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ADJ
备用的;预备的
You use spare to describe something that is the same as things that you are already using, but that you do not need yet and are keeping ready in case another one is needed.
例句
If possible keep a spare pair of glasses accessible in case your main pair is broken or lost...
如果有可能的话，最好准备一副备用眼镜，以防常用的那副眼镜打碎或者丢失。
Don't forget to take a few spare batteries...
别忘了带上几节备用电池。
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ADJ
剩下的;多余的;空闲的
You use spare to describe something that is not being used by anyone, and is therefore available for someone to use.
例句
They don't have a lot of spare cash...
他们没有多少闲钱。
The spare bedroom is on the second floor...
闲置的卧室在三楼。
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VERB
剩余，剩下(时间、金钱或空间)
If you have something such as time, money, or space to spare, you have some extra time, money, or space that you have not used or which you do not need.
例句
You got here with ninety seconds to spare...
你到这里的时候还剩 90 秒钟时间。
It's not as if he has money to spare...
他又不是有什么余钱。
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VERB
抽出，拨出(金钱或其他资源)
If you spare time or another resource for a particular purpose, you make it available for that purpose.
例句
She said that she could only spare 35 minutes for our meeting...
她说她只能抽出 35 分钟时间参加我们的会议。
He's a very busy man, and it's good of him to spare the time to visit...
他是个大忙人，能抽出时间到访真是太好了。
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VERB
使免遭伤害;使幸免
If a person or a place is spared, they are not harmed, even though other people or places have been.
例句
We have lost everything, but thank God, our lives have been spared...
我们已经失去了一切，不过谢天谢地，总算是保住了性命。
Not a man was spared...
无人得以幸免。
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VERB
不让…难堪(或难过)
If you spare someone an unpleasant experience, you prevent them from suffering it.
例句
I wanted to spare Frances the embarrassment of discussing this subject...
讨论这个话题太尴尬，我不想让弗朗西斯难堪。
Prisoners are spared the indignity of wearing uniforms...
囚犯们不必忍受身穿囚服的侮辱。
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ADJ-GRADED
瘦削的
Someone who is described as spare is tall and not at all fat.
例句
She was thin and spare, with a sharply intelligent face.
她又高又瘦，一副精明过人的模样。
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ADJ-GRADED
简单的;不加修饰的;简朴的
Something such as a room that is spare is very plain with no unnecessary features.
例句
Inside, the two small rooms were spare and neat, stripped bare of ornaments.
进去以后是两个简单而整洁的小房间，朴实无华，没有什么装饰。
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PHRASE
不遗余力/不惜工本
If you spare no effort in doing something, you do it as well as possible, without worrying about the amount of work involved. If you spare no expense in doing it, you do it as well as possible, without trying to save money.
例句
The government is determined to spare no effort in investigating this case thoroughly...
政府决定不遗余力地彻底调查这个案子。
Officials say they'll spare no expense to prevent another riot.
官员说他们会不惜一切地阻止再次发生暴乱。
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PHRASE
可怜一下(不幸的人)
If you spare a thought for an unfortunate person, you make an effort to think sympathetically about them and their bad luck.
例句
Spare a thought for the nation's shopkeepers — consumer sales slid again in May...
可怜一下这个国家的店老板吧—— 5 月份消费品的销售量又下滑了。
I do not think any of us spared a thought for the ordeal of her crew.
我不认为我们中间有任何一个人同情过这艘船的船员所遭受的磨难。