Word · Frequency #3617
sparing
饶恕；宽恕；放过
sparing is the present participle of spare.
to show mercy to someone; to refrain from harming or punishing them
- 1.
To show mercy, to have mercy on.
表示怜悯；宽恕。
- 2.
To keep.
保留；保存。
- 3.
(to give up): To deprive oneself of, as by being frugal; to do without; to dispense with; to give up; to part with.
因节俭而克制自己；不需要；免除；放弃；舍弃。
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。
In use
Could you spare a few minutes to help me with this box?
I can't spare any money for a movie this week.
She spared one of her cookies for her little brother.
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。
spare sb from sth
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。
spare no effort/expense
固定短语，表示尽全力或不计成本。
They spared no expense to make the wedding perfect.
Connections
Collocations
- spare someone's life
- 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。
- spare someone the trouble
- 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。
- spare no expense
- 不惜代价
- They spared no expense to make the wedding perfect.他们不惜代价使婚礼完美。
- spare time
- 抽出时间
- Can you spare some time to help me?你能抽出一些时间帮我吗？
- spare a thought for
- 为…着想
- Please spare a thought for those who are less fortunate.请为那些不幸的人着想。
Idioms & figurative uses
Learner notes
Memory Tip
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’。
Context & Register
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）。
Grammar Note
作及物动词时常接双宾语，如 'spare someone something'；也可用于否定结构。
Pronunciation & Spelling
Words ending in 'are' (care, dare, fare, share, stare) rhyme with spare (vowel /ɛər/). Note: sparse shares the beginning 'spa' but has a different vowel (/ɑːrs/), so it does not rhyme.
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 3，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
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