真题例句：

• He has spent nearly two years planting flowers for his blind wife.

  他花了将近两年的时间为他失明的妻子种花。

  [2020年 锦州市卷 阅读理解]

• I spent much time on my phone without doing my homework.

  我花了很多时间玩手机，没有做家庭作业。

  [2020年 温州市卷 阅读理解]

• She spent almost the whole day trying to do the work.

  她花了几乎一整天的时间尝试做这项工作。

  [2019年 哈尔滨市卷 阅读理解]

真题例句：

• But I had spent two pennies without Grandma's permission.

  但是我没有得到奶奶的允许就花了两便士。

  [2018年 连云港市卷 完形填空]

• I would have a nickel and two pennies back. I was sure Grandma wouldn't care if I spent one penny.

  我会拿回一枚五分硬币和两枚一分硬币。我确信奶奶不会介意我花一分钱。

  [2018年 连云港市卷 完形填空]

• She spent more than 50 dollars buying it.

  她花了50多美元买了它。

  [2018年 吉林省卷 阅读理解]

真题例句：

• He spent time improving his painting skills and began to sell his paintings.

  他花时间提高自己的绘画技巧，并开始出售他的画。

  [2019年 全国卷3 听力]

• He spent much of his childhood in France where he spent many hours each day outdoors painting pictures.

  他童年的大部分时间是在法国度过的，在那里他每天花很多时间在户外画画。

  [2019年 全国卷2 听力]

• If anyone had told me three years ago that I would be spending most of my weekends camping.

  如果三年前有人告诉我的话，我会把大部分周末都花在露营上。

  [2017年 全国卷1 阅读理解]

• If we stay at home, it is comfortable and there is no need to spend money.

  家里很舒服，如果我们待在家里，就无需花钱。

  [2016年 全国卷2 改错]

真题例句：

• With food our biggest weekly household expense, Susanna and Matt spend time with a different family each week.

  食物是我们每周最大的家庭开支，苏珊娜和马特每周都会与不同的家庭共度时光。

  [2018年 全国卷1 阅读理解]

真题例句：

• But many people choose to spend their time playing computer games.

  但是很多人会选择玩电脑来消磨时光。

  [2021年 CET4 听力]

• An urban food myth contends that if food spends just a few seconds on the floor, dirt and germs won't have much of a chance to contaminate it.

  都市饮食神话认为，如果食物仅在地板上停留几秒钟，污垢和细菌就不会被污染。

  [2018年 CET4 阅读理解]

• On the subject of obesity, she pointed out that consumers lifestyles have changed significantly, with many people being more sedentary (久坐不动的) not least because more time is spent in front of computers.

  在肥胖问题上，她指出，消费者的生活方式已经发生了很大的变化，许多人更加久坐不动，尤其是因为花在电脑前的时间更多。

  [2018年 CET4 阅读理解]

真题例句：

• What does England spend an annual three million pounds on?

  英格兰每年花300万英镑在什么地方?

  [2020年 CET4 听力]

• Americans spend billions of dollars each year trying to change their weight.

  美国人每年花费数十亿美元来改变体重。

  [2020年 CET4 阅读理解C]

• The cost for saving our civilization would be considerably less than the world's current military spending.

  拯救我们文明的成本将大大低于世界目前的军队费用开支。

  [2016年 CET4 阅读理解]

真题例句：

• Those spending 10-19 hours per week on their devices were 41 percent more likely to be unhappy than lower-frequency users.

  比起相对不那么频繁的使用者来说，那些每周花在电子设备上的时间达到10-19个小时的人群中，41%更容易感到不开心。

  [2019年 CET6 阅读理解]

• The researchers looked at time spent in a number of activities that could plausibly be driving the weeing decline.

  研究人员研究了花费在许多活动上的时间，这些活动有可能是导致衰落的原因。

  [2019年 CET6 阅读理解]

• While Thanksgiving, Black Friday and Cyber Monday all saw record spending online, in-store sales plunged over the holiday weekend.

  在感恩节，黑色星期五和网络星期一期间，网上消费均创历史新高，而假日的店内销售则大幅下降。

  [2017年 CET6 阅读理解]

真题例句：

• The growth in public agricultural research spending peaked in the 1970s and has been shrinking ever since.

  公共农业研究支出的增长在20世纪70年代达到顶峰，此后一直在萎缩。

  [2021年 CET6 听力]

• But while there is money available to be spent on it, the search to understand the secrets of ageing will be ongoing.

  但是，尽管有资金可用于此，但了解衰老秘密的探索仍将继续。

  [2021年 CET6 听力]

• You have to spend substantial capital in creating awareness around their likeness and making sure people are familiar with who they are.

  你必须投入大量资金，让人们了解他们的相似之处，并确保他们熟悉自己。

  [2021年 CET6 阅读理解]

真题例句：

• In 2015, the US Forest Service for the first time spent more than half of its $5.5 billion annual budget fighting fires.

  2015年，美国林业局用于灭火的预算首次超过其55亿美元年度预算的一半。

  [2017年 英语二 阅读理解A]

• 5 billion annual budget fighting fires — nearly double the percentage it spent on such efforts 20 years ago.

  50亿英镑的年度灭火预算——几乎是20年前在这方面花费的两倍。

  [2017年 英语二 阅读理解A]

• But most people will come away from this book believing it was money well spent.

  但是大多数人读完这本书后会感觉物有所值。

  [2014年 英语二 阅读理解A]

真题例句：

• Critically, another group was asked to spend a minute writing down reasons for their judgment, before giving the rating.

  至关重要的是，另一组被要求花一分钟写下他们做出判断的原因，然后给出评级。

  [2021年 英语二 阅读理解A]

• Those first few days should be spent looking for work, not looking to sign on.

  最初的几天应该用来找工作，而不是签约。

  [2014年 英语一 阅读理解A]

• But historically we have spent about 12 percent of our days contemplating the longer term.

  但从历史上看，我们花了大约12%的时间思考长期问题。

  [2013年 英语二 阅读理解A]