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单词 spare
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Examples of 'spare' in a sentence
spare

Perhaps she is a spare in case one dies.And how could it be supposed that his uncle and aunt would spare him again?Suggestions for uses for a spare dictionary to the usual address please.Land sparing is already occurring on a grand scale.Foster parents will also be exempt when housing benefit is docked for council tenants with spare space.We had a spare bit of money but that has all gone now.Work you do in your spare time to help a friend has a lucky outcome.It was finished with two days to spare.Is it really true that we are incapable of sparing a single minute for sorrow and respect?We should spare a thought for the prisoners too.Or the possibility of the new carpet failing to match the duvet in the spare bedroom.Make sure you take spare robes in case you get wet.Such problems can be avoided if a proper charge is made for the use of spare capacity.Put the chicken in a roasting tin with room to spare.There is money to spare already beyond the original plans of the organisers.You can't replace it just by shelling out more when you have some spare cash again.Love the idea of a cake stand but can't spare the shelf space?In the face of all this antiquity, the couple left the rough stone farmhouse pretty spare and plain.

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spare

British English: spare /spɛə/ ADJECTIVE
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.
  • American English: spare
  • Arabic: احْتِيَاطِيّ
  • Brazilian Portuguese: excedente
  • Chinese: 备用的
  • Croatian: rezervni
  • Czech: náhradní
  • Danish: ekstra
  • Dutch: reserve
  • European Spanish: de más
  • Finnish: ylimääräinen
  • French: supplémentaire
  • German: übrig
  • Greek: εφεδρικός
  • Italian: di riserva
  • Japanese: 余分の
  • Korean: 여분의
  • Norwegian: reserve-
  • Polish: zapasowy
  • European Portuguese: excedente
  • Romanian: de rezervă
  • Russian: свободный
  • Latin American Spanish: de más
  • Swedish: i reserv
  • Thai: ซึ่งสำรองไว้
  • Turkish: yedek
  • Ukrainian: запасний
  • Vietnamese: thừa
British English: spare /spɛə/ VERB
If you spare time or money, you make it available.
I can only spare 35 minutes for this meeting.
  • American English: spare
  • Arabic: يَسْتَغْنِي
  • Brazilian Portuguese: conceder
  • Chinese: 宽容
  • Croatian: odvojiti
  • Czech: ušetřit
  • Danish: afse
  • Dutch: sparen persoon
  • European Spanish: emplear
  • Finnish: säästää joku joltakin
  • French: épargner
  • German: entbehren
  • Greek: φείδομαι
  • Italian: risparmiare
  • Japanese: 容赦する
  • Korean: 할애하다
  • Norwegian: skåne
  • Polish: oszczędzić darować
  • European Portuguese: poupar
  • Romanian: a se dispensa de
  • Russian: сохранить
  • Latin American Spanish: escatimar
  • Swedish: avvara
  • Thai: สงวนไว้
  • Turkish: ayırmak
  • Ukrainian: заощаджувати
  • Vietnamese: dành cho ai

All related terms of 'spare'

Chinese translation of 'spare'

spare

(spɛəʳ)

adj

  1. (= free) 多余(餘)的 (duōyú de)
  2. (= extra) 备(備)用的 (bèiyòng de)

n (c)

  1. = spare part

vt

  1. to spare sb the trouble/pain/details 避免某人的麻烦(煩)/痛苦/让(讓)某人知道详(詳)情 (bìmiǎn mǒurén de máfan/tònkǔ/ràng mǒurén zhīdào xiángqíng)
  2. (= make available) 抽出 (chōuchū)
  3. (= afford to give) 出让(讓) (chūràng)
  4. (= not harm) 幸(倖)免 (xìngmiǎn)
    these two are going spare 这(這)两(兩)个(個)是闲(閒)着(著)的 (zhè liǎng gè shì xiánzhe de)
    to have time/money to spare 有剩余(餘)的时(時)间(間)/金钱(錢) (yǒu shèngyú de shíjiān/jīnqián)
    to spare no expense 不惜工本 (bù xī gōngběn)
    I can spare (you) 5 minutes 我能(为(為)你)抽出5分钟(鐘) (wǒ néng (wèi nǐ) chōuchū wǔ fēnzhōng)

All related terms of 'spare'

(adjective) 
Definition
extra to what is needed
He could have taken a spare key.
Synonyms
back-up
reserve
second
The suitcase contained clean shirts and a second pair of shoes.
extra
relief
emergency
The plane is carrying emergency supplies.
additional
Additional troops have been sent to the region.
substitute
She found work as a substitute teacher.
fall-back
auxiliary
auxiliary fuel tanks
in reserve
This is the vehicle kept in reserve.
(adjective) 
Definition
extra to what is needed
They don't have a lot of spare cash.
Synonyms
extra
This exercise will help you burn up any extra calories.
surplus
Few people have large sums of surplus cash.
leftover
Leftover chicken makes a wonderful salad.
over
free
odd
I found an odd sock in the washing machine.
unwanted
Community purchases of unwanted beef create a new beef mountain.
in excess
unused
superfluous
My presence at the afternoon's proceedings was superflous.
going begging
supernumerary
Opposites
needed
,
necessary
,
spoken for
,
allocated
,
designated
,
set aside
,
in use
,
earmarked
(adjective) 
In her spare time she raises funds for charity.
Synonyms
free
There's only one seat free on the train.
leisure
unoccupied
own
(adjective) 
Definition
(of a person) tall and thin
She was thin and spare, with a shapely intelligent face.
Synonyms
thin
a tall, thin man with grey hair
lean
She watched the tall, lean figure step into the car.
slim
She is pretty, of slim build, with blue eyes.
slender
The crane raised its slender neck.
slight
a man of slight build
meagre
gaunt
Looking gaunt and tired, he denied there was anything to worry about.
wiry
a wiry and athletic young man
lank
a lank youth with a ponytail
macilent (rare)
Opposites
heavy
,
fat
,
plump
,
large
,
generous
,
fleshy
,
flabby
,
corpulent
(adjective) 
The two rooms were spare and neat, stripped bare of ornaments.
Synonyms
meagre
a meagre 3% pay rise
sparing
I've not been sparing with the garlic.
modest
You don't get rich, but you can earn a modest living from it.
economical
As taxpayers we should be able to assume that the government is economical with our money.
frugal
My diet was frugal.
scanty
So far, what scanty evidence we have points to two subjects.
(verb) 
Definition
to be able to afford or give
He suggested that his country could not spare the troops.
Synonyms
afford
The room afforded fine views of the city.
give
a bill that will give extra rights to thousands of elderly people
grant
France has agreed to grant him political asylum.
do without
relinquish
part with
allow
Please allow 28 days for delivery.
bestow
The Queen has bestowed a knighthood on him.
dispense with
manage without
let someone have
(verb) 
Definition
to stop from killing, punishing, or injuring (someone)
`Spare me!' he cowered.
Synonyms
have mercy on
pardon
Hundreds of political prisoners were pardoned and released.
have pity on
leave
release
excuse
She was excused from her duties for the day.
let off (informal)
not harm
go easy on (informal)
leave unharmed
be merciful to
The teacher was merciful to the students and did not punish them.
grant pardon to
deal leniently with
leave uninjured
refrain from hurting
save (from harm)
relieve from
Opposites
show no mercy to
,
condemn
,
punish
,
destroy
,
hurt
,
damn
,
afflict

idiom

See go spare

phrase

See to spare

Additional synonyms

in the sense of additional
Additional troops have been sent to the region.
Synonyms
extra,
more,
new,
other,
added,
increased,
further,
fresh,
spare,
supplementary,
auxiliary,
ancillary,
appended,
add-on,
over-and-above
in the sense of allow
Definition
to set aside
Please allow 28 days for delivery.
Synonyms
give,
provide,
grant,
spare,
devote,
assign,
allocate,
set aside,
deduct,
earmark,
remit,
allot
in the sense of auxiliary
Definition
secondary or supplementary
auxiliary fuel tanks
Synonyms
supplementary,
reserve,
emergency,
substitute,
secondary,
back-up,
subsidiary,
fall-back

Synonyms of 'spare'

spare

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Additional synonyms

in the sense of be merciful to
The teacher was merciful to the students and did not punish them.
Synonyms
show mercy to,
spare,
forgive,
pardon,
let off,
go easy on (informal),
have mercy on,
have pity on,
be lenient with
in the sense of bestow
Definition
to present (a gift) or confer (an honour)
The Queen has bestowed a knighthood on him.
Synonyms
present,
give,
accord,
award,
grant,
commit,
hand out,
lavish,
confer,
endow,
entrust,
impart,
allot,
honour with,
apportion
in the sense of economical
Definition
(of a person) spending money carefully and sensibly
As taxpayers we should be able to assume that the government is economical with our money.
Synonyms
thrifty,
sparing,
careful,
prudent,
provident,
frugal,
parsimonious,
scrimping,
economizing
in the sense of emergency
The plane is carrying emergency supplies.
Synonyms
alternative,
extra,
additional,
substitute,
replacement,
temporary,
makeshift,
stopgap,
MergNC
in the sense of excuse
Definition
to free (someone) from having to carry out a task, obligation, etc.
She was excused from her duties for the day.
Synonyms
free,
relieve,
liberate,
exempt,
release,
spare,
discharge,
let off,
absolve
in the sense of frugal
Definition
meagre and inexpensive
My diet was frugal.
Synonyms
meagre,
economical,
niggardly
in the sense of gaunt
Definition
bony and emaciated in appearance
Looking gaunt and tired, he denied there was anything to worry about.
Synonyms
thin,
lean,
skinny,
skeletal,
wasted,
drawn,
spare,
pinched,
angular,
bony,
lanky,
haggard,
emaciated,
scrawny,
skin and bone,
scraggy,
cadaverous,
rawboned,
macilent (rare)
in the sense of give
Definition
to grant or provide
a bill that will give extra rights to thousands of elderly people
Synonyms
confer,
allow,
accord,
award,
grant,
permit,
bestow,
vouchsafe (old-fashioned)
in the sense of grant
Definition
to consent to perform or fulfil
France has agreed to grant him political asylum.
Synonyms
give,
allow,
present,
award,
accord,
permit,
assign,
allocate,
hand out,
confer on,
bestow on,
impart,
allot,
vouchsafe (old-fashioned)
in the sense of in reserve
This is the vehicle kept in reserve.
Synonyms
in readiness,
ready,
spare,
to hand,
on hand,
on call

Additional synonyms

in the sense of lank
Definition
thin or gaunt
a lank youth with a ponytail
Synonyms
thin,
lean,
slim,
slender,
skinny,
spare,
gaunt,
lanky,
emaciated,
scrawny,
attenuated,
scraggy,
rawboned
in the sense of lean
Definition
(esp. of a person) having a trim body with no surplus flesh
She watched the tall, lean figure step into the car.
Synonyms
thin,
slim,
slender,
skinny,
angular,
trim,
spare,
gaunt,
bony,
lanky,
wiry,
emaciated,
scrawny,
svelte,
lank,
rangy,
scraggy,
macilent (rare)
in the sense of leftover
Definition
left as an unused portion
Leftover chicken makes a wonderful salad.
Synonyms
surplus,
remaining,
extra,
excess,
unwanted,
unused,
uneaten
in the sense of modest
Definition
not extreme or excessive
You don't get rich, but you can earn a modest living from it.
Synonyms
moderate,
small,
limited,
fair,
ordinary,
middling,
meagre,
frugal,
scanty,
unexceptional
in the sense of odd
Definition
leftover or additional
I found an odd sock in the washing machine.
Synonyms
spare,
remaining,
extra,
surplus,
single,
lone,
solitary,
uneven,
leftover,
unmatched,
unpaired
in the sense of over
Synonyms
extra,
remaining,
surplus,
unused,
superfluous
in the sense of pardon
Definition
to forgive or excuse (a person) for (an offence, mistake etc)
Hundreds of political prisoners were pardoned and released.
Synonyms
acquit,
free,
release,
liberate,
reprieve,
remit,
amnesty,
let off (informal),
exonerate,
absolve,
exculpate
in the sense of scanty
Definition
barely sufficient or not sufficient
So far, what scanty evidence we have points to two subjects.
Synonyms
meagre,
sparse,
poor,
thin,
narrow,
sparing,
restricted,
bare,
inadequate,
pathetic,
insufficient,
slender,
scant,
deficient,
exiguous (formal)
in the sense of second
Definition
another of the same kind
The suitcase contained clean shirts and a second pair of shoes.
Synonyms
spare,
duplicate,
alternative,
additional,
relief,
twin,
substitute,
back-up,
reproduction
in the sense of slender
Definition
(esp. of a person's figure) slim and graceful
The crane raised its slender neck.
Synonyms
slim,
narrow,
slight,
lean,
svelte,
willowy,
sylphlike

Additional synonyms

in the sense of slight
Definition
slim and delicate
a man of slight build
Synonyms
slim,
small,
delicate,
spare,
fragile,
lightly-built
in the sense of slim
Definition
small in width relative to height or length
She is pretty, of slim build, with blue eyes.
Synonyms
slender,
slight,
trim,
thin,
narrow,
lean,
skinny,
svelte,
willowy,
rangy,
sylphlike
in the sense of sparing
Definition
economical (with)
I've not been sparing with the garlic.
Synonyms
economical,
frugal,
thrifty,
saving,
careful,
prudent,
cost-conscious,
chary,
money-conscious
in the sense of substitute
She found work as a substitute teacher.
Synonyms
replacement,
reserve,
temporary,
surrogate,
second,
acting,
alternative,
additional,
fall-back,
proxy
in the sense of superfluous
Definition
more than is sufficient or required
My presence at the afternoon's proceedings was superflous.
Synonyms
excess,
surplus,
redundant,
remaining,
extra,
spare,
excessive,
unnecessary,
in excess,
needless,
left over,
on your hands,
surplus to requirements,
uncalled-for,
unneeded,
residuary,
supernumerary,
superabundant,
pleonastic,
unrequired,
supererogatory
in the sense of surplus
Definition
being in excess
Few people have large sums of surplus cash.
Synonyms
extra,
spare,
excess,
remaining,
odd,
in excess,
left over,
unused,
superfluous
in the sense of unwanted
Community purchases of unwanted beef create a new beef mountain.
Synonyms
leftover,
surplus,
untouched,
unused,
going begging,
uneaten,
unconsumed
in the sense of wiry
Definition
(of a person) slim but strong
a wiry and athletic young man
Synonyms
lean,
strong,
tough,
thin,
spare,
skinny,
stringy,
sinewy
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