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　

IELTS经济

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
  1. to increase public spending
     增加公共开支

柯林斯词典

• VERB 花(钱);用(钱)
  When youspendmoney, you pay money for things that you want.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。
  3. 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。
  4. 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。
• VERB 花费(时间或精力)
  If youspendtime or energy doing something, you use your time or effort doing it.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。
• 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.
  1. We spent the night in a hotel.
     我们在一家旅馆过夜。

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)。

• N-COUNT 开支;费用
  Thespendon a particular thing is the amount of money that is spent on it, or will be spent.
  1. ...the marketing and advertising spend.
     营销和广告开支
• tospend a penny→ see:penny

英英释义

noun

• the act of spending or disbursing money
  Synonym:disbursementdisbursaloutlay
• money paid out
  Synonym:outgoexpenditureoutlay

双语例句

• They really do get pleasure from spending money on other people
  他们确实从把钱花在别人身上而得到快乐。
• 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。
• The social services account for a substantial part of public spending.
  社会福利事业占了一大部分的公共支出。
• 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。
• 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 chairman also criticised the plan for its tilt towards higher taxes rather than lower spending.
  主席也批评该计划倾向于主张高税收而不是低消费。
• She has been away, spending the summer in Dalian.
  她离开了一段时间，在大连过夏天。
• This is likely to revive consumer spending and a whole raft of consumer industries.
  这可能会带动消费性支出和一大批消费工业的复苏。
• The National Health Service has visibly deteriorated, despite increased spending
  尽管支出在增加，但国民医疗保健服务的质量却明显下降了。
• The accountant checked this unnecessary spending in good time.
  会计及时卡住了这笔不必要的开支。