| 单词 | sparing |
| 释义 | sparing (once / 956 pages) adj WORD FAMILY sparing: sparingly, unsparing+/spare: spared, sparely, spareness, sparer, spares, sparest, sparing/sparer: sparers/unsparing: unsparingly USAGE EXAMPLESStill, Pugh’s probation was not revoked, sparing him from a year in jail. Washington Post(Dec 28, 2016) When he was younger, concerned parents pulled their children off the football field, sparing them the wrath of the bruising, hard-hitting grade-schooler. Washington Post(Dec 22, 2016) Practically nobody today, however, would bestow upon Google Maps the honorific “A.I.,” so sentimental and sparing are we in our use of the word “intelligence.” New York Times(Dec 14, 2016) adj avoiding waste a sparing father and a spending son sparing in their use of heat and light Syn economical, frugal, scotch, stinting thrifty careful and diligent in the use of resources |
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