| 词汇 | spare somebody |
| 释义 | spare somebodyspare somebody 1 PREVENTto prevent someone from having to experience something difficult or unpleasant 免除某人（做某事）的麻烦/困难/痛苦等 I wanted to spare them the trouble of buying me a present. 我不想让他们费事给我买礼物了。 Thankfully, she had been spared the ordeal of surgery. 谢天谢地，她无须忍受手术的痛苦了。 → spare somebody the trouble/difficulty/pain etc (of doing something) at spare2(2) 2 TELLto not tell someone all the details about something, because it is unpleasant or boring 不对某人详谈（细节）〔以免使人不快或厌烦〕 He spared us the details, saying only that he had been injured in the war. 他没有告诉我们具体情况，只说他在战争中受了伤。 ‘They own three houses. One in the country, one in ...’ ‘Spare me.’ “他们拥有三处房子。 一处在乡下，一处在……”“别说了。” Examples from the Corpus Spare me• "They own three houses: one in the country, one in..." " Spare me."• I don't ever want to get old. Spare me that.• I've seen the movie, plus all the rip-offs and sequels. Spare me the victim shit. → spare somebody (the details) at spare2(5) |
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