spending

• 名词，指花钱购买商品或服务的过程或行为，常用于个人或政府支出的语境。

A noun referring to the act or process of using money to buy goods or services, often in the context of personal or governmental expenditure.

不可数

1. Money expenditureB1formal

   The act of using money to buy goods or services; expenditure.

   支出

   • Government spending increased this year.
   • Her monthly spending on clothes is too high.
   • We need to track our daily spending.

   同义词disbursementexpenditureexpenseoutgooutlay

   反义词hoardingsaving

2. Time expenditureB2informal

   The act of using or consuming time on activities.

   时间花费

   • He's spending too much time on social media.
   • Spending quality time with family is important.
   • The project requires significant spending of effort.

   同义词consumptiondevotionexpenditureoutlayuseutilization

• 动词，表示花费金钱或消耗时间。

A verb used to indicate the act of paying out money or using up time.

不规则动词

1. Use moneyA1formal

   To pay out money for goods or services.

   花钱

   • She spent $50 on new shoes.
   • He spends all his money on video games.
   • They spent a fortune on the wedding.

   同义词disburseexpendfork outlay outpayshell outsink

   反义词earnhoardsave

2. Pass timeA1formal

   To use up time doing something.

   消磨时间

   • We spent the weekend at the beach.
   • She spent hours studying for the exam.
   • He spends his evenings reading books.

   同义词consumedevotefillkilloccupypassusewhile away

   反义词conservesave

3. Use up resourceB1formal

   To consume or use up a resource completely.

   消耗资源

   • The car spends too much fuel on highways.
   • They spent all their energy on the project.
   • Don't spend all your energy in the first half of the race.

   同义词consumedepletedrainexhaustexpenduse up

   反义词conservehoardpreservesave