| 词组 | spend |
| 释义 | spend /spend/ verb 1. to use your money to pay for thingsnounsspend money/£50/$100 etc on sth Companies spend millions of dollars on advertising each year.spend a fortune (on sth) informal (=spend a lot of money) We spend a fortune on electricity.adverbsspend sth wisely/carefully Make sure that you spend the money wisely.prepositionsspend money on sth She spends all her money on clothes.phrasessth is money well spent (=although something costs a lot of money, it is worth it) A good bike can cost up to £1,000, but it is money well spent.THESAURUS: spend squander /ˈskwɒndə $ ˈskwɑːndər/ to waste money on unnecessary things, instead of saving it or using it carefully: His son had squandered the family fortune on gambling. splash out BrE informal to spend a lot of money on something, especially in order to buy something you really want, or to celebrate something: Let’s splash out on a bottle of champagne. | Waterman splashed out £40,000 on a train engine called the Thunderer. blow informal to spend a lot of money on something, especially on something that you do not really need: Her husband blew all their savings on a new sports car. go to great expense to spend a lot of money in order to do something, because you think it is important or special: The party was wonderful – they had obviously gone to great expense. | There’s no need to go to great expense. economize also economise BrE to spend less money: We’re trying to economize by eating at home instead of going out for meals.2. to use time doing somethingnounsspend time (doing sth) I spent too much time studying and not enough time enjoying myself.spend the day/morning/afternoon etc He spent the morning looking round Edinburgh. |
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