sparing 音标拼音: [sp'ɛrɪŋ]
a . 节约的,少用的
节约的,少用的
sparing adj 1 :
avoiding waste ; "
an economical meal "; "
an economical shopper "; "
a frugal farmer "; "
a frugal lunch "; "
a sparing father and a spending son "; "
sparing in their use of heat and light "; "
stinting in bestowing gifts "; "
thrifty because they remember the great Depression "; "`
scotch '
is used only informally " [
synonym : {
economical }, {
frugal },
{
scotch }, {
sparing }, {
stinting }]
Spare \
Spare \,
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Spared };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n .
{
Sparing }.] [
AS .
sparian ,
fr .
spaer spare ,
sparing ,
saving ;
akin to D . &
G .
sparen ,
OHG .
spar ?
n ,
Icel . &
Sw .
spara ,
Dan .
spare See {
Spare },
a .]
1 .
To use frugally or stintingly ,
as that which is scarce or valuable ;
to retain or keep unused ;
to save . "
No cost would he spare ." --
Chaucer .
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[
Thou ]
thy Father '
s dreadful thunder didst not spare . --
Milton .
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He that hath knowledge ,
spareth his words . --
Prov .
xvii .
27 .
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2 .
To keep to one '
s self ;
to forbear to impart or give .
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Be pleased your plitics to spare . --
Dryden .
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Spare my sight the pain Of seeing what a world of tears it costs you .
--
Dryden .
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3 .
To preserve from danger or punishment ;
to forbear to punish ,
injure ,
or harm ;
to show mercy to .
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Spare us ,
good Lord . --
Book of Common Prayer .
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Dim sadness did not spare That time celestial visages . --
Milton .
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Man alone can whom he conquers spare . --
Waller .
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4 .
To save or gain ,
as by frugality ;
to reserve ,
as from some occupation ,
use ,
or duty .
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All the time he could spare from the necessary cares of his weighty charge ,
he ?
estowed on . . .
serving of God . --
Knolles .
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5 .
To deprive one '
s self of ,
as by being frugal ;
to do without ;
to dispense with ;
to give up ;
to part with .
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Where angry Jove did never spare One breath of kind and temperate air . --
Roscommon .
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I could have better spared a better man . --
Shak .
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{
To spare one '
s self }.
(
a )
To act with reserve . [
Obs .]
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Her thought that a lady should her spare .
--
Chaucer .
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(
b )
To save one '
s self labor ,
punishment ,
or blame .
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Sparing \
Spar "
ing \,
a .
Spare ;
saving ;
frugal ;
merciful . --
Bacon .
[
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Spar "
ing *
ly },
adv . -- {
Spar "
ing *
ness },
n .
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130 Moby Thesaurus words for "
sparing ":
Lenten ,
Scotch ,
Spartan ,
absolution ,
abstemious ,
amnesty ,
ascetic ,
austere ,
benevolent ,
canny ,
careful ,
chary ,
cheap ,
cheeseparing ,
close ,
conciliatory ,
conserving ,
cooling ,
cooling down ,
cooling off ,
curtailment ,
cutback ,
dwarfed ,
dwarfish ,
economic ,
economical ,
economization ,
economizing ,
exculpation ,
excuse ,
exemption ,
exiguous ,
exoneration ,
forbearing ,
forehanded ,
forgiving ,
frugal ,
frugal to excess ,
generous ,
grace ,
immunity ,
impoverished ,
indemnity ,
jejune ,
kind ,
labor -
saving ,
lean ,
limited ,
long -
suffering ,
longanimous ,
low growth rate ,
magnanimous ,
meager ,
mean ,
measured ,
mingy ,
miserly ,
moderate ,
money -
saving ,
narrow ,
niggardly ,
overfrugal ,
paltry ,
pardon ,
parsimonious ,
patient ,
penny -
pinching ,
penny -
wise ,
penny -
wise and pound -
foolish ,
penurious ,
placable ,
poor ,
provident ,
prudent ,
prudential ,
puny ,
redemption ,
reduction of expenses ,
reduction of spending ,
remission ,
remission of sin ,
reprieve ,
restrained ,
retrenchment ,
saving ,
scamping ,
scant ,
scanty ,
scraping ,
scrawny ,
scrimp ,
scrimping ,
scrimpy ,
shrift ,
skimp ,
skimping ,
skimpy ,
slender ,
slight ,
slim ,
slowdown ,
small ,
sober ,
spare ,
sparse ,
starvation ,
stingy ,
stinted ,
stinting ,
straitened ,
stunted ,
subsistence ,
temperate ,
thin ,
thrifty ,
tight ,
tight -
fisted ,
tightfisted ,
time -
saving ,
tolerant ,
too frugal ,
ungiving ,
unnourishing ,
unnutritious ,
unresentful ,
unrevengeful ,
unwasteful ,
wary ,
watered ,
watery
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