英[speə(r)]美[sper]
记忆方法
词源词根法
来自古英语sparian,匀出,赦免,免于伤害,来自Proto-Germanic*sparona,保存,节省,留出,来自PIE*sper,挣取,节省,使多产,来自PIE*spe,繁盛,繁荣,词源同speed,prosper.引申古英语形容词spaer,节省的,节俭的,及诸相关词义。
谐音记忆法
谐音:四百啊,备用的钱四百啊!或sp想成“专家specialist”,are表示“是”(专家都是很空闲的)
adjective(形容词)verb(动词)noun(名词)
双解例句
adjective(形容词)verb(动词)noun(名词)
小知识
Spare describes something that is extra. If you have a spare tire for your bike you can replace a flat, and if there's enough change in your pocket you can spare some to patch a friend's tire.
As a noun, a verb, and an adjective, the word spare has many meanings. A leftover part is a spare, you can spare a life when you save an animal or person, and you have spare time when you finish a project early. If you “spare no expense” you spend lots of money and when you spare a friend's feelings, you keep upsetting details to yourself. And if you have a moment to spare, you have time to share.
实用短语
常用短语
单词用法
词语辨析
spare,emaciated,haggard,lean,thin
这组词都可表示“瘦”。其区别是:
spare指人的身材给人以美感的瘦;
thin既可指人的身材,也可指人的身体某部位瘦,大多数指因疾病或疲劳而消瘦;
emaciated表示的“瘦”主要是由疾病和营养不良造成的;
haggard指人的面孔憔悴的,枯槁的,主要是由于忧虑和少眠所致;
lean指人天生瘦,是缺少脂肪的意思。
例如:She was a tall,spare girl.她是个瘦高个儿的姑娘。
His face was thin他的脸瘦。
He was emaciated by long illness.他由于长期生病而瘦弱了。
The haggard faces of the rescued miners showed what they had suffered.被救出的矿工枯槁的面容表明他们遭受了什么样的苦难。
He had the lean fit look of a trained athlete.他具有一个受过训练的运动员的清瘦而健康的面容。
这组词都可表示“瘦”。其区别是:
spare指人的身材给人以美感的瘦;
thin既可指人的身材,也可指人的身体某部位瘦,大多数指因疾病或疲劳而消瘦;
emaciated表示的“瘦”主要是由疾病和营养不良造成的;
haggard指人的面孔憔悴的,枯槁的,主要是由于忧虑和少眠所致;
lean指人天生瘦,是缺少脂肪的意思。
例如:She was a tall,spare girl.她是个瘦高个儿的姑娘。
His face was thin他的脸瘦。
He was emaciated by long illness.他由于长期生病而瘦弱了。
The haggard faces of the rescued miners showed what they had suffered.被救出的矿工枯槁的面容表明他们遭受了什么样的苦难。
He had the lean fit look of a trained athlete.他具有一个受过训练的运动员的清瘦而健康的面容。
单词解说
spare的基本意思是“节省,节约,舍不得,吝惜”,引申还可表示“珍惜”。
spare还可作“抽出,让给,分出,匀出,腾出”解,指因为有多余,将某物让给别人以后,对自己仍不造成困难,或表示“留出时间做某事,抽出时间”。
spare还可作“抽出,让给,分出,匀出,腾出”解,指因为有多余,将某物让给别人以后,对自己仍不造成困难,或表示“留出时间做某事,抽出时间”。
重要短语
spare oneself偷懒
spare time n.消遣时间
spare part备件
spare no effort不遗余力;抽出;宽容;节省
spare time n.消遣时间
spare part备件
spare no effort不遗余力;抽出;宽容;节省
同义词
同根词
词根:spare
adj.sparing节约的;贫乏的;保守的
adv.sparingly节俭地;保守地;爱惜地
sparely节俭地;瘦瘦地;缺乏地
n.sparing抽出;宽恕;免去;给予(spare的ing形式)
spareness缺乏;瘦弱;贫乏
sparer节省物质