spare
adjective
uk/speər/us/sper/spareadjective(EXTRA)
B1
If something is spare, it isavailableto use because it isextra:
额外的，备用的；多余的a sparekey/tyre备用钥匙／轮胎
sparesheetsandblankets多余的床单和毛毯
Do you have a sparepen?你有多余的笔吗？
We have a spareroomif youwanttostayovernightwith us.要是你想在我们这里过夜的话，我们有一个空房间。
Could I have a word with you when you have a sparemoment/minute?如果你有时间，我能否和你谈两句？
UKinformal"Do youwantthiscake?" "Yes, if it'sgoingspare(= if no oneelsewantsit)."“你要这块蛋糕吗？”“如果没有别人要，就给我吧。”
spare time
A2
timewhen you are notworking:
空闲时间I like topaintinmy sparetime.我业余时间喜欢画画。
- Ikeepa sparetyrein the back of thecar.
- Do it in a sparemomentat theweekendorwhenever- it really doesn'tmatter.
- We should be in when youarrive, but if theworstcomes to theworst, theneighbourshave a sparekeyand willletyou into thehouse.
- We wereabletobunkdown in a spareroomfor thenight.
- Heboughtanoldengineandcannibalizedit for spareparts.
Too much and unnecessary
- be up toyourneck (insomething)idiom
- bellyful
- binge
- carry/take coals to Newcastleidiom
- de trop
- drown
- gush
- hyper
- immoderate
- immoderately
- inessential
- insatiable
- overdose
- plenty
- pleonasm
- pleonastic
- plethora
- proliferation
- unwarranted
- weighsomeone/somethingdown
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Passive and not working
spareadjective(THIN)
literary
tallandthin:
瘦高的，瘦长的He had the sparebuildof arunner.他有着赛跑运动员的瘦长体型。
Animal physiology: thin or slender (of people)
- be skin and bone(s)idiom
- beanpole
- cadaverous
- ectomorph
- emaciation
- gauntness
- gracile
- hard-bodied
- hatchet-faced
- hollow
- hollow-cheeked
- lanky
- raw-boned
- scrawny
- skinny
- slenderize
- slight
- svelte
- sylphlike
- wasted
spareadjective(NOT DECORATED)
literaryusuallyapproving
plainand notdecorated:
简朴的，未装饰的Theinterioris spare,almostminimalist.内部是简朴的，几乎是最简单的。
Plain and ordinary
- as it comesidiom
- austere
- austerely
- austerity
- average Joe
- generalized
- homeliness
- homely
- homespun
- homey
- rife
- run-of-the-mill
- severe
- severely
- simple
- unmounted
- unoriginal
- unostentatiously
- unremarkable
- well trodden
spareadjective(ANNOYED)
go spareUKinformal
to get veryupsetorangry:
很恼火，很生气She goes spare if I'm so much as fiveminuteslate.如果我迟到5分钟，她就会很生气。
Becoming angry and expressing anger
- (almost) burst a blood vesselidiom
- ape
- ballistic
- bananas
- bay for bloodidiom
- blow
- chip
- fly off the handleidiom
- fulminating
- fume
- get bent out of shapeidiom
- getyourknickers in a twistidiom
- roof
- sharp
- sharpness
- splenetic
- stew
- temper
- tempered
- throw
spare
verb
uk/speər/us/sper/spareverb(SAVE)
[T]
to nothurtordestroysomething or someone:
饶恕；不伤害；不毁坏Theyaskedhim to spare the women andchildren.他们要他放过妇女和儿童。
Not punishing & reducing punishment
- absolve
- amnesty
- clemency
- commutation
- diplomatic immunity
- discharge
- diversion
- get away with murderidiom
- get off
- get off lightlyphrase
- hook
- impunity
- let
- letsomeoneoff
- off the hookidiom
- privilege
- reprieve
- royal pardon
- scot-free
- unpunished
spareverb(AVOID)
[T+ two objects]
topreventsomeone from having toexperiencesomethingunpleasant:
使避免，使免遭Luckily, I was spared theembarrassmentof having tosinginfrontof everyone.幸运的是，我躲过了在大家面前唱歌的尴尬。
It was anastyaccident- but I'll spare you(= I won'ttellyou)thegruesomedetails.那是一起严重的事故——我就不跟你讲那些令人毛骨悚然的细节了。
Preserving and saving
- co-processing
- conserve
- deliverer
- guardian angel
- keepsomeoneup
- knight
- lifeguard
- reclaim
- recycled
- rescue
- rescuer
- reusable
- rewild
- salvage
- sustain
- unappropriated
- unassigned
- upcycle
- upcycling
- vitrification
spareverb(TRY HARD)
spare no effort/expense
C2
to use a lot ofeffort,expense, etc. to do something:
不遗余力／不惜工本[+ to infinitive]We will spare noefforttofindout who did this.我们会不遗余力，一定查出是谁做了这件事。
not spareyourselfUKformal
totryas hard as you can toachievesomething:
竭尽全力，全力以赴She never spared herself in thepursuitofexcellence.她竭尽全力追求卓越。
Using and misusing
- adopt
- adoption
- avail
- availyourselfofsomething
- be/go heavy onsomethingidiom
- exhaust
- go through
- gobblesomethingup
- make capital out ofsomethingidiom
- max
- max out
- recycle
- spent
- swallow
- tap
- trade onsomething
- turn over
- turn tosomeone/something
- turn/usesomethingto good accountidiom
- unblock
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Trying and making an effort
spareverb(GIVE)
C1[T]
to givetime,money, orspaceto someone,especiallywhen it isdifficultfor you:
（尤指在自己困难的情况下）抽出，拨出，匀出[+ two objects]Could you spare me £20?你能匀给我20英镑吗？
I'dloveto come, but I can't spare thetime.我很想来，但恐怕没时间。
spare a thought forsomeone
C2
tothinkabout someone who is in adifficultorunpleasantsituation:
替（某人）着想Spare athoughtfor metomorrow, when you'relyingon abeach, because I'll still be here in theoffice!明天你躺在海滩上的时候，就想想我吧，因为我还在办公室里！
to spare
C1
leftover or more than you need:
剩下，多余If you have any woolyarn to spare when you'vefinishedthesweater, can you make me somegloves?如果你织完毛衣还剩下毛线的话，可以给我织副手套吗？
Icaughttheplanewith only twominutesto spare.我赶上飞机时距离起飞只剩两分钟了。
There's notime/We have notimeto spare if wewantto get thearticlewritten bytomorrow.如果我们想明天就把这篇文章写完，那么就没剩多少时间了。
Giving, providing and supplying
- accommodate
- accord
- administer
- administration
- assignment
- award
- dish
- hand off
- handsomethingin
- handsomethingout
- handsomethingover
- handsomethinground
- invest
- lay
- passing
- reassignment
- rebid
- regift
- reprovision
- resource
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Thinking and contemplating
Too much and unnecessary
Idioms
sparesomeone'sblushes
spare the rod and spoil the child
spare
noun
uk/speər/us/sper/[C]
anextrathing that is not being used and can be usedinsteadof apartthat isbroken,lost, etc.
备用品[Cusually plural](alsospare part)
apiecethat can be used toreplaceanothersimilarpiecein acaror otherdevice
（汽车或其他设备的）备件，配件Replacing and exchanging
- alternate
- alternatively
- bargainsomethingaway
- behalf
- change over
- instead
- instead of
- lieu
- make up forsomething
- name
- rep
- represent
- shoe
- sing
- someone'sanswer tosomeone/somethingidiom
- step
- step intosomeone'sshoesidiom
- step into the breachidiom
- sub outsomething
- substitution
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