spare是一个雅思常考词汇，这个词的常用解释为a. 空闲的; 剩余的; n. 备用件，这个词在很多英文原版小说中怎么应用呢，今天小编就带您了解一下。
在格林兄弟的《格林童话》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- 'Strike down to earth that false judge there, and his constable, and spare not the king who has treat-ed me so ill.' Then the manikin fell on them like lightning, darting this way and that way, and whosoever was so much as touched by his cudgel fell to earth, and did not venture to stir again.
-- Then in the dread of his heart he cried: 'Dear Mr Bear, spare me, I will give you all my treasures; look, the beautiful jewels lying there!
在乔纳森•斯威夫特的《格列夫游记》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- The general came into the same opin-ion; so that for a long time there was a majority against you; but his majesty resolving, if possible, to spare your life, at last brought off the chamberlain.
-- That if his majesty, in consid-eration of your services, and pursuant to his own merciful disposition, would please to spare your life, and only give orders to put out both your eyes, he humbly conceived, that by this expedient justice might in some measure be satisfied, and all the world would applaud the lenity of the emperor, as well as the fair and generous proceedings of those who have the honour to be his counsellors.
-- We made easy journeys, of not above seven or eight score miles a-day; for Glumdalclitch, on purpose to spare me, complained she was tired with the trotting of the horse.
-- I ate no other supper, being resolved to spare my provisions as much as I could.
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《艰难时世》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- The flutter of her manner, in the unwonted noise of the streets; the spare shawl, carried unfolded on her arm; the heavy umbrella, and little basket; the loose long-fingered gloves, to which her hands were unused; all bespoke an old woman from the country, in her plain holiday clothes, come into Coketown on an expedition of rare occurrence.
-- But, I say we are all liable to mistakes and I should feel sensible of your delicacy, and grateful for it, if you would spare me these references to Harthouse.
-- 'Not, I fear,' observed Mr. Gradgrind, in a low voice, 'to spare me.'
-- In the meantime, under the surgeon's directions, some men brought a hurdle, on which others made a thick bed of spare clothes covered with loose straw, while he himself contrived some bandages and slings from shawls and handkerchiefs.
-- I ha' read on 't in the public petition, as onny one may read, fro' the men that works in pits, in which they ha' pray'n and pray'n the lawmakers for Christ's sake not to let their work be murder to 'em, but to spare 'em for th' wives and children that they loves as well as gentlefok loves theirs.
在戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯的《查太莱夫人的情人》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- You could spare your key for so long.'
-- I think I shall have about a thousand to spare for that: but work costs so much!'
-- 'We only said it was Duncan, to spare your feelings.'
-- 'To spare my feelings?'
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《小杜丽》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Now that he had an opportunity of observing her, Arthur found that her diminutive figure, small features, and slight spare dress, gave her the appearance of being much younger than she was.
-- The furniture, at once spare and lumbering, hid in the rooms rather than furnished them, and there was no colour in all the house; such colour as had ever been there, had long ago started away on lost sunbeams got itself absorbed, perhaps, into flowers, butterflies, plumage of birds, precious stones, what not.
-- She forgot to be shy at the moment, in honestly warning him away from the sunken wreck he had a dream of raising; and looked at him with eyes which assuredly, in association with her patient face, her fragile figure, her spare dress, and the wind and rain, did not turn him from his purpose of helping her.
-- Ah!But Arthur would have known what was wanting to its completeness, though he had never heard of the words Little mother; though he had never seen the fondling of the small spare hand; though he had had no sight for the tears now standing in the colourless eyes; though he had had no hearing for the sob that checked the clumsy laugh.
-- Save him and spare him that, and you will be able to think better of him!'
在路易莎·梅·奥尔科特的《小妇人》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- 'Could you spare me some of your cake?
-- 'Jo, dear, I'm very selfish, but I couldn't spare you, and I'm glad you are not going quite yet,' whispered Beth, embracing her, basket and all, with such a clinging touch and loving face that Jo felt comforted in spite of the sharp regret that made her want to box her own ears, and humbly beg Aunt Carrol to burden her with this favor, and see how gratefully she would bear it.
-- Pray forward Amy's as soon as you can spare them.
在赫尔曼·梅尔维尔的《白鲸》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- "Just as you please; I'm sorry I can't spare ye a tablecloth for a mattress, and it's a plaguy rough board here" feeling of the knots and notches.
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