spend
英 /spend/ 美 /spend/
- v. 花费钱to use money to pay for something
- v. 度过；花费时间to use time doing something or being somewhere
We spent all our money on fresh fruit.
我们把钱全花在了新鲜水果上。
Governments should spend more on preventive healthcare to reduce the future costs of treating chronic diseases.
政府应增加预防保健方面的支出，以减少未来治疗慢性病的费用。
搭配
spend money on 把钱花在……上spend time doing 花时间做……spend the night 过夜
辨析提示
用spend时间doing或spend钱on；过去式spent。
词族
spending (n.)、spender (n.)
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