SPEND MONEY OR TIMEto spend money1 to use money to buy things2 to spend a lot of money3 to spend money quickly or carelessly4 to spend less money5 spending as little as possible6 someone who spends a lot of money carelessly7 someone who spends money carefully8 someone who hates spending money9 the amount that you spendspend time10 to spend time11 to spend time working12 to spend a period of time in a particular job or in prison13 to use your time badlyRELATED WORDSsee alsoPAYBUYCOSTCHEAPEXPENSIVESHOP/STOREMONEYGENEROUS/NOT GENEROUS1 to use money to buy things 用钱买东西spend /spend/ [intransitive/transitive verb]to use money to buy things 花费，用〔钱〕 Everyone spends more at Christmas - it's an important time for business. 圣诞节的时候大家都会花更多的钱—这是一个重要的商机。 During the recession, even the tourists weren't spending. 经济不景气的时候，连游客都不花钱了。spend £5/$10/a dollar etc I bought two skirts and a T-shirt and I only spent $50. 我买了两条裙子，一件T恤衫，只花了50美元。spend on We spend about £85 a week on food. 我们一个星期大约花85英镑购买食物。 The government has promised to spend more money on education. 政府承诺要花更多的钱在教育上。 She spends most of her salary on clothes. 她的工资大部分都花在衣服上。spend money on doing something They spend quite a lot of money each week on eating out. 他们每个星期花很多钱出去吃饭。pay /peɪ/ [intransitive/transitive verb]to spend £5, $10 etc on something because that is what it costs 支付，付给 Of course you have to pay more if you want to travel in the summer. 如果你想夏天出游当然得付更多的钱。 What quality accommodation you get depends on how much you're prepared to pay. 住宿条件质量如何要看你愿意出多少钱。pay for I like your new car - how much did you pay for it? 我喜欢你的新车—你花多少钱买的？pay £5/$10/a dollar etc for They paid over $100 each for tickets. 他们每张票付了一百多美元。 The set meal costs £15 but you have to pay extra for wine. 套餐是15英镑，但是葡萄酒的钱得另外付。pay out /ˌpeɪ ˈaʊt/ [intransitive/transitive phrasal verb]to spend more money on something than you want to spend or more than you think is fair 勉强付出,不情愿地花费 £65! I don't want to pay out that much! 65英镑！我可不想出那么多钱!pay out for You have to pay out so much money for car repairs these days. 现在修车得花那么多钱。pay out on The idea of paying out half my salary on rent didn't sound too good. 要我花一半的工资支付房租,这好像不太好。pay out £5/$10 etc Did you know that Eddy paid out nearly £2000 for his new computer? 你知道吗，埃迪买新电脑花了将近2,000英镑。give /gɪv/ [intransitive/transitive verb]informalto pay a particular amount of money for something, especially when you are buying it from another person, so that the price is not fixed 【非正式】出，给〔多少钱；尤向他人购买某物而价钱不定时〕 ‘I don't really want to spend that much.’ ‘OK, how much are you prepared to give?’ “我真的不想花这么多钱。”“好吧，那你愿意出多少？”give for Did they give you the asking price for the house? 他们出的是房子的要价吗?give (somebody) £5/$10 etc He said he'd give £40 for the painting, so I said yes. 他说他愿意出40英镑买这幅画，我就答应了。break into /ˈbreɪk ɪntuː/ [transitive phrasal verb]to start spending an amount of money that you have saved or that you were keeping for a particular purpose before you really wanted to 〔勉强〕动用〔存款等〕 We had to break into our savings to pay the hospital fees. 我们只得动用存款支付医疗费。 I really want to avoid having to break into the money I was saving for college. 我实在不想动用我为上大学而存的钱。pay good money for /ˌpeɪ gʊd ˈmʌni fɔːʳ/ [verb phrase]spokenuse this to talk about something you paid a reasonable price for, so you expect it to be of good quality or used properly so that your money has not been wasted 【口】花不少钱买 I paid good money for that tennis racquet and it broke the first time I used it. 我花了不少钱买那网球拍，可第一次用它就坏了。 What's the point of paying good money for a wedding dress when I'm only going to wear it once? 婚纱我只穿一次，花很多钱去买有什么意思呢？2 to spend a lot of money 花费大量金钱spend a lot /ˌspend ə ˈlɒtǁ-ˈlɑːt/ [verb phrase] You don't have to spend a lot to be fashionable -- you just need a sense of style. 时髦不一定要花很多钱—你需要的是有时尚感。spend a lot on They must have spent a lot on their new kitchen. It's made of solid oak 他们的新厨房一定花了不少钱，都是用实心橡木做的。spend a lot of money In recent years the company has spent a lot of money on new technology. 近年来公司在新技术上花了不少钱。go to great expense /gəʊ tə ˌgreɪt ɪkˈspens/ [verb phrase]to spend very large amounts of money on something important, even if it costs you more than you can afford 〔在某一重要事情上〕花大钱 The wedding was wonderful. Your parents obviously went to great expense. 婚礼非常隆重，你父母显然是花了大钱的。go to great expense to do something Please let us have your comments on the plans for the new offices -- we're going to great expense to get everything just right. 请你给我们新办公室的布局提点意见—我们打算不惜花费全都要弄得很好。spare no expense /speəʳ ˌnəʊ ɪkˈspens/ [verb phrase]to spend as much money as is necessary to get what you want or make something successful, without worrying about the cost 不惜花费〔要得到某物或做成某事〕 The organizers were told to spare no expense - this was going to be the biggest show on Earth. 筹办者被告知要不惜工本——这将是全球最大的一次展览会。no expense spared ‘Go out and buy whatever you want,’ he said, ‘no expense spared!’ “去，想买什么就买什么，”他说，“别舍不得花钱！”shell out/fork out /ˌʃel ˈaʊt, ˌfɔːʳk ˈaʊt/ [transitive phrasal verb]spoken informalto have to spend more money on something than you think is fair or reasonable 【口，非正式】不情愿地支付 No, we can't afford to go to the bowling alley - I've forked out enough already today. 不行，我们没有钱去打保龄球了——今天我已经花了很多钱。shell out #50/$100 etc Insurance companies are having to shell out millions of pounds to the victims of the floods. 保险公司将要向水灾的受灾者支付几百万英镑的赔款。shell out/fork out on I'm not shelling out any more money on this old car. It's not worth it! 我再也不想在这旧车上花钱了，不值得！shell out/fork out for I failed my driving test and Dad said that he wasn't forking out for any more lessons for me. 我的驾驶考试没有通过，爸爸说他不会再出钱让我学车了。go on a spending spree /ˌgəʊ ɒn ə ˈspendɪŋ ˌspriː/ [verb phrase]informalto spend a lot of money and buy a lot of things in a short time for enjoyment, especially when other people think this is stupid or a waste of money 【非正式】拼命花钱，疯狂购物〔尤指其他人认为这是愚蠢的或浪费金钱〕 Jilly and I decided to cheer ourselves up and go on a spending spree. 我和吉利决定去大买特买让自己开心开心。 You haven't been on another spending spree, have you? What did you buy this time? 你又疯狂购物了？这一次又买了什么呢？money is no object /ˌmʌni ɪz nəʊ ˈɒbdʒɪktǁ-ˈɑːb-/use this to say that you do not care how much money you spend on something even if it is a lot 钱不是问题 Simon always ordered the best. It was obvious that money was no object. 西蒙总是要最好的，显然钱不是问题。money no object Choose whatever outfit you want - money no object! 你想买什么衣服就买吧—别管多少钱！live the high life /ˌlɪv ðə ˈhaɪ laɪf/ [verb phrase]to enjoy yourself by going out often and spending a lot of money, especially with rich or important people 过着奢华的生活〔尤与有钱或重要的人交往〕 For several years they lived the high life with Hollywood stars and celebrities. 他们过了好几年优裕的生活，往来的都是好莱坞的明星和名流。 You've been living the high life recently, haven't you! You're always going out to clubs and fancy restaurants. 你最近过得很豪华啊！出入的都是俱乐部和高级餐厅。3 to spend money quickly or carelessly 花钱快或草率squander /ˈskwɒndəʳǁˈskwɑːn-/ [transitive verb]to spend all the money you have on unnecessary things instead of saving it or using it carefully 浪费，挥霍 In less than three years he had squandered the entire family fortune. 不到三年，他就把家里所有的财产都挥霍一空。 There was no money to pay the rent. They'd already squandered the little that they had. 没有钱付房租了，仅有的一些钱他们也已经挥霍掉了。squander on Here's £50 but don't just go and squander it on beer! 这里有50英镑，可是别拿去喝个啤酒就花光了！blow /bləʊ/ [transitive verb]informalto spend a lot of money on something expensive and enjoyable, especially something that you do not really need 【非正式】挥霍，在…上乱花钱〔尤指不真正需要的东西〕blow £50/$100 etc on something We blew $3000 on a trip to Barbados. 我们去一趟巴巴多斯花掉了3，000美元。blow it all/blow the lotBritishspend everything 【英】挥霍一空 He won £500,000 in the National Lottery, but he's already blown the lot. 他在全国彩票中了50万英镑，可是已经挥霍完了。go throughalsoget through somethingBritish /ˌgəʊ ˈθruː, ˌget ˈθruː something/ [transitive phrasal verb not in passive]to spend the money that you have more quickly than expected, so that you have nothing left 〔很快地〕花光 I got through all of my money in less than a month and had to get my parents to send me more. 不到一个月的时间我就把所有的钱都花光了，不得不叫父母再寄一点给我。go through £100/$2000 etc The hotel was really expensive. We went through $3000 in the first week. 这家酒店很昂贵，我们第一个星期就花掉了3,000美元。spend money like water/like there's no tomorrow /spend ˌmʌni laɪk ˈwɔːtəʳ, laɪk ðeəʳz ˌnəʊ təˈmɒrəʊǁ-ˈmɔː-/ [verb phrase]informalto spend a lot of money very quickly and carelessly without worrying how much you are spending or how long your money will last 【非正式】花钱如流水；花钱就像没有明天似的 Richard spends money like there's no tomorrow! Where does he get it all from? 理查德花起钱来不考虑将来！他哪里来那么多钱? I don't trust myself with a credit card - I spend money like water as it is. 我身上不敢带信用卡—我花钱如流水。4 to spend less money 少花钱cut down /ˌkʌt ˈdaʊn/ [intransitive/transitive phrasal verb]to reduce the amount of money that you regularly spend 减少，削减〔费用〕 We've had to cut down a lot since Craig lost his job - it's been very hard for us. 克雷格失业以后，我们不得不节俭许多—日子过得很艰难。cut down on She's already cut down on going out and buying clothes, but she doesn't have enough money to start paying off her debts. 她已经减少了出去约会和买衣服的花费，但还是不够钱还债。cut down somebody's expenses/bills etc The department has overspent this year and we will have to cut down our expenses. 今年本部门已经超支，我们不得不削减费用。economizealsoeconomiseBritish /ɪˈkɒnəmaɪzǁɪˈkɑː-/ [intransitive verb]to spend less money by buying only the things that you really need, or by buying cheaper things 节省，节俭 Sorry, I can't come out tonight - I'm trying to economize. 对不起，今天晚上我不能出来了—我在想办法省钱呢。 We're economizing this year by having a cheaper vacation. 我们今年很节俭，去了一个比较便宜的地方度假。economize onspend less money on something 在…上节省 Families on low incomes are having to economize on food and heating costs. 低收入家庭只能在食物和暖气装置方面省钱。scrimp and save /ˌskrɪmp ən ˈseɪv/ [verb phrase]to spend as little money as possible, only buying things you really need, because you have very little money and want to save it to use in the future 省吃俭用 Chris's parents scrimped and saved so that he could go to college. 克里斯的父母节衣缩食供他上大学。 I had hardly any money left and was scrimping and saving just to buy the bare necessities. 我的钱所剩无几，就省吃俭用，只买一些最必需的生活用品。tighten your belt /ˌtaɪtn jɔːʳ ˈbelt/ [verb phrase]to spend less money than you usually do because there is less money available 勒紧裤带，省吃俭用 Most people have to tighten their belts a little when they retire. 大多数人退休以后只得勒紧裤带过日子。 Governments and companies are forced to tighten their belts during a recession. 经济衰退期间，政府和公司都不得不勒紧裤带过日子。budget /ˈbʌdʒɪt, ˈbʌdʒət/ [intransitive verb]to carefully plan and control how much you spend 谨慎花钱，精打细算 We'll have to budget more carefully in the future. We've spent far more than we can afford. 我们今后得精打细算一点了，我们已经入不敷出了。budget for By the time I had budgeted for food and rent I only had a few pounds left. 等到我计划好吃和住的费用时，口袋里已经所剩无几了。5 spending as little as possible 尽量少花钱on a shoestring /ɒn ə ˈʃuːstrɪŋ/ [adverb]if you make a film, run a business etcon a shoestring, you spend very little money on it, but it is usually a success 以极少的资金〔制作电影、经营公司等〕 Nearly all of our research had to be conducted on a shoestring. 我们几乎所有的研究都是靠极少的经费进行的。 The paper started on a shoestring, but soon had a circulation of over 100,000 readers. 这家报社白手起家，但是发行量很快就超过了10万份。shoestring [adjective only before noun]using very little money: 用钱极省的 a shoestring budget 很拮据的预算skimp on /ˈskɪmp ɒn/ [transitive phrasal verb not in passive]to not spend enough money on important materials, equipment etc, so that what you are doing or making is unsuccessful or of bad quality 节省，吝啬 There's no point in skimping on essentials such as food and heating. 食物和暖气装置等基本的开销没有必要节省。 A company will never get anywhere by skimping on training and technology. 一家公司如果在培训和开发技术方面舍不得花钱，就成不了大事。on the cheap /ɒn ðə ˈtʃiːp/ [adverb]Britishif you do or make somethingon the cheap, you spend as little money as possible on it, so that it is often unsuccessful or of bad quality 【英】贪便宜地；廉价地 You only had to look at the houses to see that they'd been built on the cheap. 你看他们贪便宜造的是什么房子。 It's impossible to provide good nursing care on the cheap. 需要提供良好的护理服务又少花钱是不可能的。6 someone who spends a lot of money carelessly 草率地花很多钱的人extravagant /ɪkˈstrævəgənt/ [adjective]spending more money than you can afford on expensive things that you do not really need 奢侈的，挥霍的 $400 on a dress! That's a bit extravagant, isn't it? 一条连衣裙400美元！那太奢侈了吧。 Rich and extravagant parents are spending more and more money on their children's parties. 有钱而又铺张的家长在孩子的聚会上花钱越来越多。extravagantly [adverb] She put the money in to a savings account so she wasn't tempted to spend it extravagantly. 她把钱存入一个储蓄账户，这样就不会动心乱花掉了。spendthrift /ˈspendˌθrɪft/ [countable noun]formalsomeone who spends money carelessly even when they know that they do cannot afford to 【正式】花钱无度的人，挥霍的人 I remember him as a charming but irresponsible spendthrift. 他在我的印象中是个很有魅力的人，但是挥金如土。 She was by no means a spendthrift, but somehow all the money disappeared anyway. 她绝不是个花钱没有节制的人，可是钱都不知道到哪里去了。big spender /ˌbɪg ˈspendəʳ/ [countable noun]a rich person who spends a lot of money, especially in order to impress other people 挥金如土者，〔尤指为引起别人注意的〕花钱大方的人 I didn't trust him at all. He was a big spender, that's all. 我根本不相信他，他花钱太大手大脚，就是这个原因。 This is the time of year when all the big spenders pour into Las Vegas hotels and casinos. 每年这个时候，所有的挥金如土的人都涌到拉斯韦加斯的酒店和赌场去了。7 someone who spends money carefully 花钱谨慎的人thrifty /ˈθrɪfti/ [adjective]spending money carefully and cleverly so that nothing is wasted and you can manage with the money you have 节俭的，不浪费的 Mrs Jones was a very thrifty woman who never wasted anything. 琼斯夫人非常节俭，从来不浪费。 By being thrifty and shopping wisely you can feed an entire family on as little as $100 a week. 节俭一点，买东西算精明一点，这样每星期用少至100美元就可以养活一家人了。thrift [uncountable noun] The old values of thrift being thrifty and hard work seem to be things of the past. 节俭和勤劳这些旧价值观似乎已经成了往事。careful /ˈkeəʳfəl/ [adjective not before noun]spending money only on things that are necessary or cheap because you want your money to last as long as possible 用钱精打细算的，用钱谨慎的 I wouldn't say he was mean -- he's just careful. 我不会说他小气—他只是用钱谨慎而已。careful with money Once you've spent your allowance there won't be any more. You must learn to be more careful with money. 津贴一旦用完了你就不会再有了一你得学会精打细算。economical /ˌekəˈnɒmɪkəl, ˌiː-ǁ-ˈnɑː-/ [adjective]spending money carefully and sensibly so that you do not spend more than necessary 节约的，省俭的 I'm trying to be more economical when I go shopping, and only buying what I really need. 我购物时尽量节约，只有真正需要时才买。 Tim's a very economical person,. He always looks around for the best buys. 蒂姆是个很节约的人，他总是货比三家，买最合算的东西。economically [adverb] By shopping economically, you can save a lot of money on your weekly bill. 买东西节约点，每个星期可以省不少钱。frugal /ˈfruːgəl/ [adjective]spending as little money as possible, even on things that are necessary such as food and drink, especially because you are poor 节俭的〔尤因贫穷〕 He was very frugal, and would often use a tea bag three or four times over. 他非常节约，一个茶包可以用上三四次。 The monks lead a frugal life, allowing themselves only the bare essentials. 僧侣们过着节俭的生活，只允许自己使用最基本的生活必需品。frugally [adverb] We moved to a little house in the country and tried to live as frugally as possible. 我们搬到乡下的一所小房子去，过着尽可能节俭的生活。8 someone who hates spending money 讨厌花钱的人stingy /ˈstɪndʒi/ [adjective]not generous with your money, even though you are not poor 吝啬的，小气的 Don't be so stingy! It's your turn to buy me a drink. 别这么小气！该轮到你来请我喝酒了。 It's no use asking him - he's too stingy to give money to charity. 问他要是没有用的—他吝啬得很，不会捐钱做慈善的。mean /miːn/ [adjective]Britishsomeone who ismean does not like spending money or sharing what they have with other people 【英】吝啬的，小气的 Rick's so mean he never even buys his wife a birthday present. 里克很小气，甚至从来不给妻子买生日礼物。 My father was a mean old man who resented every penny he spent on us. 我父亲是个吝啬的老头，花在我们身上的每一分钱他都很不情愿。cheap /tʃiːp/ [adjective]American, especially spokensomeone who ischeap does not like spending money, and always tries to avoid spending it 【美，尤口】小气的，吝啬的 Uncle Matt was really cheap - he used to stay with us for weeks, and he never paid for anything. 马特叔叔真吝啬，以前他在我们家一待就是几个星期，却从不肯出一分钱。tight-fisted /ˌtaɪt ˈfɪstd◂/ [adjective]informalnot generous with money - use this about people who annoy you because they have money but do not like spending it 【非正式】小气的，一毛不拔的 He was known to have made a fortune on the stock market, but was nonetheless notoriously tight-fisted. 都说他在股市上发了财，然而却是尽人皆知一毛不拔的人。miser /ˈmaɪzəʳ/ [countable noun]someone who hates spending money, and prefers to save as much as possible - use this especially about someone who has collected a lot of money by doing this 守财奴，吝啬鬼 Mr Henny was a miser who had thousands of pounds hidden away under his bed. 亨尼先生是个守财奴，他有好几千英镑的现金藏在床底下。9 the amount that you spend 所花费的钱spending/expenditure /ˈspendɪŋ, ɪkˈspendɪtʃəʳ/ [uncountable noun]the amount of money that is spent, especially by a government or other organization 〔尤指政府或其他机构的〕开支，花费，支出 The government intends to cut its expenditure by 10% next year. 政府打算明年削减开支10%。public spending/expenditureby a government 公共支出 The answer to inadequate health care is to increase public spending, not reduce it. 医疗保健资源不足，其解决办法是要增加公共支出，而不是减少公共支出。spending/expenditure on Company spending on staff benefits has been cut dramatically in recent years. 近年来，公司在员工福利方面的支出大大减少了。costs /kɒstsǁkɔːsts/ [plural noun]the money that a person or organization has to spend regularly on heating, rent, electricity etc 〔个人或机构在暖气装置、租金、电力等方面定期的〕开销，花费，费用；成本 What are your annual fuel costs? 你每年的汽油费是多少？cut costsreduce costs 减少费用 Falling sales have forced companies to cut costs. 销量下降迫使公司降低成本。running coststhe cost of owning and using something 运转成本 I'm looking for a car with low running costs. 我在找一辆运行成本低的汽车。outlay /ˈaʊtleɪ/ [singular noun]the amount of money that someone must spend when they first start a new business or activity 〔创办公司或从事新的活动的〕经费，花费，开支 The best business is one with a small outlay and with no risk involved. 最好的企业是创建成本少、没有风险的企业。outlay on When we built the factory the outlay on machinery was heavy but we were able to buy all the latest equipment. 我们办工厂时买机器的花费很大，不过我们能买到最先进的设备。initial outlayoutlay in the beginning 开办费 T- shirts are easy to produce, requiring little initial outlay and a minimum of time and effort. T恤衫容易生产，前期投入的费用少，所需的时间和精力也是最低限度的。outgoings /ˈaʊtˌgəʊɪŋz/ [plural noun]the amount of money that someone has to spend regularly on rent, bills, food etc for their home or business 〔家庭或企业的〕开支，经常性费用〔如租金、账单、食物等费用〕 The outgoings on a house this size are very high. 这样大的房子，开销非常大。 I wrote a check for $200 to cover various outgoings. 我开了一张200美元的支票支付各种开销。overheadsBritish/overheadAmerican /ˈəʊvəʳhed(z)/ []the amount of money that a company or a business person has to spend on rent, their workers’ pay, office furniture etc 〔公司或生意人的〕经常开销，管理费用，经营费用〔如租金、工人工资、办公室家具等费用〕 The cost of the movie was high because of the large production overhead. 这部电影成本很高，因为摄制费用庞大。 The company's overheads were much lower this year owing to the closure of several offices nationwide. 由于全国各地有几家事务所停业，今年公司的经营费用降低了很多。 Restaurant prices have been put up to cover the ever-increasing overheads. 为支付越来越高的经营费用，餐厅都涨价了。expenses /ɪkˈspensɪz, ɪkˈspensəz/ [plural noun]the money that you spend on things that you need, for example on food, rent, and travel 〔吃住行等的〕花销，开支 John and Rachel have a new baby, so they have a lot of expenses right now. 约翰和雷切尔有了一个新生宝宝，眼下开销很大。travel/living/medical etc expenses Living expenses are much higher in London. 伦敦的生活费用要高很多。 The company doesn't pay my travel expenses. 公司不支付我的旅费。budget /ˈbʌdʒɪt, ˈbʌdʒət/ [countable noun usually singular]the amount of money that you have planned to spend or that is available to spend on a particular thing 预算 You can choose any type of wood for your furniture, according to your budget. 你可以根据自己的预算选择任何一种木料做家具。 Government cuts in the defence budget have meant a loss of 2000 jobs. 政府削减国防预算意味着将减少2,000个就业机会。10 to spend time 花时间spend /spend/ [transitive verb]tospend time somewhere, with someone, or doing something 花〔时间〕，度过，消磨spend time I never seem to have any time to spend with the children. 我好像总是没有时间和孩子们在一起。spend an hour/two days/a week etc Dani spends hours on the phone. 丹尼花上几小时打电话。spend an hour/two days/a week etc doing something Fay spent a year in Italy teaching English. 费伊在意大利待了一年教英语。 He spent the whole morning reading the report. 他整个上午都在看这个报告。pass the time /ˌpɑːs ðə ˈtaɪmǁˌpæs-/ [verb phrase]to spend time doing something unimportant, because you have nothing else to do 消磨时间，打发时间 I started doing a crossword to pass the time . 我开始做一个纵横字谜来打发时间。pass the time doing something The security guards used to pass their time playing cards. 警卫过去常玩纸牌消磨时间。kill /kɪl/ [transitive verb]kill time/a couple of hours etcinformalto do something in order to make time seem to pass more quickly while you are waiting for something 【非正式】打发时间/几个小时等 I was early, so I sat in a café, killing time. 我来早了，就坐在一个咖啡馆里打发时间。 The train doesn't leave till two, so we have a couple of hours to kill. 火车两点才开，所以我们还得等几个小时。busy yourself /ˈbɪzi jɔːʳself/ [verb phrase]to keep yourself busy doing things, especially because you cannot think of anything else to do or to stop yourself from getting bored 使自己忙于〔尤因为想不出别的事可做，或不想使自己无聊〕busy yourself doing something Martin sat down nervously and busied himself rearranging the papers on his desk. 马丁紧张地坐下来，忙着整理桌上的文件。busy yourself with Mrs Smithers pottered about busying herself with light household tasks. 史密瑟斯夫人悠然地做一些轻便的家务活。hang out /ˌhæŋ ˈaʊt/ [intransitive phrasal verb]informalto often spend a lot of your time in a particular place or with a particular person or group 【非正式】〔在某处或跟某人或团体〕泡，闲荡 You'll probably find Dave at the pool hall -- he often hangs out there. 你在桌球房可能会找到戴夫，他经常泡在那儿。hang out with I used to hang out with them when I was at college. 我上大学时经常和他们混在一起。11 to spend time working 花时间工作put in /ˌpʊt ˈɪn/ [transitive phrasal verb] She usually ends up putting in several extra hours work at weekends. 她在周末通常还要多花好几个小时来工作。 When I'm preparing for a tournament I put in thirty or forty hours of training a week. 我在准备锦标赛的时候，一个星期要花30到40个小时来训练。devote /dɪˈvəʊt/ [transitive verb]to spend a long time working hard at a particular thing, especially something important 付出〔时间，尤指用于某项重要的工作上〕 He's decided to give up racing and devote all his time to his farm in Ireland. 他已决定放弃比赛，把所有的时间都花在他爱尔兰的农场上。 She intends to devote the next ten years to her charitable work. 她打算在今后的十年里致力于做慈善工作。12 to spend a period of time in a particular job or in prison 为某工作任职或服刑一段时间serve /sɜːʳv/ [transitive verb] Reagan was serving his second term as President at the time. 里根当时正在他的第二届总统任期内。 Smith has already served a ten-year sentence for armed robbery. 史密斯因持枪抢劫已经服刑十年。do /duː/ [transitive verb]informalto spend a long time doing a difficult job or doing something that you are forced to do 【非正式】度过〔很长一段时间完成艰难的任务或被迫做某事〕 As a young teacher she did two years in one of the city's toughest schools. 作为一名青年教师，她在市里一所最严格的学校里教了两年书。do time I did my time in the army like everyone else. 我和其他人一样也服过役。13 to use your time badly 浪费时间waste /weɪst/ [transitive verb]to use your time badly, by doing nothing or by doing something that is not useful 浪费〔时间，因没有做任何事，或因做的是无用的事〕 Stop wasting time. We have to finish this today. 别浪费时间了，我们今天必须完成这事。 I must have wasted two hours trying to fix my car. 我肯定已浪费了两小时的时间来修这台机器。 Now she feels she's wasted her life. 有时候她觉得自己浪费生命。lose /luːz/ [transitive verb]to not use your time for what you intended, for example because of delays, interruptions etc 〔因被耽搁、被打断等〕浪费，损失〔时间〕 While you're talking, we're losing valuable time. 你们在讲话的时候，我们就浪费了宝贵的时间。 The work is already behind schedule. The firm's lost at least 45 days through staff illness. 工作已经落后了，由于员工生病，公司至少损失了45天时间。