spare sb sth
双宾语结构，表示省去或避免让某人经历某事。
Please spare me the gory details.
请别告诉我那些血淋淋的细节。
省出；匀出；让出；保留；留着；表示怜悯；宽恕。；保留；保存。；因节俭而克制自己；不需要；免除；放弃；舍弃。
to show mercy to someone; to refrain from harming or punishing them
表示怜悯；宽恕。
To show mercy, to have mercy on.
保留；保存。
To keep.
因节俭而克制自己；不需要；免除；放弃；舍弃。
(to give up): To deprive oneself of, as by being frugal; to do without; to dispense with; to give up; to part with.
一般现在时
I spare no effort to help others.
我全力以赴帮助他人。
一般过去时
She spared his life.
她饶了他一命。
现在完成时
They have spared no expense for the party.
他们为派对不惜代价。
规则动词
Could you spare a few minutes to help me with this box?
你能匀出几分钟帮我搬这个箱子吗？
用法提示：spare 作动词，表示“匀出、抽出（时间）”。
I can't spare any money for a movie this week.
这周我匀不出钱看电影。
用法提示：spare 作动词，用于否定，表示“拿不出、匀不出”。
She spared one of her cookies for her little brother.
她给弟弟匀出了一块饼干。
用法提示：spared 是 spare 的过去式，表示“让出、分给”。
双宾语结构，表示省去或避免让某人经历某事。
Please spare me the gory details.
请别告诉我那些血淋淋的细节。
常用被动结构 be spared from sth。
The king spared him from execution.
国王免除了他的死刑。
固定短语，表示尽全力或不计成本。
They spared no expense to make the wedding perfect.
他们不惜一切代价让婚礼尽善尽美。
grammar · medium
易错句子Please spare for my mistake.
正确表达Please spare my mistake.
‘spare’作‘饶恕’解时是及物动词，直接接宾语，不需加介词‘for’。
grammar · medium
易错句子I want to spare money.
正确表达I want to save money.
表达‘省钱’时应用‘save money’，而‘spare money’不自然；‘spare’作‘节省’常用于‘spare time’或‘spare no expense’等固定搭配。
spare 作“节省”时侧重“匀出、省下（时间、金钱等）以供他用”，而 save 更强调“储蓄、积攒”或“避免浪费”。
spare 作“饶恕”时指免于惩罚或伤害，侧重“放过”；forgive 则强调情感上的宽恕，内心不计较。
spare 和 share 发音相似（/spɛə/ vs /ʃɛə/），但意义完全不同：spare 是“节省”或“饶恕”，share 是“分享、分担”。
饶某人一命
The king decided to spare his enemy's life.
国王决定饶恕敌人的性命。
免去某人的麻烦
I'll do it myself to spare you the trouble.
我自己来做，免得麻烦你。
不惜代价
They spared no expense to make the wedding perfect.
他们不惜代价使婚礼完美。
抽出时间
Can you spare some time to help me?
你能抽出一些时间帮我吗？
为…着想
Please spare a thought for those who are less fortunate.
请为那些不幸的人着想。
表示节约或节省的对象，常与spare搭配使用
在经济上精打细算时，spare常指节省开支
与spare近义，强调合理使用以防浪费
与人相关时，spare指宽恕或减免惩罚
spare常与mercy连用，表示饶恕或赦免
不遗余力
The team spared no effort to win the championship.
团队不遗余力地争取冠军。
剩余；多余
We have an hour to spare before the meeting.
开会前我们还有一小时空闲。
顾及某人的感受
He didn't mention her mistake to spare her feelings.
他没有提她的错误以顾及她的感受。
省了棍子，惯坏了孩子。
My grandparents believed that sparing the rod would spoil the child, so they were strict with my father.
我的祖父母认为省了棍子会惯坏孩子，所以对我父亲很严格。
兄弟，能给我一角钱吗？
During the Great Depression, many people would ask, 'Can you spare a dime?' to beg for money.
大萧条时期，许多人会问‘你能给我一角钱吗？’来讨钱。
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