spare

释义

adj.闲置的， 空闲的; 备用的; 瘦（高）的v.留出，剩余; 省得; 饶恕，使幸免; 不吝惜（时间、金钱）n.备用品

词态变化

第三人称单数 :   spares ; 过去式 :   spared ; 过去分词 :   spared ; 现在分词 :   sparing ;

实用场景例句

Keep a spare pair of glasses with you in case your main ones are broken or lost.

随身携带一副备用眼镜，以防主要的那副被损坏或丢失。

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Bring spare batteries with you as a precaution.

记得带上备用电池以防万一。

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Barely making ends meet, they find it hard to spare any additional funds.

他们勉强维持生计，很难省出额外的钱。

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The spare bedroom is situated on the higher floor...

备用卧室位于较高的楼层...

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The destination was reached with a spare minute and thirty seconds to go.

抵达目的地时还剩下多余的一分三十秒。

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He scarcely has any spare money to use...

他几乎没有任何闲钱可用...

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She mentioned she could spare just 30 minutes for our discussion...

她提到她只能抽出 30 分钟时间参加我们的讨论。

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He managed to spare a moment for the visit despite his packed agenda.

尽管行程排得很满，他还是设法抽出时间前来拜访。

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The devastating calamity left none of our belongings untouched, yet we are profoundly grateful to have been spared.

这场毁灭性的灾难使我们一无所有，但我们仍因幸免于难而深感庆幸。

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The calamity left no individual spared from its devastation.

这场灾难使无一人幸免于其毁灭性影响。

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She wanted to spare Frances the unease of discussing this matter...

她想让弗朗西斯免于讨论这件事的不安...

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Inmates are spared the humiliation of donning prison garb...

囚犯们被免去了穿上囚服的羞辱。

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Her spare figure and sharply observant expression conveyed an unmistakable aura of remarkable intellect.

她清瘦的身形和敏锐的观察神情展现出一种显而易见的非凡智慧。

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The two unadorned rooms inside were spare and immaculate, lacking any ornamental details.

里面的两间不加装饰的房间简洁而洁净，没有任何装饰细节。

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The officials spare no effort in carrying out a thorough investigation of this incident.

当局不遗余力地对此次事件进行彻底调查。

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Authorities vow to spare no effort in preventing potential rebellions in the future.

当局誓言将不遗余力地防止未来可能发生的叛乱。

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Retailers across the country deserve to be spared sympathy — expenditures on merchandise saw another decline last May...

全国各地的零售商应当免于被同情——商品支出在上个月五月再次下降...

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Not a single member of our team spared any consideration for the hardships endured by the sailors aboard the vessel.

我们团队里没有任何人对船上水手承受的艰辛给予过一丝考虑。

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真题例句

In his spare time, he visited the local art galleries, and the paintings are now lodged deep in his autobiographical memories.

出自-2017年6月阅读原文

And it is not just individuals: the web makes it easier for companies to rent out spare offices and idle machines, too.

出自-2013年12月阅读原文

The results of a Harry's poll showed that reading was the most popular spare time activity in the US.

出自-2013年12月听力原文

He spends his spare time doing repairs

出自-2013年12月听力原文

To make good use of her spare time in the evening.

出自-2012年12月听力原文

Manufacturing's shrinking presence undoubtedly helps explain the decline in craftsmanship, if only because many of the nation's assembly line workers were skilled in craft work, if not on the job then in their spare time.

出自-2013年6月阅读原文

In Einstein's day, there were only a few thousand physicists worldwide, and the theoreticians who could intellectually rival Einstein probably would fit into a streetcar with seats to spare.

出自-2010年12月阅读原文

But can you spare me a second?

出自-2013年6月听力原文

After hours in the cold and wet, he reached inside and pulled the wallet out hoping to find some id so he could contact the driver, only to discover it contained ￡400 in notes, with another ￡50 in spare change beside it.

2018年高考英语北京卷 完形填空 原文

For years, my mum has been helping out by giving them whatever food she could spare.

2016年高考英语上海卷 语法填空 A 原文

Neighbors devoted their spare time to helping others rebuild.

2016年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

No area was spared or unaffected, from the foggy northern coast to the Sierra Nevada mountains to the San Gabriels above Los Angeles.

2019年高考英语浙江卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

She also organized a fundraising drive in "ladybug jars" to collect everyone's spare change during "make change" month.

2017年高考英语北京卷 完形填空 原文

英英释义

Noun

1. an extra component of a machine or other apparatus

2. an extra car wheel and tire for a four-wheel vehicle

3. a score in tenpins; knocking down all ten after rolling two balls

Verb

1. refrain from harming

2. save or relieve from an experience or action;

"I'll spare you from having to apologize formally"

3. give up what is not strictly needed;

"he asked if they could spare one of their horses to speed his journey"

4. use frugally or carefully

Adjective

1. thin and fit;

"the spare figure of a marathon runner"

"a body kept trim by exercise"

2. more than is needed, desired, or required;

"trying to lose excess weight"

"found some extra change lying on the dresser"

"yet another book on heraldry might be thought redundant"

"skills made redundant by technological advance"

"sleeping in the spare room"

"supernumerary ornamentation"

"it was supererogatory of her to gloat"

"delete superfluous (or unnecessary) words"

"extra ribs as well as other supernumerary internal parts"

"surplus cheese distributed to the needy"

3. just sufficient;

"the library had a spare but efficient look"

4. not taken up by scheduled activities;

"a free hour between classes"

"spare time on my hands"

5. kept in reserve especially for emergency use;

"a reserve supply of food"

"a spare tire"

"spare parts"

6. lacking in amplitude or quantity;

"a bare livelihood"

"a scanty harvest"

"a spare diet"