spare

spare

美 [sper] 　英 [spe?(r)]

  • v.抽出；勻出；饒恕；不遺余力
  • adj.不用的；閑置的；備用的；外加的
  • n.備用品；備用輪胎
  • 網絡多余的；空閑的；節約

詞形變化

第三人稱單數：spares  現在分詞：sparing  過去式：spared  

反義詞

同義詞

英漢雙解

adj.
用不著not used/needed
1.
[ubn]
不用的；閑置的that is not being used or is not needed at the present time
We've got a spare bedroom, if you'd like to stay.
要是愿意你就住下，我們空著一間臥室。
I'm afraid I haven't got any spare cash .
恐怕我手頭沒有多余的現金。
Are there any tickets going spare(= are there any available, not being used by sb else) ?
有多余的票嗎？
外加extra
2.
[obn]
備用的；外加的kept in case you need to replace the one you usually use; extra
a spare key/tyre
備用鑰匙╱輪胎
Take some spare clothes in case you get wet.
多帶幾件衣服，以備身上弄濕了好穿。
時間time
3.
空閑的；空余的available to do what you want with rather than work
He's studying music in his spare time .
他在空閑時間學音樂。
I haven't had a spare moment this morning.
我一上午一會兒也沒閑著。
人person
4.
瘦的；瘦高的thin, and usually quite tall
v.
時間、錢、房間、心思等time/money/room/thought, etc.
1.
抽出；撥出；留出；勻出to make sth such as time or money available to sb or for sth, especially when it requires an effort for you to do this
I'd love to have a break, but I can't spare the time just now.
我是想休息一下，可眼下找不出時間。
Could you spare one of your staff to help us out?
你能不能從你手下抽一個人過來幫幫我們？
We can only spare one room for you.
我們只能給你騰出一個房間。
You should spare a thought for(= think about) the person who cleans up after you.
你應該為隨后打掃的人著想啊。
Surely you can spare me a few minutes?
你應該能為我空出幾分鐘時間吧？
免得痛苦╱麻煩save sb pain/trouble
2.
省得；免去to save sb/yourself from having to go through an unpleasant experience
He wanted to spare his mother any anxiety.
他不想讓母親有絲毫的擔憂。
Please spare me(= do not tell me) the gruesome details .
那些讓人毛骨悚然的細節就請你不要講了。
You could have spared yourself an unnecessary trip by phoning in advance.
你要是先打個電話就用不著跑這一趟了。
She was spared from the ordeal of appearing in court.
她無須出庭受折磨了。
不傷害；不損壞not harm/damage
3.
[usupass]
~ sb/sth (from sth)
饒恕；赦免；放過；使逃脫to allow sb/sth to escape harm, damage or death, especially when others do not escape it
They killed the men but spared the children.
他們殺死了大人，但放過了孩子。
During the bombing only one house was spared(= was not hit by a bomb) .
在轟炸中，只有一座房子幸免。
Hong Kong was spared a direct hit, but the storm still brought heavy rains and powerful winds.
香港雖然未遭正面吹襲，但風暴還是帶來了大雨和強風。
盡力、破費等no effort/ expense, etc.
4.
~ no effort, expense, etc.
不吝惜（時間、金錢）to do everything possible to achieve sth or to do sth well without trying to limit the time or money involved
He spared no effort to make her happy again.
為使她重新快樂起來，他想盡了辦法。
No expense was spared in furnishing the new office.
裝潢新辦公室不惜工本。
努力工作work hard
5.
not ~ yourself
不遺余力to work as hard as possible
n.
1.
備用品；備用輪胎an extra thing that you keep in case you need to replace the one you usually use (used especially about a tyre of a car)
to get the spare out of the boot/trunk
從汽車行李箱中取出備用輪胎
I've lost my key and I haven't got a spare.
我把鑰匙丟了，還沒有備用的。

習慣用語

go spare
氣急敗壞；焦慮萬分to become very angry or upset
spare sbs blushes
不讓某人難堪；免得某人丟面子to save sb from an embarrassing situation
spare sbs feelings
不惹某人難受；避免觸及某人的痛處to be careful not to do or say anything that might upset sb
to spare
多余；富余if you have time, money, etc.to spare , you have more than you need
I've got absolutely no money to spare this month.
我這個月一點兒富余錢都沒有。
We arrived at the airport with five minutes to spare.
我們趕到機場時還剩五分鐘。

英漢解釋

v.
1.
節省,儉省
2.
不用,抽出,省掉
3.
寬恕,饒(命);救命;不傷害,不損害;使某人免遭(麻煩等)
4.
出讓,割愛,分讓
adj.
1.
多余的,剩下的(錢等),空閑的(時間等);可以出讓的
2.
預備的,備用的,替換用的
3.
薄弱的,簡陋的;粗陋的;儉約的;瘦的
n.
1.
(機器等的)備件
2.
節省,儉省
3.
〈美〉(頭兩個球把十柱打得)全倒
4.
預備品,替換品
5.
準備金,預備房間(等)

英英解釋

v.
adj.
n.

例句

Five minutes is all that I can spare for you.

五分鐘是我能給你的最長時間了。

'The problem is we don't have cushions, ' in terms of spare production capacity and spare crude stocks, he said.

卡魯索認為，問題在于市場缺乏富余產能和富余庫存等緩沖因素。

If you can spare a week or two, pack your bag because September will be your best month to go.

如果你能留出一到兩周，整理好你的行李，9月是最好的時機。

In her spare time she writes accessible scientific studies for the general public and said her next work will focus on shampoo.

在業余時間她會為大眾寫一些科普的研究報告，并稱她下一個研究目標是洗發水。

Time of the poor is valueless, even sometimes is spare and they do not know how to kill the time and how to lazy away without troubles.

窮人的時間不值錢的，有時甚至多余，不知道怎么打發，怎么混起來才不煩。

The minority with a little spare cash wanted to swap it as fast as possible for something of more durable value.

身上帶有少量現金的少數人士，想要盡快去交換一些較具耐久價值的東西。

And the vessels can be stored for up to a year, so clinics could keep a supply of spare arteries and veins.

而且這種血管可以存放長達一年，所以診所可以保持備用動脈和靜脈的供應。

I still needed a belt, but they were just right now, with a bit of room to spare (the 32 will fit up to a 33 actual measurement waist).

我仍然需要扎腰帶，但褲子現在正好合身，還剩余一點空間（看來32最大可以適合實量33的腰圍）。

"We have a flat tyre but do not know where is the spare, " said the Swiss driver.

“我們有一個輪胎爆了，但是找不到備胎在哪里。”來自瑞士的司機說。

Tell her that you clearly need to get home and ask her to wait outside while you clean up (spare her from looking at your puke).

盡最大可能讓自己平靜下來，然后告訴她你確實需要回家并請她在餐廳外面等你——不要讓她看到你嘔吐時的糗樣。

Wolfe even sleeps with a picture of the ride on her ceiling and carries its spare nuts and bolts around to feel closer to it.

她甚至在枕頭邊放一張”他“的照片，隨身攜帶它多余的螺母跟螺栓來近距離感受”他“。

I should have known better than to ask. The answer had a familiar ring: in her spare time.

我本應該知道我不該問.答案聽上去相當熟悉：是在業余時間。

OPEC works because Saudi Arabia is prepared to invest in, and carry the opportunity cost of, spare capacity .

歐佩克之所以發揮作用是因為沙特愿意投資閑置產能，并承擔由此引發的機會成本。

Most of us lie to cover up a sin, or to take advantage, or to make ourselves look better, or to spare others the hurt of knowing the truth.

大多數人會掩藏過失、去利用謊言、讓自己看起來更不錯，或者為了不傷害別人而隱瞞真相。

Ensure the cleanliness of the front desk and back office area at all times. Utilize spare time for cleaning.

確保前臺和后臺辦公室區域的整潔。利用剩余時間去清潔。

The next time I sat down to write, and regularly afterwards, she sat in her old place, with a spare bundle of pens at her side.

下一次，還有從那以后，每當我坐下來寫作的時候，她總是坐在那里，旁邊放著一大把準備好的鋼筆。

At noontime, with a few minutes to spare before going back to work, some girls used to walk in for a cup of tea.

午休時間，上班之前還有幾分鐘可以打發，有些女孩子就常常來這喝杯茶。

If it is possible I would like to do some meaningful things with my lover in my spare time.

如果以后有時間的話，我會和我的愛人一起做這種有意義的事。

He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things?

神既不愛惜自己的兒子，為我們眾人舍了，豈不也把萬物和他一同白白的賜給我們麼？

Can you just spare me a few minutes please? I really need to talk with you.

能否就抽出幾分鐘來，我真的得和你談談。

I can spare two hundred a year for a grand purpose like this.

為了這樣一個偉大的目標，我可以一年捐助兩百鎊。

We were able to bunk(down) in a spare room for the night.

我們可在備用房間睡覺過夜。

He also ran errands for the ward and in his spare time made me a cigarette lighter out of an empty Austrian rifle cartridge.

他也替病房打雜，還利用空閑時間用奧軍步槍子彈殼給我做了一個打火機。

Mr. Godfrey-always ready to return good for evil-tried to spare her.

高孚利先生--一向是個以德報怨的人--竭力不把傷她心的話說出口來。

She brought me word they had no such sum to spare; I said they might mortgage their house in the loan office.

她傳過話來，說他們沒有這筆錢，我說他們可把房子抵押給店鋪。

When he had drunk he did not spare his horses.

他喝過以后就不顧惜自己的馬了。

"I suppose, " Logan said, "Only trouble is that you don't make enough to do anything in all the spare time. "

“依我看，”洛根說，“美中不足的是，你掙不到足夠的錢，在這段假期里你什么也干不了”。

It is easier to spare a good man from the front than a good horse.

前線少一個好人比少一匹好馬好辦。

Besides working as a doctor, he also writes novels in his spare time.

除了當醫生之外，他在業余時間還寫小說。

To join these institutions he will have to pass their examinations by studying in his spare time.

要參加這些學會，他必須在業余時間學習，以便通過這些學會的考試。

That was enough and to spare for the drilling crews and the teams of experts visiting the sites.

這對于鉆機組和前來視察的專家們的需要來說已經是足夠有余了。

He could spare so considerable a sum.

他要割舍這么可觀的一筆錢。

His sleeves flapped over spare burnt arms.

他的兩只衣袖在他那曬黑的瘦胳膊上啪噠啪噠飄動。

You can take your choice of bedrooms there are enough of those and to spare.

你可以隨意挑選睡房--睡房多得很。

Excuse me, Mr. Dixon, have you got a minute to spare.

對不起，狄克遜先生，能耽誤您一分鐘嗎。

She bestowed her spare time on study.

她利用業余時間學習。

He is a tall, spare young man.

他是個清瘦的高個子青年。

He implored the judge to spare his life.

他懇求法官饒他一命。

Can you spare me 500 dollars?

你能借給我500塊錢嗎？

I want to spare you all the suffering I can.

我想盡力使你免受痛苦。

Two kilometres down the dirt road our car blew a tire. When our driver looked into the trunk he discovered there was no spare!

在土路上走了兩公里后，我們坐的車的車胎爆了一個，當司機查看后備箱的時候，發現沒有備胎！

Indeed, the alt_disk_copy is often used to clone the rootvg to a spare disk for regular on-line backup of rootvg.

對于rootvg的定期在線備份，常常使用alt_disk_copy把rootvg克隆到空閑磁盤上。

If he isn't prepared to be nice to you in his spare time, I fear that a change of job may not make things much better.

如果他沒打算在閑暇之時對你好點，我擔心即使換個工作也無濟于事。

The thing is, no one stayed upstairs ever. There was just a spare room, a bathroom and some small storage spaces up there.

樓上什么人也沒有，那里只有一間空房，一個洗手間，此外，在上面還有一些不大的儲藏間。

You may feel that college life is boring. We do not know how to deal with the plenty of spare time.

中文翻譯（我自己翻譯的）你或許會認為大學生活很枯燥，你不知道如何處理這么充足的空余時間。

The pump comes complete and ready to use with a 12. 5 foot grout hose and a set of spare piston cups.

該泵構造完整，可以使用12.5英尺水泥漿軟管和一套備用活塞。

the use she made of her spare time made her a famous spare-time writer.

她對業余時間的利用使她成為一個著名的業余作家

Julia loves athletics so much that she spends most of her spare time on the sports field.

體育運動；田徑朱麗葉非常喜愛田徑運動，把大部分課余時間都花在了田徑場上。

still less unfold the business to my master, absorbed as he was in his present calamity, and having no heart to spare for a second grief!

更不敢把這件事向我的主人揭露，他正沉浸在他目前的災難里，經受不住又一次的悲痛了！

Very consummate love , impairment of the heart are harmful to the health , have no that spare time as all corners of the country children.

7非常嫻熟的愛，傷心是對健康有害，沒有那個空余時間為全國各地的孩子。

The best option is to tell your boss exactly how much spare time you have.

最佳策略是告訴你的老板，你有多少空余時間。

Most of his employees are students looking for some extra pocket money, or shift workers with a bit of spare time.

他的員工多數都是些想賺零花錢的學生，或者換完班空閑多的工人，時薪15元。

My mother is too old to live on her own, so we're fixing up the spare room for her.

我母親年齡太大了，不能自己生活，所以我們正收拾這個多出的房間讓她住。

But the Bank of England believes that inflation will then subside as spare capacity opened up in the recession bears down on prices.

但是英格蘭銀行認為通過膨脹會平息，當多空的市場容量打開時，價格會下降。

Ralph let out his spare breath with a little gasp that was echoed by his audience.

拉爾夫吐出余氣，微微地喘息著，聽眾們也喘了口氣。

"I won't compete unless I've done the right training. But as swimming is in my soul, I'll probably be a coach in my spare time, " she said.

她說：“不經過適當訓練，我是不會參賽的。但是，因為游泳已經成為我生命的一部分，可能我以后會在業余時間去當教練。”

Nobody knows exactly how much so-called spare capacity there really is around the globe.

沒人知道全世界到底還剩下多少所謂的“備用產能”（sparecapacity）。

It seems completely out of character for a guy who seems to live on a spare diet of peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, beer and Vicodin.

它完全不適用于一個似乎一直拿花生醬，果凍，三明治，啤酒，維柯丁塞胃活著的人。

Sometimes, with free of charge to a parts, a spare, or even send a small gift, this one will be easy to negotiate.

有時候，附帶免費給一個配件，一個備件，甚至送一個小禮品，這單也就容易談成。

Some of the rest of them even thought aboutjumping off the boat to spare them from getting their bodies crushed by theboards of the ship.

有些人甚至想要跳到海里，以免自己的身體被船上的甲板擠壞。