spent
spent — 動詞
1. the past tense and past-participle form of the verb 'spend', used when describin
花費的過去式
動詞 spend 的過去式及過去分詞
the past tense and past-participle form of the verb 'spend', used when describing the use of money, time, or effort that happened before now — for example, 'I spent all my savings on a car' or 'She had already spent the whole morning cleaning.'
Ari spent the whole afternoon reading by the window.
Ari 整個下午都坐在窗邊看書。
simple past: spent + time period
When the guests arrived, Talia had already spent all her energy on the decorations.
客人到的時候，Talia 已經把所有精力都花在佈置上了。
past perfect: had spent + noun phrase
The government spent nearly two billion dollars on the new highway last year.
政府去年在那條新高速公路上花了將近二十億美元。
Hao spent his childhood in a small mountain village.
Hao 在一個小山村裡度過了他的童年。
文法句型
spent + noun phrase (time / money / energy)
had + spent + noun phrase (past perfect)
常見錯誤
spent — 形容詞
1. no longer able to work or produce results because the thing has been completely
耗盡的
已用完而無法再發揮作用的
no longer able to work or produce results because the thing has been completely consumed or used.
Otis tried to light the campfire, but the match was spent and gave no flame.
Otis 試著點燃營火，但那根火柴已經燒盡，完全沒有火焰。
collocation: spent match
The battery in Amani's phone was spent, so she could not make any calls.
Amani 手機的電池已經耗盡，所以她沒辦法打電話。
collocation: spent battery
After years of mining, the old gold mine was finally spent and closed down.
經過多年的開採，那座老金礦終於枯竭，關閉了。
The factory cleaned the spent chemicals before releasing the water into the river.
工廠在把廢水排放到河裡之前，先處理了用過的化學物質。
文法句型
spent + noun (the thing no longer useful)
be / get + spent
用法筆記
Commonly describes objects like batteries, fuel, matches, or resources that have been fully consumed. Rarely used for people in this sense — for people, see the exhausted sense below.
常見錯誤
2. extremely tired to the point of having no physical or mental energy left, typica
筋疲力竭的
極度疲倦、完全沒有力氣的
extremely tired to the point of having no physical or mental energy left, typically after hard work, exercise, or emotional stress.
After running the marathon, Élise felt completely spent and sat down on the grass.
Élise 跑完馬拉松後覺得筋疲力竭，一屁股坐在草地上。
collocation: completely spent
The nurses looked spent after working twelve-hour shifts for a whole week.
那些護理師連續值了整整一週的十二小時班，看起來累壞了。
collocation: look spent
Cyrus was too spent to argue, so he just nodded and went straight to bed.
Cyrus 累到沒有力氣爭論，只好點點頭，直接上床睡覺去了。
At the end of exam week, the students were spent and wanted only to sleep.
考試週結束時，學生們全都累癱了，只想睡覺。
文法句型
feel / be / look + spent
用法筆記
Usually describes living beings (people or animals) and typically appears in predicative position — 'I am spent' rather than 'a spent person.' Avoid pairing with 'very'; use 'completely' or 'totally' instead.