spending
['spendiŋ]
n.经费(开销)
spend的现在分词形式
例句与用法:
There's no logic in spending money on things you don't need.
把钱花在不需要的东西上是没有道理的。
It is unwise to anticipate your earnings by spending a lot of money.
大量花钱提前使用自己的收入是不明智的。
We must try to curtail our spending.
我们必须尽力缩减开支。
She followed her usual custom of spending Sunday at her villa at the seaside.
她按照通常的习惯,在海滨别墅度过了星期天。
His spending has exceeded his income this month by£50.
这个月他的支出比收入超出50英镑。
Considering the weather, and that you have a cold already, I'd have thought that£2 on a taxi would be money well spent.
考虑到天气和你得了感冒,我觉得花两英镑坐出租车是划得来的开销。
My wife thinks nothing of spending a hundred pounds on a new dress.
我妻子把花100英镑去买一件新衣服,看成是小事一桩。
Five hundred jobs were axed as a result of government spending cuts.
由于政府缩减经费的缘故,有五百人被突然解雇了。
n.
开销, 花费
spending
■Some observers think that this country's offer to reduce spending on armaments is just a hollow promise.
一些观察家认为,这个国家减少军备开支的提议仅仅是一个空口许诺。
■Private members attack the government for not spend enough money on the police.
下院议员批评政府没有在警察身上花足够的钱。
■Don't be so extravagant; spend your money more carefully.
不要如此挥霍; 花钱要更小心。
■After spending a day with screaming children, her nerves were frayed.
与吵吵嚷嚷的孩子们呆了一天后,她的神经快要崩溃了。
■She spend a lot of money to follow the fashion.
为赶时髦她花费了不少钱。
■Uncle George is well-heeled, but his wife won't let him spend money.
乔治叔叔很富有,但是他的老婆不让他花钱。
■Gorge can do with very little spending money.
乔治有很少一点零钱这能对付过去。
■Alec decided to cash in as he realized he might spend his time and money more wisely.
亚历克认识到他可能把他的钱和时间花得更划算些,就决定退伙了。
■He seems to spend half his time hanging round art galleries and museums.
他一半的时间似乎是在美术馆和博物馆闲逛掉的。
■He doesn't spend enough time with his peers.
他不大与其同龄人交往。
■He had to spend more time nosing after the lost scent.
他不得不花更多的时候去寻找失去的线索。
■He can't spend too much time arguing with you about the matter. He had other fish to fry.
他不能用太的时间和你辩论这件事,他还有别的事要做。
■He advocates reducing military spending.
他主张削减军费开支。
■He will spend hour in the bathroom or on the telephone.
他以前一进洗澡间或是一打电话,往往就是半天。
■They both spend money like water.
他们两人都是挥金如土。
■They both felt that they were predestined to spend their lives together.
他们俩都觉得他们注定了要在一起生活一辈子。
■They spend the winter(s) in a warmer climate.
他们在气候较暖的地方过冬。
■They spend their childhood in happiness.
他们幸福地度过童年。
■They should spend less time gallivanting about and more with their children.
他们应少到各处游荡,多用些时间照看子女。
■How can they learn anything when they spend all their spare time watch television?
他们把所有的空闲时间都用来看电视了,还能学什麽东西呢?
■They are making further efforts to decrease military spending.
他们正在做进一步的努力来减少军费开支。
■They are cutting back further on public spending.
他们正进行削减政府开支。
■They spend at least nine months of the year on the wing.
他们每年至少飞行九个月。
■They spend their time philosophizingabout the mysteries of life.
他们用很多时间探讨生命的奥秘。
■He hates parting with (ie spending) his money.
他很不喜欢花钱。
■He didn't spend much time on his homework.
他很快就完成了作业。
■He always spend his time to no purpose.
他总是把时间花在毫无意义的事上。
■He hit upon the good idea of spending the weekend in the nearby holiday camp.
他想到去附近度假营过周末这个好主意。
■He is going to spend his last years writing a book on the history of Chinese literature.
他打算用晚年写一本中国文学史。
■He put aside his work to spend more time with his son.
他把工作暂时搁下以便有更多时间陪儿子。
■He grudges every penny he has to spend.
他每花一便士都非常吝惜。
■He never fully recovered, and had to spend the rest of his life as an invalid.
他没能完全康复,于是不得不成了一名残疾者度过余生。
■He was beggared by spending so much on drinking.
他没节制地花钱买酒,因而沦为乞丐。
■He contracted huge debts by rash spending.
他由于大手大脚地花钱而负了大量的债。
■He kept five yuan for spending money.
他留了5块钱供零用。
■Spending less money is the obvious answer to his financial problems.
他经济困难,明摆著的出路是少花钱。
■Go and look around the suburb is a marvellous way to spend a day off.
休息天到郊外走走看看,不失为一个好方法。
■House Speaker Jim Wright yesterday threw down the budget gauntlet before President-elect George Bush, telling him he must decide whether to raise taxes or reduce military spending or Congress will do it for him.
众院议长赖特向总统当选人布什掷下预算挑战书,要总统当选人布什必须决定增税或削减军费,否则国会就要越俎代疱。
■But your product is still new to our market, and we need to do a lot of work and spend a lot of money on sales promotion.
但我们市场对你们产品仍然不太了解,我们在推销过程中需要做很多工作,花很多钱。
■Fine feathers make fine birds. If Susan had as much time and money to spend on her appearance as those girls have, she'd soon put them in the shade.
佛要金装,人要衣装。如果苏珊也像那些姑娘一样,有很多时间和金钱花在穿着打扮上,她很快就会使她们相形见拙的。
■How do you spend your spare time?
你业余时间怎么打发?
■You can't afford (ie are not in a position to spend) 90.
你可不能花90英镑。
■You may spend two or three days there.
你可以在那里待上两三天。
■You spend a disproportionateamount of your time on sport.
你在运动方面花费的时间过多。
■You could with profit spend some extra time studying the text.
你多花点时间学习课文是有好处的。
■You should tailor your spending to your income.
你应该量入为出。
■Your spending should not go over your income.
你应量入为出。
■You have to pull in your spending somehow.
你得想法减少点花费。
■You have to tailor your spending to your income.
你得量入为出。
■You must get your spending under control.
你必须节制开支。