spare

1. ADJ You use spare to describe something that is the same as things that you are already using, but that you do not need yet and are keeping ready in case another one is needed. 備用的

If possible keep a spare pair of glasses accessible in case your main pair is broken or lost. 如有可能留一副備用眼鏡以防你常用的那副打碎或丟失。

He could have taken a spare key. 他原本可以帶上一把備用鑰匙的。

2. N-COUNT Spare is also a noun. 備用品

Give me the boot key and I'll get the spare. 給我行李箱鑰匙，我去配一把備用。

3. ADJ You use spare to describe something that is not being used by anyone, and is therefore available for someone to use. 多余的

They don't have a lot of spare cash. 他們并沒有很多多余的現(xiàn)金。

The spare bedroom is on the second floor. 閑置的臥室在2樓。

4. V-I If you have something such as time, money, or space to spare, you have some extra time, money, or space that you have not used or which you do not need. 剩下[only to-inf]

You got here with ninety seconds to spare. 你們到達這里時還剩有90秒鐘。

5. V-T If you spare time or another resource for a particular purpose, you make it available for that purpose. 抽出

She said that she could only spare 35 minutes for our meeting. 她說她只能抽出35分鐘給我們的會議。

6. V-T If a person or a place is spared, they are not harmed, even though other people or places have been. 使幸免[文學性] [usu passive]

We have lost everything, but thank God, our lives have been spared. 我們失去了一切，但謝天謝地，我們保住了性命。

7. V-T If you spare someone an unpleasant experience, you prevent them from suffering it. 使免遭

I wanted to spare Frances the embarrassment of discussing this subject. 我想使弗朗西絲免遭討論這個話題的尷尬。

Prisoners are spared the indignity of wearing uniforms. 囚犯們被免于遭受身穿統(tǒng)一服裝的侮辱。

8. →see also sparing

9. PHRASE If you spare a thought for an unfortunate person, you make an effort to think sympathetically about them and their bad luck. 為…著想

Spare a thought for the nation's shopkeepers – consumer sales slid again in May. 為這個國家的店主們著想一下–消費品銷售5月份又下滑了。