It says many seem to use them to live beyond their means -- to spend more than they have.

VOA: special.2009.05.28

So, it could be that you're deciding, as a lawyer, how many hours you're going to spend on the job.

比方说你是个律师,你就要计划好为公司工作多长时间

耶鲁公开课 - 博弈论课程节选

I'm not sure how many of us would decide the last thing we wanted to do with our remaining years is to spend it in college.

我不确定我们中有多少人会决定,在最后几年里要做的最后一件事是,上大学。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

Professor Irvine-Halliday says many people spend well over one hundred dollars a year on the fuel.

VOA: special.2009.12.21

Learn the accomplishments of active life, take for your models not those people who spend their time on these petty quibbles but those who have a good livelihood and reputation and many other blessings."

学个谋生的一技之长，别学那些满嘴谬论的人,要学那些生活富足，声名显赫及福泽深厚的人“

耶鲁公开课 - 公正课程节选

It found many ways to spend it. For example, Congress raised payments to soldiers who had fought in the Civil War during the eighteen sixties.

VOA: special.2010.04.29

Many winter visitors come to Yosemite to spend their time skiing at Badger Pass.

VOA: special.2009.01.07

Many people spend their vacations visiting the city.

VOA: special.2010.02.10

Students spend their summers in many different ways.

VOA: special.2010.06.18

Nowadays,many people here are ready to spend upwards of $6 for a movie ticket.

VOA: standard.2010.07.06

She says she enjoys helping people. Her frustration is that -- like for doctors -- there are too many patients and not enough time to spend with them.

VOA: standard.2010.05.14

The non-profit organization "Hospital Audiences," which provides hospital patients access to the arts, organized the 3-day escape for the wounded warriors, many of whom will spend between nine months and two years at Walter Reed.

VOA: standard.2009.08.01

"If you're taking out the saturated fat, what are you replacing it with?" And it doesn't mean we have to spend a lot of time parsing the nutritional labeling that is now on packaged foods in many countries.

VOA: standard.2010.03.25

NATO is an alliance of democracies. And many of its members have had a lot of trouble convincing their parliaments, and their people, to spend money on defense during what seems like a peaceful time in Europe.

VOA: standard.2010.06.11