal 聚会上会有没伴的男人/女人吗？ ▸ do you have a spare shirt by any chance? 或许你有不穿的衬衫？ ▸ a spare ticket for the match 比赛多余的门票 ▸ to be going spare British informal 没人要 ▸ this food/desk is going spare 这些食物没人想吃/这张书桌没人用 ② (free) 空闲的 ‹time›▸ do you have a spare minute? 你现在有空吗？ ▸ not to have a spare moment 没有一点空 ③ (lean) 瘦削的 ▸ to be spare of build or stature 体形瘦削 ▸ his body was lean and spare 他骨瘦如柴 ④ (elegantly simple) 简朴的 ‹decoration, style›▸ the precise, spare movements of the dancers 舞蹈演员们准确而简洁的动作 ⑤ (meagre) 简单的 ‹diet, meal›⑥ predicative ▸ British informal (frantic) to go spare; 气急败坏 ▸ to drive sb spare (with worry) 使某人（忧虑得）发狂 B. noun (object) 备用品 ; (component) 备件 ; (wheel) 备用轮 ; (tyre) 备用胎 ; (ticket) 余票 ▸ a set of spares 一套备用品 ▸ have my pen: I've got a spare 用我的钢笔吧，我还有一支 ▸ take a spare (just in case) 带一件备用（以防万一）吧 ▸ spares for sth 某物的配件 C. transitive verb ① (give, lend) 匀出 ; (be able to afford to give or spend) 花得起 ; (make available) 拿得出 ▸ can you spare a cigarette? 能给我一支烟吗？ ▸ I've got plenty of pens, so I suppose I can spare one 我有很多钢笔，所以我想我可以让出一支 ▸ if you can spare a moment, … 如果你能空出一点时间的话，… ▸ I can spare 5 minutes 我能抽出5分钟 ▸ can you spare me ten pounds? 你能借给我10英镑吗？ ▸ I can't spare the time to stand about chatting to you! 我可没闲功夫站在一边跟你聊天！ ▸ I can spare £250 for Christmas presents 我可以拿出250英镑买圣诞礼物 ▸ to spare a thought for sb 为某人着想 ▸ to have sth to spare; 有多余的某物 ▸ there's no time to spare! 不能再耽搁了！ ▸ I had no energy/time to spare for the housework 我没力气/时间做家务 ▸ I caught the train with only a couple of minutes to spare 我赶上火车时就剩几分钟了 ▸ that turkey will feed ten people with some to spare 那只火鸡十个人也吃不完 ▸ they won the match with something to spare 他们没费全力就赢了比赛 ② informal (manage without) 用不着 ‹person›▸ I just can't spare him today 我今天实在缺不了他 ③ (treat leniently) 放过 ▸ the plague did not spare any of the villagers 村民们无一幸免于瘟疫 ▸ to spare sb's life 饶某人的命 ▸ please spare me! 求求你饶了我吧！ ▸ if I'm spared humorous 如果我能活下来 ▸ the lumberjack spared a few trees 伐木工人留了几棵树没砍 ▸ to be spared from demolition «building» 未遭毁坏 ▸ the report spares no one (criticizes all) 这份报告批评了所有人 (blames all) 这份报告认为所有人都有责任 ▸ to spare sb's feelings 照顾某人的感受 ④ (protect from) 免去 ▸ to spare sb sth; 为某人免除某事 ▸ try to spare her as much distress as possible 尽量不要让她难受 ▸ I'll spare you the suspense, and tell you exactly what happened 我就不卖关子了，直接告诉你发生了什么事吧 ▸ I'll spare you the job of washing up 我就免了你洗碗吧 ▸ I just wanted to spare her any trouble 我就是不想让她受累 ▸ to spare sb the details 不告诉某人细节 ▸ spare me the sarcasm 没必要对我冷嘲热讽吧 ▸ to spare sb the expense of sth/doing sth 省去某人购买某物/做某事的花费 ▸ he was spared his life 他捡回了一条命 ▸ the surgeon spared him the knife humorous 外科医生没有给他做手术 ▸ the north will be spared much of the bad weather 这种糟糕的天气将基本不会出现在北方 ⑤ (withhold) 吝惜 ▸ to spare no effort/inconvenience/pains (doing or to do sth) （做某事）不遗余力/不厌其烦/不辞辛劳 ▸ no trouble was spared to ensure our comfort 为了保证我们的舒适，什么办法都用过了 ▸ spare your pains: I've done it myself! 不用麻烦了，我自己已经做好了！ ▸ a willing helper who never spares any effort 竭诚助人的人 D. to spare oneself reflexive verb ① ▸ (not make effort) not to spare oneself 不遗余力 ② ▸ (avoid) to spare oneself expense/effort; 节省开支/少费劲 ▸ to spare oneself an unnecessary trip 省得跑一趟 ▸ to spare oneself the bother or trouble (of doing sth) 避免（做某事的）麻烦 |
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