spin out

phrasal verbphr v

a) LONG TIME spin something ↔ out British EnglishBrE to make something continue for longer than is necessary 〔不必要地〕拖长，拖延 SYN drag out

I’m paid by the hour, so I spin the work out as long as I can.

我拿计时工资，所以我就尽量把工作拖长。

b) spin something ↔ outSPEND MONEY British EnglishBrE to use money, food etc as carefully and slowly as possible, because you do not have very much of it 尽可能延长使用〔钱、食物等〕

spin something ↔ out over

I’ve only got £10 left, so we’ll have to spin it out over the whole week.

我只剩 10 英镑，所以我们必须省着用，过完这一周。

c) American EnglishAmE if a car spins out, the driver loses control of it and the car spins around 〔汽车〕打滑失控

Examples from the Corpus

spin out• Well, the lawyers always spin it out don't they -- that's how they make their money!• We were paid by the hour, so I spun out the work for as long as I could.

→ spin out at spin1(5)

词汇	spin out
释义	spin out spin out phrasal verbphr v a) LONG TIME spin something ↔ out British EnglishBrE to make something continue for longer than is necessary 〔不必要地〕拖长，拖延 SYN drag out I’m paid by the hour, so I spin the work out as long as I can. 我拿计时工资，所以我就尽量把工作拖长。 b) spin something ↔ outSPEND MONEY British EnglishBrE to use money, food etc as carefully and slowly as possible, because you do not have very much of it 尽可能延长使用〔钱、食物等〕 spin something ↔ out over I’ve only got £10 left, so we’ll have to spin it out over the whole week. 我只剩 10 英镑，所以我们必须省着用，过完这一周。 c) American EnglishAmE if a car spins out, the driver loses control of it and the car spins around 〔汽车〕打滑失控 Examples from the Corpus spin out• Well, the lawyers always spin it out don't they -- that's how they make their money!• We were paid by the hour, so I spun out the work for as long as I could. → spin out at spin1(5)
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