spending
英 [ˈspendɪŋ]
美 [ˈspendɪŋ]
n. (政府或其他机构的)开支，支出，花销
v. 用，花(钱); 花(时间); 度过; 花费，消耗，用尽(精力等)
spend的现在分词
现在分词：spending
BNC.2353 / COCA.2337
牛津词典
noun
- （政府或其他机构的）开支，支出，花销
the amount of money that is spent by a government or an organization- to increase public spending
增加公共开支
- to increase public spending
柯林斯词典
- VERB 花(钱);用(钱)
When youspendmoney, you pay money for things that you want.- By the end of the holiday I had spent all my money...
到假期结束时，我已经花光了自己所有的钱。 - Businessmen spend enormous amounts advertising their products...
商人们花费巨额资金为自己的商品做广告。 - Juventus have spent £23m on new players...
尤文图斯队已经在新球员身上花了 2,300 万英镑。 - The survey may cost at least £100 but is money well spent.
该调查可能要花费至少 100 英镑，但这钱花得值。
- By the end of the holiday I had spent all my money...
- VERB 花费(时间或精力)
If youspendtime or energy doing something, you use your time or effort doing it.- Engineers spend much time and energy developing brilliant solutions...
工程师们花费很多时间和精力来开发完美的解决方案。 - This energy could be much better spent taking some positive action.
这些精力若用于采取某些积极行动的话，可能会更值得。
- Engineers spend much time and energy developing brilliant solutions...
- VERB (在某处)度过(一段时间)
If youspenda period of time in a place, you stay there for a period of time.- We spent the night in a hotel.
我们在一家旅馆过夜。
- We spent the night in a hotel.
- N-COUNT 开支;费用
Thespendon a particular thing is the amount of money that is spent on it, or will be spent.- ...the marketing and advertising spend.
营销和广告开支
- ...the marketing and advertising spend.
- tospend a penny→ see:penny
Do not confusespendandpass. If youspenda period of time doing something orspendtime in a place, you do that thing or stay in that place for all of the time you are talking about.I spent three days cleaning our flat. ...a hotel where we could spend the night.If you do something while you are waiting for something else, you can say you do it to 'passthe time'.He had brought along a book to pass the time.You can say that timehas passedin order to show that a period of time has finished.The first few days passed... The timne seems to have passed so quickly.
不要混淆 spend 和 pass。spend 表示花一段时间做某事或呆在某地，如：I spent three days cleaning our flat (我花了 3 天时间打扫我们的公寓)，a hotel where we could spend the night (可供我们过夜的旅馆)。如果在等待的过程中做某事消磨时间，可以说 pass the time，如：He had brought along a book to pass the time (他带了一本书来打发时间)。要表示一段时间过去了，可以用 pass，如：The first few days passed (头几天过去了)，The time seems to have passed so quickly (时间似乎过得很快)。
英英释义
noun
- the act of spending or disbursing money
- money paid out
双语例句
- The government is spending billions of dollars on new urban rail projects.
政府正把数十亿元花在新城市铁路项目上。 - The party fears the equation between higher spending and higher taxes
该党担心难以平衡更多支出和更高税率之间的综合关系。 - His economic plan, with its tax hikes and spending cuts, will slow the economy.
他通过采取上调税率和削减支出等经济计划，将会使经济发展放慢速度。 - The government usually overshot its original spending target.
政府通常会超出其最初的开支目标。 - I am spending a lot of money and time on this boat, but it is worth it
我在这艘船上花了很多金钱和时间，但都很值得。 - They are also spending much less on extras like meals in restaurants.
他们花在下馆子等额外消费上的钱也少多了。 - They are calling for large spending cuts and tax increases.
他们呼吁大幅度削减开支并提高税收。 - He and his family are spending the summer among the mountains.
他和家人在山间避暑。 - Senate negotiators further narrowed their differences over the level of federal spending for anti-drug programs.
关于联邦政府在反毒品项目上的支出问题，参议院的谈判代表们进一步缩小了分歧。 - He insists any tax cut be matched dollar-for-dollar with cuts in spending.
他坚持每一项减税都要和支出削减一一对应。