| 单词 | spare |
| 释义 | spare (speəʳ ) Word forms: spares , sparing , spared 1. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] B1+ You use spare to describe something that is the same as things that you are already using, but that you do not need yet and are keeping ready in case another one is needed. If possible keep a spare pair of glasses accessible in case your main pair is broken or lost. Don't forget to take a few spare batteries. He could have taken a spare key. The wagons carried spare ammunition. Synonyms: back-up, reserve, second, extra Spare is also a noun. Give me the trunk key and I'll get the spare. 2. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] B1+ You use spare to describe something that is not being used by anyone, and is therefore available for someone to use. They don't have a lot of spare cash. The spare bedroom is on the second floor. There was hardly a spare inch of space to be found. Synonyms: extra, surplus, leftover, over 3. verb [only to-inf] If you have something such as time, money, or space to spare, you have some extra time, money, or space that you have not used or that you do not need. You got here with ninety seconds to spare. [VERB] It's not as if he has money to spare. [VERB] The car suddenly darted ahead, squeezing past him with only inches to spare. [VERB] Miranda has drive and energy to spare and has now taken on an even bigger challenge. [VERB] 4. verb If you spare time or another resource for a particular purpose, you make it available for that purpose. She said that she could only spare 35 minutes for our meeting. [VERB noun] He's a very busy man, and it's good of him to spare the time to visit. [VERB noun] He suggested that his country could not spare the troops for such an operation. [VERB noun] Synonyms: afford, give, grant, do without 5. verb [usually passive] If a person or a place is spared, they are not harmed, even though other people or places have been. [literary] We have lost everything, but thank God, our lives have been spared. [be VERB-ed] Not a man was spared. [be VERB-ed] The area was largely spared from the famine. [be V-ed from n] Synonyms: have mercy on, pardon, have pity on, leave 6. verb If you spare someone an unpleasant experience, you prevent them from suffering it. I wanted to spare Frances the embarrassment of discussing this subject. [VERB noun noun] Prisoners are spared the indignity of wearing uniforms. [VERB noun noun] Spare me the gory details. [VERB noun noun] She's just trying to spare Shawna's feelings. [VERB noun] The policy has not spared the farming community from severe financial pressure. [VERB noun from noun] 7. graded adjective Someone who is described as spare is tall and not at all fat. [literary] She was thin and spare, with a sharply intelligent face. Synonyms: thin, lean, slim, slender 8. graded adjective Something such as a room that is spare is very plain with no unnecessary features. [literary] Inside, the two small rooms were spare and neat, stripped bare of ornaments. Synonyms: meagre, sparing, modest, economical 9. See also sparing 10. spare no effort phrase [VERB inflects] If you spare no effort in doing something, you do it as well as possible, without worrying about the amount of work involved. If you spare no expense in doing it, you do it as well as possible, without trying to save money. The government is determined to spare no effort in investigating this case thoroughly. Officials say they'll spare no expense to prevent another riot. 11. spare a thought for phrase If you spare a thought for an unfortunate person, you make an effort to think sympathetically about them and their bad luck. Spare a thought for the nation's shopkeepers–consumer sales slid again in May. I do not think any of us spared a thought for the ordeal of her crew. 12. to spare someone's blushes phrase [VERB inflects] If you spare someone's blushes or save someone's blushes, you avoid doing or saying something that will embarrass them. Idioms: spare someone's blushes or save someone's blushes to do something that prevents someone from being in an embarrassing situation To save his blushes he played down the extent to which he had been gulled. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers spare no expense to spend as much money as is necessary to achieve or do something Their stadium is magnificent and the club is ambitious and they plan to spare no expense to catch up with Celtic once more. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collocations: spare bed If there's a spare bed, have a nap. Times,Sunday Times You can always then go off to the spare bed later if need be. The Sun He was inundated with messages of support and even a spare bed. The Sun He found her at 1.30pm, slumped across a spare bed. Times, Sunday Times They always make up the spare bed downstairs for me. The Sun I trained twice a week, had matches twice a week, and spent every spare hour trying to improve. Times, Sunday Times He was pushed, cajoled, urged and goaded, every spare hour, of every day. Times, Sunday Times Every spare hour, it seemed, was devoted to it. The Times Literary Supplement But he said yes immediately, consigning himself to two days without food and spare hours spent sweating the pounds off in a hot bath. The Sun Five years ago the government funded the launch of online marketplaces in which anyone could sell their spare hours to local employers. Times, Sunday Times However, power usage is likely to be high, so keep a spare set of batteries in the recharger. Times, Sunday Times (2009) The most useful thing I'd found was a spare set of keys in the cutlery drawer. KICK BACK (2002) He departed from Pimlico homeless, his worldly possessions lumped in with his hand-out spare set of linen in a large plastic bag. THE FIVE MILLION DOLLAR PRINCE You can't just pop down to the hardware shop and buy a spare set. Times, Sunday Times (2012) Hanuman asked as he pulled on his spare set of woollens and gloves. THE BROKEN GOD Translations: Chinese: 备用的, 宽容 Japanese: 余分の, 容赦する |
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