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ADJ
備用的;預備的
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...
如果有可能的話，最好準備一副備用眼鏡，以防常用的那副眼鏡打碎或者丟失。
Don't forget to take a few spare batteries...
別忘了帶上幾節備用電池。
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ADJ
剩下的;多余的;空閑的
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...
他們沒有多少閑錢。
The spare bedroom is on the second floor...
閑置的臥室在三樓。
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VERB
剩余，剩下(時間、金錢或空間)
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...
你到這里的時候還剩 90 秒鐘時間。
It's not as if he has money to spare...
他又不是有什么余錢。
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VERB
抽出，撥出(金錢或其他資源)
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...
她說她只能抽出 35 分鐘時間參加我們的會議。
He's a very busy man, and it's good of him to spare the time to visit...
他是個大忙人，能抽出時間到訪真是太好了。
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VERB
使免遭傷害;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...
我們已經失去了一切，不過謝天謝地，總算是保住了性命。
Not a man was spared...
無人得以幸免。
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VERB
不讓…難堪(或難過)
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...
討論這個話題太尷尬，我不想讓弗朗西斯難堪。
Prisoners are spared the indignity of wearing uniforms...
囚犯們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，一副精明過人的模樣。
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ADJ-GRADED
簡單的;不加修飾的;簡樸的
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.
進去以后是兩個簡單而整潔的小房間，樸實無華，沒有什么裝飾。
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PHRASE
不遺余力/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...
政府決定不遺余力地徹底調查這個案子。
Officials say they'll spare no expense to prevent another riot.
官員說他們會不惜一切地阻止再次發生暴亂。
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PHRASE
可憐一下(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...
可憐一下這個國家的店老板吧—— 5 月份消費品的銷售量又下滑了。
I do not think any of us spared a thought for the ordeal of her crew.
我不認為我們中間有任何一個人同情過這艘船的船員所遭受的磨難。