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单词 spent
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Definition of spent in English:

spent

verbspɛntspɛnt
  • past and past participle of spend
adjective spɛntspɛnt
  • 1Having been used and unable to be used again.

    a spent matchstick
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Turn the Polaroid over and that space keeps the spent pod, emptied of its seminal jelly when ejected from the camera.
    • Flowers and notes were left outside his home yesterday, where investigators found several spent bullet cartridges.
    • Sir, we hear reports that North Korea is supposedly claiming to have reprocessed all of its spent nuclear fuel rods.
    • A third repeat following this resulted in the disappearance of the spent energy beam.
    • We think the preponderance of evidence does show that in fact Yucca Mountain is a suitable site for spent fuel disposal.
    • A spent shell fired from a revolver was recovered at the scene.
    • He added it would increase pressure on the British Government to shut down the reprocessing of spent nuclear fuel rods at Sellafield.
    Synonyms
    used up, consumed, exhausted, finished, depleted, drained, emptied
    informal played out, burnt out
    1. 1.1 Having no power or energy left.
      the movement has become a spent force
      Example sentencesExamples
      • I'm not saying Kilkenny are a spent force by any means but they are beatable as Waterford and Galway both proved in the last couple of weeks.
      • Today, religion is a private matter, politicians are not expected to be saints and the church is a spent political force.
      • Tyrone then seemed a spent force but boy did they recover.
      • In the later 1920s, and especially in the 30s, modernism seemed a spent force.
      • Finally, half an hour later, spent of all her energy, she climbed out of her tub.
      • By then O'Sullivan was a spent force having fallen out of contention at 16 miles.
      • Armagh struck me as a tired team and may be a spent force.
      • It has been a topsy-turvy league and Cavan are no spent force.
      • We're pretty desperate here in Britain, where our old-fashioned notion of dating is a spent force.
      • In the meantime, Galway are back through the back door and are not a spent force.
      • Today he is almost certainly another spent force where the biggest occasions are concerned.
      • They are a spent force, only coming out of hibernation to latch on to the topical issue of the day.
      • By 1981, when he won the presidency, it was a thing of the past, and the Party a spent force.
      • I think as the two senators said earlier, that he is largely a spent force.
      • These words at least pay lip service to the realisation that neo-liberal economics are a spent force.
      • In Twickenham, those who felt that England were a spent force on the international stage got their answer.
      • It was an impressive display of power for a conservative subgroup that had been thought of as a spent force.
      • No wonder One Nation's vote in the last federal election declined substantially - it's a spent force.
      • We keep chopping and changing board presidents, who to my mind are all spent forces.
      • Yet the IRA's transformation into a local policing outfit shows that, as a guerrilla army that threatens war, it is a spent force.
      Synonyms
      exhausted, tired, tired out, weary, wearied, worn out, dog-tired, bone-tired, bone-weary, on one's last legs, drained, fatigued, ready to drop, enervated, debilitated, limp
      informal done in, all in, dead on one's feet, beat, dead beat, bushed, fagged out, knocked out, wiped out, zonked out, worn to a frazzle, frazzled, bushwhacked
      British informal knackered, whacked, jiggered
      Scottish informal wabbit
      North American informal pooped, tuckered out, fried, whipped
      Australian/New Zealand informal stonkered
      British vulgar slang buggered, shagged out
      Australian/New Zealand vulgar slang rooted
      archaic toilworn
      rare fordone

Rhymes

absent, accent, anent, ascent, assent, augment, bent, cement, cent, circumvent, consent, content, dent, event, extent, ferment, foment, forewent, forwent, frequent, gent, Ghent, Gwent, lament, leant, lent, meant, misrepresent, misspent, outwent, pent, percent, pigment, rent, scent, segment, sent, stent, Stoke-on-Trent, Tashkent, tent, torment, Trent, underspent, underwent, vent, went
 
 

Definition of spent in US English:

spent

verbspentspɛnt
  • past and past participle of spend
adjectivespentspɛnt
  • 1Having been used and unable to be used again.

    a spent matchstick
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Flowers and notes were left outside his home yesterday, where investigators found several spent bullet cartridges.
    • A third repeat following this resulted in the disappearance of the spent energy beam.
    • Turn the Polaroid over and that space keeps the spent pod, emptied of its seminal jelly when ejected from the camera.
    • A spent shell fired from a revolver was recovered at the scene.
    • He added it would increase pressure on the British Government to shut down the reprocessing of spent nuclear fuel rods at Sellafield.
    • We think the preponderance of evidence does show that in fact Yucca Mountain is a suitable site for spent fuel disposal.
    • Sir, we hear reports that North Korea is supposedly claiming to have reprocessed all of its spent nuclear fuel rods.
    Synonyms
    used up, consumed, exhausted, finished, depleted, drained, emptied
    1. 1.1 Having no power or energy left.
      the movement has become a spent force
      Example sentencesExamples
      • By 1981, when he won the presidency, it was a thing of the past, and the Party a spent force.
      • By then O'Sullivan was a spent force having fallen out of contention at 16 miles.
      • Today, religion is a private matter, politicians are not expected to be saints and the church is a spent political force.
      • No wonder One Nation's vote in the last federal election declined substantially - it's a spent force.
      • Finally, half an hour later, spent of all her energy, she climbed out of her tub.
      • These words at least pay lip service to the realisation that neo-liberal economics are a spent force.
      • Tyrone then seemed a spent force but boy did they recover.
      • In the meantime, Galway are back through the back door and are not a spent force.
      • We're pretty desperate here in Britain, where our old-fashioned notion of dating is a spent force.
      • It was an impressive display of power for a conservative subgroup that had been thought of as a spent force.
      • They are a spent force, only coming out of hibernation to latch on to the topical issue of the day.
      • Armagh struck me as a tired team and may be a spent force.
      • We keep chopping and changing board presidents, who to my mind are all spent forces.
      • In the later 1920s, and especially in the 30s, modernism seemed a spent force.
      • Today he is almost certainly another spent force where the biggest occasions are concerned.
      • It has been a topsy-turvy league and Cavan are no spent force.
      • Yet the IRA's transformation into a local policing outfit shows that, as a guerrilla army that threatens war, it is a spent force.
      • In Twickenham, those who felt that England were a spent force on the international stage got their answer.
      • I think as the two senators said earlier, that he is largely a spent force.
      • I'm not saying Kilkenny are a spent force by any means but they are beatable as Waterford and Galway both proved in the last couple of weeks.
      Synonyms
      exhausted, tired, tired out, weary, wearied, worn out, dog-tired, bone-tired, bone-weary, on one's last legs, drained, fatigued, ready to drop, enervated, debilitated, limp
 
 
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