Word · CEFR A1 · Frequency #424
spend
花费；支付
To pay out money.
- 1.
To pay out (money).
支付(金钱)
- 2.
To bestow; to employ; often with on or upon.
授予；使用；常与 on 或 upon 连用
- 3.
To exhaust, to wear out.
耗尽；使疲惫
- 4.
To consume, to use up (time).
消耗；花费(时间)
- 5.
To waste or wear away; to be consumed.
浪费或磨损；被消耗
- 6.
To be diffused; to spread.
扩散；散布
- 7.
To break ground; to continue working.
破土；继续工作
花费（时间）；消耗；使用；运用；倾注；耗尽；使疲惫；浪费；消耗；磨损；扩散；散布
In use
I spend about two hundred dollars a month on public transport.
She spent her whole salary on a new laptop.
They are spending too much money on decorations for the party.
spend (time/money) on (sth)
表示在某个方面花费时间或金钱。
I spend a lot of money on books.
我在书上花很多钱。
spend (time) (in) doing (sth)
表示花时间做某事，in常省略。
She spent two hours (in) preparing dinner.
她花了两个小时准备晚餐。
spend (time) with (sb)
表示与某人一起度过时间。
He likes to spend time with his friends.
Connections
Collocations
- spend time
- 花时间
- I like to spend time with my family.我喜欢花时间与家人在一起。
- spend money
- 花钱
- She spends money on books every month.她每个月都花钱买书。
- spend a fortune
- 花一大笔钱
- He spent a fortune on that car.他花了一大笔钱买那辆车。
- spend wisely
- 明智地花费
- It's important to spend your money wisely.明智地花钱很重要。
- spend time doing
- 花时间做某事
- I spend time reading every day.我每天花时间阅读。
Idioms & figurative uses
Learner notes
Memory Tip
把‘spend’拆成‘sp’（是泼）和‘end’（结束），泼出去的钱就结束了，记住‘花费’。
Context & Register
通常用于花费时间或金钱，语域中性偏口语，常见于日常对话和一般书面语，典型场景包括休闲、购物、工作等。
Grammar Note
及物动词，后接时间或金钱，常用介词 on
Pronunciation & Spelling
All listed words rhyme with 'spend' (same stressed vowel /ɛ/ and ending /nd/). Note that 'spent' (past tense of 'spend') looks similar but has a different ending (/nt/), 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 5，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.