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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。
饶恕；宽恕；放过
sparing — present participle of spare
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饶恕；宽恕；放过
to show mercy to someone; to refrain from harming or punishing them
Please spare me the gory details.
请别告诉我那些血淋淋的细节。
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.
spare
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原形
spares
3rd person
第三人称单数
sparing
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现在分词
spared
Past
过去式
spared
Past participle
过去分词
I spare no effort to help others.
我全力以赴帮助他人。
She spared his life.
她饶了他一命。
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？
I can't spare any money for a movie this week.
这周我匀不出钱看电影。
She spared one of her cookies for her little brother.
她给弟弟匀出了一块饼干。
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。
Not this
Please spare for my mistake.
Use this
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’。
Not this
I want to spare money.
Use this
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。
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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。
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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spare 动词：节省（省下 spare money）和饶恕（饶 spare 人一命）。联想‘省吃俭用，饶人一命’。
通常用于日常或正式语境，表示节省（如spare time）或饶恕（如spare someone's life）。
作及物动词时常接双宾语，如 'spare someone something'；也可用于否定结构。
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