spare

[spɛə]

adj.备用的, 多余的, 闲置的
v.抽出, 饶恕, 赦免, 节约
n.备用品, 剩余

vt.

1. 分出, 腾出(时间, 人手); 分让(多余的东西)[(+for)][O1]

Can you spare me a few minutes?

你能为我挪出几分钟时间吗?

2. (常用于否定句或疑问句)节约, 省用; 吝惜

spare the rod

不处罚

He spared no expense in building a villa for himself.

他不惜工本为自己造了一幢别墅。

3. 用不着; 略去, 省掉

4. 使免遭; 免去; 解除[O1]

I want to spare him the trouble of seeing me off at the airport.

我不想麻烦他去机场为我送行。

spare someone's blushes

使某人免于脸红

5. 饶恕, 赦免; 不伤害[O1]

They took his money but spared his life.

他们拿走了他的钱但饶了他一命。

6. 剩下

We got to station at noon with time to spare.

我们中午就到了火车站, 离开车还有一段时间。

vi.

1. 节约, 俭省

2. 宽容, 饶恕; 不伤害

a.

1. 多余的, 剩下的; 空闲的

He has nothing to do in his spare time.

他休闲时间无事可做。

2. 备用的

Every car should carry a spare tire.

每辆车子应带一个备用轮胎。

3. 节约的; 少量的; 贫乏的[(+of)]

He is spare of speech.

他很少说话。

4. 瘦的

The farmer is tall and spare.

那个农夫又高又瘦。

n.[C]

1. 备用品

2. 备用轮胎

This tire is damaged. Do you have a spare?

这个轮胎坏了, 你有备用轮胎吗?

3. 【英】(机器等的)备用零件[P]

词形变化

副词: sparely | 形容词比较级: sparer | 形容词最高级: sparest | 名词: spareness | 动词过去式: spared | 动词过去分词: spared | 动词现在分词: sparing | 动词第三人称单数: spares |

词义辨析

同义:

vt.放弃; 省掉

relinquish  omit  forego  sacrifice  surrender  yield  give up  part with  dispense with  do without

a.额外的

extra  surplus  remainder  leftover  excess

a.瘦的

lean  skinny  thin  scrawny  lanky  bony  

同义参见:

secondary  occasional  odd  peaked  lean  utility  additional  over  

反义:

vt.vi.节约; 吝惜

waste  

反义参见:

kill  profuse  obese  

英英释义

名词 spare:

an extra component of a machine or other apparatus

同义词：spare part

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

同义词：fifth wheel

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

动词 spare:

refrain from harming

同义词：save

save or relieve from an experience or action

give up what is not strictly needed

同义词：give up, part with, dispense with

use frugally or carefully

形容词 spare:

thin and fit

同义词：trim

more than is needed, desired, or required

同义词：excess, extra, redundant, supererogatory, superfluous, supernumerary, surplus

not taken up by scheduled activities

同义词：free

kept in reserve especially for emergency use

lacking in amplitude or quantity

同义词：bare, scanty

lacking embellishment or ornamentation

同义词：plain, bare, unembellished, unornamented

短语词组

go spare

1. 很恼火

Mum'd go spare if she knew.

妈妈要是知道了会很恼火的。

to spare

1. 剩余

We have just enough money to buy it, with 11 pence to spare.

我们刚好有足够的钱买它, 还剩下十一便士。

补充

sparespare英:[spɛə] 美:[spɛr]vt.1.节省, 节约, 舍不得, 吝惜She never spares the butter when baking.她煎饼时从不吝惜黄油。2.抽出, 让给, 分出, 匀出, 腾出Could you spare some time to come to our art exhibition?你能抽出时间来看看我们的画展吗?3.省去, 免除The doctor tried to spare him from pain.医生尽力使他免受痛苦。4.饶恕, 赦免, 不伤害The prisoner was spared.那个囚犯被赦免了。adj.1.多余的; 备用的Do you carry a spare wheel in the back of your car?你在车后带了一个备用的轮胎吗?These pieces of bread are spare, I don't need them.这些面包是多余的, 我不需要。2.薄弱的, 瘦的His tall and spare frame cut an impressive figure.他那修长的身材给人以深刻印象。n.1.备用零件; 备用轮胎I'll show you where the spares are kept.我会指给你看放备件的地方。

例句

1. He could have taken a spare key.他可能还带了一把备用钥匙。 2. Keep a spare fuse handy by the fuse box.在保险丝盒旁边放一根备用保险丝。 3. spare batteries备用电池 4. They don't have a lot of spare cash.他们没有多少闲钱。 5. The spare bedroom is on the second floor.二楼有闲置的卧室。 6. There were never any spare hospital beds.医院里从来没有空床位。 7. There are two tickets going spare.多出来两张票。 8. She was thin and spare.她高挑纤瘦。 9. He chose spare white furnishings for the bedroom.他为卧室选择了简朴的白色家具。 10. The decor of their house is spare and minimalist.他们家的装修风格朴素而简约。 11. I've lost my key.—Have you got a spare?我的钥匙丢了。——你有备用的吗？ 12. Give me the trunk key and I'll get the spare.把行李箱的钥匙给我, 我去拿备用轮胎。 13. The great cities of the Rhineland had not been spared.莱茵兰的大城市没有幸免于难。 14. Not a man was spared.无人幸免。 15. Northern Somalia was largely spared from the famine.索马里北部大部分没有受到饥荒的影响。 16. He spared the dragon's life.他放过了那条龙。 17. Our lives have been spared.我们的性命保住了 18. She's just trying to spare Shawna's feelings.她只是不想让肖娜难过。 19. I could have spared myself the trouble.我本来可以不用这么麻烦。 20. spare me the gory details.别跟我说那些血淋淋的细节。 21. Can you spare any change?你能破开点零钱吗？ 22. Can you spare a moment?你能空出来一点时间吗？ 23. I'll see you again next year if we are spared.如果我们能活下来, 明年我会和你再见面的。 24. There's no room to spare.没有空余的地方。 25. We arrived with time to spare.我们到得比较早, 时间还有富余。 26. I've a few minutes to spare.我有几分钟空余时间。 27. He often has money to spare nowadays.现在他手头常有些闲钱。 28. The government is determined to spare no effort in investigating this case thoroughly.政府决定不遗余力彻查这个案子。 29. Officials say they'll spare no expense to prevent another riot.官员说会不惜一切阻止暴乱再次发生。 30. I do not think any of us spared a thought for the ordeal of her crew.我认为我们中间没有人体谅这艘船的船员所遭受过的磨难。 31. to spare one's enemy宽恕了仇人 32. She never spares any other's feelings.她从不伤害别人的感情。 33. His harsh criticism spared no one.他的严厉批评伤害了大众。 34. to spare him the bother不要去打扰他 35. Your joke spared her needless embarrassment.你的笑话解除了她不必要的焦虑。 36. spare us the gory details.别讲那些血淋淋的可怕细节了。 37. to spare other's help无需他人帮忙 38. This kind of cars spares the gear lever.这类汽车不用变速杆。 39. spare a plot of land for vegetables.留出一小块地种菜吧。 40. Can you spare me 500 dollars?你能借给我 500 块钱吗? 41. Would you please spare me a cup of wine?请给我一杯酒，行吗? 42. A walnut sundae,and don't spare the whipped cream.做胡桃圣代冰淇淋，就甭想少用掼奶渍。 43. to have a coin to spare几乎一文不剩 44. few people had spare cash for inessentials.很少人有余钱买可有可无的东西。 45. a spare seat.一个空座位。 46. a spare, bearded figure.一个身材瘦削、长胡子的人。 47. her clothes are smart and spare in style.她的衣服很漂亮，并且式样简洁。 48. she asked if I could spare her a bob or two.她问我能否借给她一两个便士。 49. I'm sure you can spare me a moment.我肯定你能抽出一点时间给我。 50. but some will spend, and some will spare.一些人喜欢挥霍，但另一些人能省则省。 51. there was no way the men would spare her.没有办法让这些人不伤害她。 52. the country had until now been spared the violence occurring elsewhere.直到现在这个国家还没有遭受在其他地方发生的暴力事件。 53. in her concern to help others, she has never spared herself.在关心帮助别人时，她从来没考虑过自己。 54. I didn't have much money going spare.我没多少闲钱。 55. spare a thought for our volunteer group at Christmas.圣诞节别忘了我们的志愿者组织。 56. that turkey will feed ten people with some to spare.那只火鸡十个人吃还吃不完。 57. The spare tyre is kept in the boot.备用车胎放在行李箱里。 58. a spare room备用房间 59. There were no seats spare so we had to stand.没有多出来的座位，我们只好站着。 60. The fuse has blown. Where do you keep your spares?保险丝烧坏了，备用的你放在哪里？ 61. I suppose I can spare you a few minutes.我想我能抽出几分钟见你。 62. You could spare yourself waiting if you book in advance.如果你事先预约，就不必等候了。 63. No expense was spared at the wedding.他们不惜花费办婚礼。 64. He spared no effort in trying to find a job.他不遗余力试图找一份工作。 65. There's no time to spare. We must leave straight away.没有多余时间了，我们必须立即离开。 66. a spare pair of gloves一副备用手套 67. spare parts备用零件 68. I keep a spare set of keys in my desk.我在桌子里放了一串备用钥匙。 69. a spare bedroom [=an extra bedroom where guests can sleep]备用卧室 70. He likes to ski in his spare time. [=his free time; the time when he is not working]闲暇时他喜欢滑雪。 71. Do you have any spare cash/change? [=any extra cash/change that you could give to me]你有多余的现金/零钱吗？ 72. He has a spare frame.他身材瘦削。 73. He was tall and spare.他又高又瘦。 74. I like her spare style of writing.我喜欢她朴素的文风。 75. land that is going spare闲置的土地 76. My dad went spare when he found out what I'd done.父亲发现了我干的事后很恼火。 77. a sparely decorated room装饰朴实的房间 78. the spareness of her writing她作品的朴实 79. No one knows why the gunman shot some people and spared others.没人知道为何持枪歹徒射杀一些人而放过了另一些人。 80. No one knows why he spared their lives. [=why he didn't kill them]没人知道他为何放了他们一条生路。 81. Somehow the storm spared our house while nearby buildings were destroyed.不知何故暴风雨摧毁了附近的建筑而我们的房屋却得以幸免。 82. She was spared from having to answer any more questions.她不必回答更多的问题。 83. He wanted to spare his family from the stress he had endured.他不想让家人承受他所承受的压力。 84. Our church was spared the fate of many others that have been closed. [=our church was not closed]很多其他教堂都被关闭了，而我们的教堂免遭厄运。 85. I could have spared myself the trouble.我本可以免遭这一麻烦。 86. He spared them the embarrassment of a public apology.他使他们免遭公开道歉的尴尬。 87. Can you spare (me) a few minutes? [=can you spend a few minutes with me?]你能抽出几分钟的时间（给我）吗？ 88. I can't spare the time to see you today. [=I don't have enough time to see you today]今天我抽不出时间去看你。 89. "If you could spare a cup of sugar, it would save me a trip to the store."如果你能给我一杯糖，我就省得去商店了。 90. You should spare a thought for [=think about] those who are less fortunate than you.你应该想想那些没有你幸运的人。 91. Nothing was spared by the hotel [=the hotel provided everything possible] to make its guests relaxed and comfortable.酒店提供各种用品，让客人感到轻松舒适。 92. We will spare no effort [=we will do everything we can] to ensure the safety of the tunnels.我们将不遗余力确保隧道安全。 93. "When they go on vacation, they spare no expense. [=they do not worry about spending too much money; they spend a lot of money]"度假时他们舍得花钱。 94. He said that he would spare no expense [=he would spend as much money as necessary] to make the restaurant successful.他说他将不惜血本确保餐馆成功。 95. "More pancakes, please, and don't spare the syrup. [=give me a lot of syrup]"请再来些烤饼，多给我加点糖浆。 96. The manager spoke up to spare the blushes of his young employee.为了不让年轻的雇员尴尬经理说话表了态。 97. He admitted that he hadn't told me the whole story because he wanted to spare my feelings.他承认没有告诉我事情的全部是因为不想使我难受。 98. "“I drank too much last night and got sick.” “Please, spare me the details.”"昨晚我酒喝得太多，病了。”“请别告诉我细节。” 99. He seems to have energy to spare. [=he seems to have a lot of energy]他似乎精力过盛。 100. We have very little time to spare. [=we do not have a lot of time]我们空余时间很少。 101. I have no money to spare [=I do not have enough money] for such things.我没有富余的钱买这些东西。 102. He got there with (only) minutes/seconds to spare. [=he got there only minutes/seconds before he needed to; he got there just in time]他及时赶到了那里。 103. He got there with time to spare. [=he got there early; he got there in plenty of time]他早早地到了那里。 104. “I've lost the key.” “You'll find a spare in the drawer.”“我丢了钥匙。”“你在抽屉里会找到一把备用的。” 105. "If that one breaks, I've got a spare."如果那个坏了，我有备用的。 106. Most cars come with spares.大多数的车都有备胎。 107. He got a strike and two spares.他打出了一个一击全倒和两个二击全倒。 108. He made/bowled a spare.他打出一个两投全倒。