spare
美 [sper] 
英 [speə(r)]
- v.抽出；匀出；饶恕；不遗余力
- adj.不用的；闲置的；备用的；外加的
- n.备用品；备用轮胎
- 网络多余的；空闲的；节约
词形变化
第三人称单数：spares 现在分词：sparing 过去式：spared 反义词
同义词
英汉双解
用不着not used/needed
1. | [ubn] 不用的；闲置的that is not being used or is not needed at the present time |
| We've got a spare bedroom, if you'd like to stay. 要是愿意你就住下，我们空着一间卧室。 |
| I'm afraid I haven't got any spare cash . 恐怕我手头没有多余的现金。 |
| Are there any tickets going spare(= are there any available, not being used by sb else) ? 有多余的票吗？ |
外加extra
2. | [obn] 备用的；外加的kept in case you need to replace the one you usually use; extra |
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| Take some spare clothes in case you get wet. 多带几件衣服，以备身上弄湿了好穿。 |
时间time
3. | 空闲的；空余的available to do what you want with rather than work |
| He's studying music in his spare time . 他在空闲时间学音乐。 |
| I haven't had a spare moment this morning. 我一上午一会儿也没闲着。 |
人person
4. | 瘦的；瘦高的thin, and usually quite tall |
时间、钱、房间、心思等time/money/room/thought, etc.
1. | 抽出；拨出；留出；匀出to make sth such as time or money available to sb or for sth, especially when it requires an effort for you to do this |
| I'd love to have a break, but I can't spare the time just now. 我是想休息一下，可眼下找不出时间。 |
| Could you spare one of your staff to help us out? 你能不能从你手下抽一个人过来帮帮我们？ |
| We can only spare one room for you. 我们只能给你腾出一个房间。 |
| You should spare a thought for(= think about) the person who cleans up after you. 你应该为随后打扫的人着想啊。 |
| Surely you can spare me a few minutes? 你应该能为我空出几分钟时间吧？ |
免得痛苦╱麻烦save sb pain/trouble
2. | 省得；免去to save sb/yourself from having to go through an unpleasant experience |
| He wanted to spare his mother any anxiety. 他不想让母亲有丝毫的担忧。 |
| Please spare me(= do not tell me) the gruesome details . 那些让人毛骨悚然的细节就请你不要讲了。 |
| You could have spared yourself an unnecessary trip by phoning in advance. 你要是先打个电话就用不着跑这一趟了。 |
| She was spared from the ordeal of appearing in court. 她无须出庭受折磨了。 |
不伤害；不损坏not harm/damage
3. | [usupass] ~ sb/sth (from sth) 饶恕；赦免；放过；使逃脱to allow sb/sth to escape harm, damage or death, especially when others do not escape it |
| They killed the men but spared the children. 他们杀死了大人，但放过了孩子。 |
| During the bombing only one house was spared(= was not hit by a bomb) . 在轰炸中，只有一座房子幸免。 |
| Hong Kong was spared a direct hit, but the storm still brought heavy rains and powerful winds. 香港虽然未遭正面吹袭，但风暴还是带来了大雨和强风。 |
尽力、破费等no effort/ expense, etc.
4. | ~ no effort, expense, etc. 不吝惜（时间、金钱）to do everything possible to achieve sth or to do sth well without trying to limit the time or money involved |
| He spared no effort to make her happy again. 为使她重新快乐起来，他想尽了办法。 |
| No expense was spared in furnishing the new office. 装潢新办公室不惜工本。 |
努力工作work hard
5. | not ~ yourself 不遗余力to work as hard as possible |
1. | 备用品；备用轮胎an extra thing that you keep in case you need to replace the one you usually use (used especially about a tyre of a car) |
| to get the spare out of the boot/trunk 从汽车行李箱中取出备用轮胎 |
| I've lost my key and I haven't got a spare. 我把钥匙丢了，还没有备用的。 |
习惯用语
go spare
气急败坏；焦虑万分to become very angry or upset
spare sbs blushes
不让某人难堪；免得某人丢面子to save sb from an embarrassing situation
spare sbs feelings
不惹某人难受；避免触及某人的痛处to be careful not to do or say anything that might upset sb
to spare
多余；富余if you have time, money, etc.to spare , you have more than you need
| I've got absolutely no money to spare this month. 我这个月一点儿富余钱都没有。 |
| We arrived at the airport with five minutes to spare. 我们赶到机场时还剩五分钟。 |
英汉解释
v. | 3. 宽恕,饶(命);救命;不伤害,不损害;使某人免遭(麻烦等) |
adj. | 1. 多余的,剩下的(钱等),空闲的(时间等);可以出让的 |
n. | |
英英解释
例句
Five minutes is all that I can spare for you.
五分钟是我能给你的最长时间了。
'The problem is we don't have cushions, ' in terms of spare production capacity and spare crude stocks, he said.
卡鲁索认为，问题在于市场缺乏富余产能和富余库存等缓冲因素。
If you can spare a week or two, pack your bag because September will be your best month to go.
如果你能留出一到两周，整理好你的行李，9月是最好的时机。
In her spare time she writes accessible scientific studies for the general public and said her next work will focus on shampoo.
在业余时间她会为大众写一些科普的研究报告，并称她下一个研究目标是洗发水。
Time of the poor is valueless, even sometimes is spare and they do not know how to kill the time and how to lazy away without troubles.
穷人的时间不值钱的，有时甚至多余，不知道怎么打发，怎么混起来才不烦。
The minority with a little spare cash wanted to swap it as fast as possible for something of more durable value.
身上带有少量现金的少数人士，想要尽快去交换一些较具耐久价值的东西。
And the vessels can be stored for up to a year, so clinics could keep a supply of spare arteries and veins.
而且这种血管可以存放长达一年，所以诊所可以保持备用动脉和静脉的供应。
I still needed a belt, but they were just right now, with a bit of room to spare (the 32 will fit up to a 33 actual measurement waist).
我仍然需要扎腰带，但裤子现在正好合身，还剩余一点空间（看来32最大可以适合实量33的腰围）。
"We have a flat tyre but do not know where is the spare, " said the Swiss driver.
“我们有一个轮胎爆了，但是找不到备胎在哪里。”来自瑞士的司机说。
Tell her that you clearly need to get home and ask her to wait outside while you clean up (spare her from looking at your puke).
尽最大可能让自己平静下来，然后告诉她你确实需要回家并请她在餐厅外面等你——不要让她看到你呕吐时的糗样。
Wolfe even sleeps with a picture of the ride on her ceiling and carries its spare nuts and bolts around to feel closer to it.
她甚至在枕头边放一张”他“的照片，随身携带它多余的螺母跟螺栓来近距离感受”他“。
I should have known better than to ask. The answer had a familiar ring: in her spare time.
我本应该知道我不该问.答案听上去相当熟悉：是在业余时间。
OPEC works because Saudi Arabia is prepared to invest in, and carry the opportunity cost of, spare capacity .
欧佩克之所以发挥作用是因为沙特愿意投资闲置产能，并承担由此引发的机会成本。
Most of us lie to cover up a sin, or to take advantage, or to make ourselves look better, or to spare others the hurt of knowing the truth.
大多数人会掩藏过失、去利用谎言、让自己看起来更不错，或者为了不伤害别人而隐瞒真相。
Ensure the cleanliness of the front desk and back office area at all times. Utilize spare time for cleaning.
确保前台和后台办公室区域的整洁。利用剩余时间去清洁。
The next time I sat down to write, and regularly afterwards, she sat in her old place, with a spare bundle of pens at her side.
下一次，还有从那以后，每当我坐下来写作的时候，她总是坐在那里，旁边放着一大把准备好的钢笔。
At noontime, with a few minutes to spare before going back to work, some girls used to walk in for a cup of tea.
午休时间，上班之前还有几分钟可以打发，有些女孩子就常常来这喝杯茶。
If it is possible I would like to do some meaningful things with my lover in my spare time.
如果以后有时间的话，我会和我的爱人一起做这种有意义的事。
He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things?
神既不爱惜自己的儿子，为我们众人舍了，岂不也把万物和他一同白白的赐给我们麽？
Can you just spare me a few minutes please? I really need to talk with you.
能否就抽出几分钟来，我真的得和你谈谈。
I can spare two hundred a year for a grand purpose like this.
为了这样一个伟大的目标，我可以一年捐助两百镑。
We were able to bunk(down) in a spare room for the night.
我们可在备用房间睡觉过夜。
He also ran errands for the ward and in his spare time made me a cigarette lighter out of an empty Austrian rifle cartridge.
他也替病房打杂，还利用空闲时间用奥军步枪子弹壳给我做了一个打火机。
Mr. Godfrey-always ready to return good for evil-tried to spare her.
高孚利先生--一向是个以德报怨的人--竭力不把伤她心的话说出口来。
She brought me word they had no such sum to spare; I said they might mortgage their house in the loan office.
她传过话来，说他们没有这笔钱，我说他们可把房子抵押给店铺。
When he had drunk he did not spare his horses.
他喝过以后就不顾惜自己的马了。
"I suppose, " Logan said, "Only trouble is that you don't make enough to do anything in all the spare time. "
“依我看，”洛根说，“美中不足的是，你挣不到足够的钱，在这段假期里你什么也干不了”。
It is easier to spare a good man from the front than a good horse.
前线少一个好人比少一匹好马好办。
Besides working as a doctor, he also writes novels in his spare time.
除了当医生之外，他在业余时间还写小说。
To join these institutions he will have to pass their examinations by studying in his spare time.
要参加这些学会，他必须在业余时间学习，以便通过这些学会的考试。
That was enough and to spare for the drilling crews and the teams of experts visiting the sites.
这对于钻机组和前来视察的专家们的需要来说已经是足够有余了。
He could spare so considerable a sum.
他要割舍这么可观的一笔钱。
His sleeves flapped over spare burnt arms.
他的两只衣袖在他那晒黑的瘦胳膊上啪哒啪哒飘动。
You can take your choice of bedrooms there are enough of those and to spare.
你可以随意挑选睡房--睡房多得很。
Excuse me, Mr. Dixon, have you got a minute to spare.
对不起，狄克逊先生，能耽误您一分钟吗。
She bestowed her spare time on study.
她利用业余时间学习。
He is a tall, spare young man.
他是个清瘦的高个子青年。
He implored the judge to spare his life.
他恳求法官饶他一命。
Can you spare me 500 dollars?
你能借给我500块钱吗？
I want to spare you all the suffering I can.
我想尽力使你免受痛苦。
Two kilometres down the dirt road our car blew a tire. When our driver looked into the trunk he discovered there was no spare!
在土路上走了两公里后，我们坐的车的车胎爆了一个，当司机查看后备箱的时候，发现没有备胎！
Indeed, the alt_disk_copy is often used to clone the rootvg to a spare disk for regular on-line backup of rootvg.
对于rootvg的定期在线备份，常常使用alt_disk_copy把rootvg克隆到空闲磁盘上。
If he isn't prepared to be nice to you in his spare time, I fear that a change of job may not make things much better.
如果他没打算在闲暇之时对你好点，我担心即使换个工作也无济于事。
The thing is, no one stayed upstairs ever. There was just a spare room, a bathroom and some small storage spaces up there.
楼上什么人也没有，那里只有一间空房，一个洗手间，此外，在上面还有一些不大的储藏间。
You may feel that college life is boring. We do not know how to deal with the plenty of spare time.
中文翻译（我自己翻译的）你或许会认为大学生活很枯燥，你不知道如何处理这么充足的空余时间。
The pump comes complete and ready to use with a 12. 5 foot grout hose and a set of spare piston cups.
该泵构造完整，可以使用12.5英尺水泥浆软管和一套备用活塞。
the use she made of her spare time made her a famous spare-time writer.
她对业余时间的利用使她成为一个著名的业余作家
Julia loves athletics so much that she spends most of her spare time on the sports field.
体育运动；田径朱丽叶非常喜爱田径运动，把大部分课余时间都花在了田径场上。
still less unfold the business to my master, absorbed as he was in his present calamity, and having no heart to spare for a second grief!
更不敢把这件事向我的主人揭露，他正沉浸在他目前的灾难里，经受不住又一次的悲痛了！
Very consummate love , impairment of the heart are harmful to the health , have no that spare time as all corners of the country children.
7非常娴熟的爱，伤心是对健康有害，没有那个空余时间为全国各地的孩子。
The best option is to tell your boss exactly how much spare time you have.
最佳策略是告诉你的老板，你有多少空余时间。
Most of his employees are students looking for some extra pocket money, or shift workers with a bit of spare time.
他的员工多数都是些想赚零花钱的学生，或者换完班空闲多的工人，时薪15元。
My mother is too old to live on her own, so we're fixing up the spare room for her.
我母亲年龄太大了，不能自己生活，所以我们正收拾这个多出的房间让她住。
But the Bank of England believes that inflation will then subside as spare capacity opened up in the recession bears down on prices.
但是英格兰银行认为通过膨胀会平息，当多空的市场容量打开时，价格会下降。
Ralph let out his spare breath with a little gasp that was echoed by his audience.
拉尔夫吐出余气，微微地喘息着，听众们也喘了口气。
"I won't compete unless I've done the right training. But as swimming is in my soul, I'll probably be a coach in my spare time, " she said.
她说：“不经过适当训练，我是不会参赛的。但是，因为游泳已经成为我生命的一部分，可能我以后会在业余时间去当教练。”
Nobody knows exactly how much so-called spare capacity there really is around the globe.
没人知道全世界到底还剩下多少所谓的“备用产能”（sparecapacity）。
It seems completely out of character for a guy who seems to live on a spare diet of peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, beer and Vicodin.
它完全不适用于一个似乎一直拿花生酱，果冻，三明治，啤酒，维柯丁塞胃活着的人。
Sometimes, with free of charge to a parts, a spare, or even send a small gift, this one will be easy to negotiate.
有时候，附带免费给一个配件，一个备件，甚至送一个小礼品，这单也就容易谈成。
Some of the rest of them even thought aboutjumping off the boat to spare them from getting their bodies crushed by theboards of the ship.
有些人甚至想要跳到海里，以免自己的身体被船上的甲板挤坏。
