及物动词节省，俭省; 不用，抽出，省掉; 宽恕，饶（命），救命，使某人免遭（麻烦等）; 出让，割爱，分让

形容词多余的，剩下的（钱等），空闲的（时间等）; 预备的，备用的，替换用的; 多余的，瘦的，少量的; 薄弱的，简陋的，粗陋的

名词备用零件，备用轮胎; 节省，俭省; 〈美〉（头两个球把十柱打得）全倒; 预备品，替换品

不及物动词节约; 节省; 饶恕; 宽容

1. 备用的;预备的
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.

e.g. If possible keep a spare pair of glasses accessible in case your main pair is broken or lost...
如果有可能的话，最好准备一副备用眼镜，以防常用的那副眼镜打碎或者丢失。
e.g. Don't forget to take a few spare batteries...
别忘了带上几节备用电池。

2. 剩下的;多余的;空闲的
You use spare to describe something that is not being used by anyone, and is therefore available for someone to use.

e.g. They don't have a lot of spare cash...
他们没有多少闲钱。
e.g. The spare bedroom is on the second floor...
闲置的卧室在三楼。

3. 剩余，剩下(时间、金钱或空间)
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.

e.g. You got here with ninety seconds to spare...
你到这里的时候还剩 90 秒钟时间。
e.g. It's not as if he has money to spare...
他又不是有什么余钱。

4. 抽出，拨出(金钱或其他资源)
If you spare time or another resource for a particular purpose, you make it available for that purpose.

e.g. She said that she could only spare 35 minutes for our meeting...
她说她只能抽出 35 分钟时间参加我们的会议。
e.g. He's a very busy man, and it's good of him to spare the time to visit...
他是个大忙人，能抽出时间到访真是太好了。

5. 使免遭伤害;使幸免
If a person or a place is spared, they are not harmed, even though other people or places have been.

e.g. We have lost everything, but thank God, our lives have been spared...
我们已经失去了一切，不过谢天谢地，总算是保住了性命。
e.g. Not a man was spared...
无人得以幸免。

6. 不让…难堪(或难过)
If you spare someone an unpleasant experience, you prevent them from suffering it.

e.g. I wanted to spare Frances the embarrassment of discussing this subject...
讨论这个话题太尴尬，我不想让弗朗西斯难堪。
e.g. Prisoners are spared the indignity of wearing uniforms...
囚犯们不必忍受身穿囚服的侮辱。

7. 瘦削的
Someone who is described as spare is tall and not at all fat.

e.g. She was thin and spare, with a sharply intelligent face.
她又高又瘦，一副精明过人的模样。

8. 简单的;不加修饰的;简朴的
Something such as a room that is spare is very plain with no unnecessary features.

e.g. Inside, the two small rooms were spare and neat, stripped bare of ornaments.
进去以后是两个简单而整洁的小房间，朴实无华，没有什么装饰。

9. see also: sparing

10. 不遗余力/不惜工本
If you spare no effort in doing something, you do it as well as possible, without worrying about the amount of work involved. If you spare no expense in doing it, you do it as well as possible, without trying to save money.

e.g. The government is determined to spare no effort in investigating this case thoroughly...
政府决定不遗余力地彻底调查这个案子。
e.g. Officials say they'll spare no expense to prevent another riot.
官员说他们会不惜一切地阻止再次发生暴乱。

11. 可怜一下(不幸的人)
If you spare a thought for an unfortunate person, you make an effort to think sympathetically about them and their bad luck.

e.g. Spare a thought for the nation's shopkeepers — consumer sales slid again in May...
可怜一下这个国家的店老板吧—— 5 月份消费品的销售量又下滑了。
e.g. I do not think any of us spared a thought for the ordeal of her crew.
我不认为我们中间有任何一个人同情过这艘船的船员所遭受的磨难。

12. to spare someone's blushes - see blush

不及物动词（坚定地向某地）前进; 行军，进军; 游行示威; 进展，进行

及物动词使前进; 使行军

名词行军; 行进，前进; 游行示威; 进行曲

1. 行军;前进;使齐步走
When soldiers march somewhere, or when a commanding officer marches them somewhere, they walk there with very regular steps, as a group.

e.g. A Scottish battalion was marching down the street...
苏格兰军队的一个营正沿街行进。
e.g. Captain Ramirez called them to attention and marched them off to the main camp...
拉米雷斯上尉命令他们立正，然后齐步走到主营地。

2. 示威游行;抗议游行
When a large group of people march for a cause, they walk somewhere together in order to express their ideas or to protest about something.

e.g. The demonstrators then marched through the capital chanting slogans and demanding free elections...
示威者然后穿越首都游行，他们反复高喊口号要求进行自由选举。
e.g. Hundreds of activists marked the holy day by marching for peace and disarmament.
数百名积极分子以呼吁和平与裁军的游行纪念了这个神圣的日子。

名词中央; 中部，中间; 腰部; 正中

形容词中间的; 中部的; 中央的; 正中的

及物动词把…放在中间; 把…对折

不及物动词放在中间; 对折

1. 中部；中央；中间
The middle of something is the part of it that is furthest from its edges, ends, or outside surface.

e.g. Howard stood in the middle of the room sipping a cup of coffee...
霍华德站在房间中央，小口抿着一杯咖啡。
e.g. Hyde accelerated away from the kerb, swerving out into the middle of the street...
海德加速驶离路边，突然向街道中央一个急转弯。

2. 当中的;正中的
The middle object in a row of objects is the one that has an equal number of objects on each side.

e.g. The middle button of his uniform jacket was strained over his belly.
制服上装中间的纽扣在他的肚子上绷得紧紧的。
e.g. ...the middle finger of her left hand.
她左手的中指

3. 腹部;腰部
Your middle is the part of your body around your stomach.

e.g. At age fifty-three, he now has a few extra pounds around his middle...
53岁的他腰间长了几磅赘肉。
e.g. The cook's apron covered her middle.
厨用围裙裹着她的腰部。

4. (某件事或某段时间的)中期
The middle of an event or period of time is the part that comes after the first part and before the last part.

e.g. I woke up in the middle of the night and could hear a tapping on the window...
我半夜里醒来，听见有敲窗户的声音。
e.g. It was now the middle of November, cold and often foggy...
现在是11月中旬，天气寒冷而且经常有雾。

5. （年龄）中间的
If someone is in their middle thirties, for example, they are aged somewhere approximately between thirty-four and thirty-six.

e.g. She knew he was in his middle fifties, although he looked much younger...
尽管他看上去年轻得多，她知道他在55岁左右。
e.g. I went on competing till I was in my middle forties.
我继续参赛，直到45岁左右。

6. (兄弟姐妹中)年龄居中的，排行居中的
The middle child in a family has equal numbers of younger and older brothers and sisters.

e.g. His middle son died in a drowning accident five years back.
他排行居中的那个儿子5年前意外溺水身亡。

7. 折中的;中庸之道的;不走极端的
The middle course or way is a moderate course of action that lies between two opposite and extreme courses.

e.g. He favoured a middle course between free enterprise and state intervention...
他更倾向于在自由经营与国家干预之间走一条中庸之道。
e.g. The Mayor of Jerusalem has tried to minimise conflict by maintaining a middle way between the various religions.
耶路撒冷市市长对各宗教采取折中的态度，力图使冲突最小化。

8. 平均（分配）;把…一分为二
If you divide or split something down the middle, you divide or split it into two equal halves or groups.

e.g. They agreed to split the bill down the middle...
他们同意均摊费用。
e.g. If the conservatives are not removed, then the party will almost certainly split down the middle.
如果不除掉保守势力，那么这个党几乎肯定会分裂成两派。

9. 正忙于
If you are in the middle of doing something, you are busy doing it.

e.g. It's a bit hectic. I'm in the middle of cooking for nine people...
我正忙着为9个人做饭呢，有点儿忙不过来。
e.g. He was always in the middle of a business transaction.
他总是忙着做生意。

名词怪人，狂人

形容词古怪的，离奇的; 不切实际的

1. (某人或其想法)古怪的，离奇的，不切实际的
If you describe someone or their ideas as crackpot, you disapprove of them because you think that their ideas are strange and crazy.

e.g. ...a crackpot millionaire.
性格古怪的百万富翁
e.g. ...crackpot schemes.
不切实际的计划

及物动词抑制; 压制; 扼死，勒死，绞死; 使…窒息

不及物动词窒息而死，被勒死

1. 勒死;扼死;绞死;掐死
To strangle someone means to kill them by squeezing their throat tightly so that they cannot breathe.

e.g. He tried to strangle a border policeman and steal his gun...
他企图勒死一名边防警察并偷走他的枪。
e.g. He was almost strangled by his parachute harness straps.
他差点被自己的降落伞吊带勒死。

名词感情; 感情; 情感; 情绪; 心情; 感觉( feeling的名词复数 ); 同情; 知觉