spared
/sper/
名词
备用品
/sper/
动词
饶恕;不伤害;不毁坏
They asked him to spare the women and children.
他们要他放过妇女和儿童。
使避免,使免遭
Luckily, I was spared the embarrassment of having to sing in front of everyone.
幸运的是,我躲过了在大家面前唱歌的尴尬。
不遗余力/不惜工本
We will spare no effort to find out who did this.
我们会不遗余力,一定查出是谁做了这件事。
/sper/
形容词
很恼火,很生气
She goes spare if I'm so much as five minutes late.
如果我迟到5分钟,她就会很生气。
额外的,备用的;多余的
a spare key/tyre
备用钥匙/轮胎
瘦高的,瘦长的
He had the spare build of a runner.
他有着赛跑运动员的瘦长体型。