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spareness

/spair/US // spɛər //UK // (spɛə) //

知名度,觉悟,觉醒,觉察

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Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
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    spared, spar·ing.

    • : to refrain from harming or destroying; leave uninjured; forbear to punish, hurt, or destroy: to spare one's enemy.
    • : to deal gently or leniently with; show consideration for: His harsh criticism spared no one.
    • : to save from strain, discomfort, embarrassment, or the like, or from a particular cause of it: to spare him the bother; to spare her needless embarrassment.
    • : to refrain from, forbear, omit, or withhold, as action or speech: Spare us the gory details.
    • : to refrain from employing, as some instrument or recourse: to spare the rod.
    • : to set aside for a particular purpose: to spare land for a garden.
    • : to give or lend, as from a supply, especially without inconvenience or loss: Can you spare a cup of sugar? Can you spare me a dollar till payday?
    • : to dispense with or do without: We can't spare a single worker during the rush hour.
    • : to use economically or frugally; refrain from using up or wasting: A walnut sundae, and don't spare the whipped cream!
    • : to have remaining as excess or surplus: We can make the curtains and have a yard to spare.
v.无主动词 verb
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    spared, spar·ing.

    • : to use economy; be frugal.
    • : to refrain from inflicting injury or punishment; exercise lenience or mercy.
    • : Obsolete. to refrain from action; forbear.
adj.形容词 adjective
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    spar·er, spar·est.

    • : kept in reserve, as for possible use: a spare part.
    • : being in excess of present need; free for other use: spare time.
    • : frugally restricted or meager, as a manner of living or a diet: a spare regime.
    • : lean or thin, as a person.
    • : scanty or scant, as in amount or fullness.
    • : economical, moderate, or temperate, as persons; sparing.
n.名词 noun
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    • : a spare thing, part, etc., as an extra tire for emergency use.
    • : Ceramics. an area at the top of a plaster mold for holding excess slip.
    • : Bowling. the knocking down of all the pins with two bowls.a score so made.Compare strike.

Phrases

  • spare the rod and spoil the child
  • spare tire
  • to spare

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • RunCode is a nonprofit organization staffed by volunteers working in their spare time and focused on providing educational opportunities for coders and infosec folks.

  • The dispute feeds into an existing debate over Section 230, a decades-old law that spares tech companies from being held liable for their content-moderation decisions.

  • At the same time, anyone with spare computer space can rent it out for use by Filecoin’s storage clients in a process the project claims is totally secure for all involved.

  • Most of Africa and Asia, on the contrary, still seems spared.

  • There wasn’t much money to spare when she was young, and Boler Davis recalls trying to fix things around the house when she was 9 or 10 years old.

  • The priest gave it, and the aide held it up, displaying a chill and vacant chamber, furnished with monastic spareness.

  • It followed that they cultivated that naked plainness and spareness which makes their work supreme.

  • Despite the spareness of his frame, he climbed the ascent with a rapidity that made him gasp.

  • He was a tall man, but gave no impression of strength because of the exceeding spareness of his frame.

  • People judged by his spareness: he wished he could get a little fatter.