1. vt. & vi.用钱；花钱　 pay out money in order to get sth
2. vt.度过；用尽　 pass time; finish

　～ a weekend　度周末
　～ money　花钱
　～ one's childhood　度过童年
　～ one's life　度过一生
　～ one's resources　用尽聪明才智
　～ one's spare time　度过业余时间
　～ oneself　筋疲力尽
　～ summer vacation　度暑假
　～ the hour idly　混时间
　～ the last years of one's life　度晚年
　～ the rest of one's life　度过余生
　～ the Spring Festival　过春节
　～ the winter　过冬
　～ thought　用脑筋
　～ time　花时间
　～ abroad　在国外度过
　～ fast　过得快
　～ soon　很快消耗
　～ amicably　友好地度过
　～ artfully　有品味地花费
　～ cautiously　小心地花钱
　～ constantly　不断地花费
　～ efficiently　花钱富有成效
　～ energetically　精力旺盛地度过
　～ enjoyably　快乐地花钱
　～ fondly　盲目地花钱
　～ foolishly　愚蠢地花钱
　～ freely　随意地花钱
　～ generously　慷慨地花钱
　～ gloomily　忧伤地度过
　～ greedily　贪婪地花费
　～ honestly　真正地花钱
　～ idly　空闲地度日
　～ impatiently　不耐烦地度过
　～ indiscreetly　轻率地花钱
　～ judiciously　审慎地花费
　～ languidly　懒散地度过
　～ lavishly　大手大脚地花钱
　～ logically　合理地花钱
　～ luxuriously　豪华地度过
　～ moderately　适度地花费
　～ occasionally　偶尔花费
　～ passively　消极度过
　～ pleasantly　高兴地花钱
　～ probably　适当地花费
　～ profusely　大量地花钱
　～ rashly　轻率地花钱
　～ reasonably　明智地花钱
　～ reluctantly　勉强度过
　～ spiritually　精神上花费
　～ systematically　有规律地度过
　～ unnecessarily　不必要地花钱
　～ unreasonably　不合理地花钱
　～ up　把钱花光
　～ for　为…而花费
　～ 8000 dollars for a new car　花八千美元买一辆新车
　～ most of one's salaries for clothes　把大部分薪水花在买衣服上
　～ in　把…花费在，把…用于
　～ five years in accomplishing the project　花五年时间完成这项工程
　～ on　在…上花费
　～ seven days on the job　在这项工作上花费了七天时间

　She would rather spend than save.　她有钱宁愿花掉，不肯积蓄。
　He is always spending.　他挥霍成性。
　Don't spend without the thought of the next day.　花钱不要只顾眼前而不想明天。
　I have no skill to make money spend well.　我没有本事把钱花得很恰当。
　Candles spend fast in draught.　风中之烛燃得快。
　He has spent all his money.　他把所有的钱都花光了。
　A worker spends 3 to 5 percent of his monthly pay for rent.　一个工人用每月工资的3%至5%来交房租。
　She spent a sleepless night.　她度过了一个不眠之夜。
　Where will you spend your holidays?　你去哪儿度假?
　He spent his childhood and youth in Shanghai.　他的童年和青年时代是在上海度过的。
　Most of us spend great part of our lives at our jobs.　我们多数人的大半生都是在工作中度过的。
　He spent himself in the service of humanity.　他耗尽了毕生的精力为人类服务。
　Their hatred finally spent itself.　他们的仇恨最终消解了。
　His enthusiasm gradually spent itself.　他的热情逐渐减少了。
　His strength was spent.　他的力气用完了。
　I was completely spent after two months of hard labor.　两个月的繁重劳动使我完全疲惫不堪。
　They went on firing until all their ammunition was spent.　他们继续射击，直到子弹打完为止。
　The government spent a lot of money to help make this land better.　政府花了大量的钱来帮助改良土地。
　He spent much time to catch up with his classmates.　他为了赶上同学花了很多时间。
　The city alone has spent more than two hundred million dollars to fight water and air pollution.　单就消除水和空气的污染来说，这个城市就已花了二亿多美元。
　One-tenth of his earnings every year is spent to subscribe to newspapers and journals.　他每年收入的十分之一都用于订阅报刊。
　Many people suggest that more money be spent to develop education.　许多人建议要把更多的钱用于发展教育。
　He had spent most of that day asleep.　那天的大部分时间他都睡过去了。
　The sick man spent two months imprisoned in bed.　病人两个月卧床不起。
　He spent the whole day locked in the hotel room with the shades drawn.　他整天都关在窗帘紧闭的旅馆房间里。
　It is pitiful to see that the life of an animal in the zoo is spent locked in an iron cage.　看到动物园里的动物一生都关在铁笼子里真是令人可怜。

 ♣ spend for　(v.+prep.)
　为…花费…　use (an amount of money) to pay for (sth)
　Her husband spent thousand yuan for a second-hand computer.　她的丈夫花了1000元买了一台二手电脑。
　His wife spends a lot of money for her dresses every month.　他的妻子每月花很多钱买衣服。
　He spends his spare time for visiting workers.　他空余时间都用来探望工人。
 ♣ spend in　(v.+prep.)
　在…上花费　use up or consume sth
　〔说明〕 spend in后接动名词时，介词in常常可省略。
　I spent a week in Spain this summer.　今年夏季我在西班牙度过了一星期。
　They will spend three years in prison.　他们要在监狱里关三年。
　She spent three hours in watching TV.　她看电视耗掉了三个小时。
　I spent my holidays in travelling in Scotland.　我的假期是在苏格兰旅游中度过的。
　He spent a pleasant hour in talking with friends.　他在和朋友交谈中愉快地度过了一小时。
　She spent a good deal of time going over your paper.　她花了许多时间看你的论文。
　They spent the rest of the morning wandering in the streets.　他们早上剩下的时间都用来逛街了。
　He spent his life writing the book.　他用一辈子写这本书。
　He spent a pleasant hour talking with friends.　他跟朋友们交谈，愉快地度过了一个钟头。
　Don't spend your money in gambling.　别把钱花在赌博上。
　A week may be spent in seeing the interesting sights of the city.　可以花一周的时间游览该城的名胜。
　The day before his departure was spent packing his luggage.　他离开的前一天都用来打点行李。
 ♣ spend on　(v.+prep.)
　把…花在…　use sth for sth/sb
　He doesn't spend much time on his homework.　他花在做作业上的时间不多。
　She spent half her salary on clothing.　她把工资的一半用于买衣服。
　She spent a great deal of money on a new car.　她花了许多钱去买一辆新车。
　He spends his part of the money he made from selling newspapers on chemicals for his experiments.　他把卖报赚来的钱的一部分买做实验用的化学药品。
　He spends pages on it in his book.　他在他的书中花了些篇幅来阐述这件事。
　This student seems to have spent much effort on his piece of writing.　这学生似乎在这篇文章上花的功夫很大。
　He spends a lot of money on entertaining friends.　他把许多钱花在款待朋友上。
　He has spent a small fortune on improving his property.　他花了一大笔钱来改善他的房产。
 ♣ spend up　(v.+adv.)
　把钱花光　have no money left
　I can't afford a ticket, I'm spent up.　我把钱花光了，没钱买票了。

 ♣ spend for, spend in, spend on
　这三个短语的共同意思是“在…花费…”。其区别是：
1. spend in和spend on既可以用于时间，也可以用于金钱；而spend for只可以用于金钱。
2. spend on和spend in后既可以接名词，也可以接动名词；而spend for后多接名词。
3. spend on和spend in在语义上有细微差别。试比较：
　
 ♣ spend, cost, pay, take
　参见cost条。
 ♣ spend, expend
　参见expend条。
 ♣ spend, pass
　参见pass条。
 ♣ spend, waste
　参见waste条。

1. 她耗费了三个小时看电视。
　［误］ She spent three hours to watch TV.
　［正］ She spent three hours (in) watching TV.
　他花了许多时间为考试做准备。
　［误］ He spent much time to prepare for the examination.
　［正］ He spent much time preparing for the examination.
　［析］ 当强调“花费时间做某事”时，常用spend time (in) v-ing, in可以省略，但spend后不能用动词不定式。
2. 昨天晚上我去看电影了，你怎么度过的?
　［误］ Last night I went to a movie. How did you spend?
　［正］ Last night I went to a movie. How did you spend the night?
　［析］ spend表示“度过”时是及物动词，其后要接宾语。
3. 我们在纽约过得很愉快。
　［误］ We spent a good time in New York.
　［正］ We had a good time in New York.
　［析］ 表示“过得愉快，玩得高兴”可用成语have a good time〔enjoy oneself〕，不可说spend a good time.
4. 我们去电影院，以消磨火车到达以前的那段时间。
　［误］ We went to the cinema to spend the time until the train arrived.
　［正］ We went to the cinema to pass the time until the train arrived.
　［析］ spend和pass都可表示“度过（时间）”，但是为避免无所事事或感觉厌烦而做某事以消磨时间通常用pass.

　对于"spend sth+v-ing”结构，语法学家认识不一，有人主张v-ing是现在分词，在句中作主语补足语（比照本结构可用形容词、过去分词作主语补足语）；有人主张v-ing是动名词，其前省略了介词in〔on〕。

　［同义词］ cost, pass, pay, take, consume, use up
　［词源］　古英语spendan <拉丁语sphaera（称，支付）