GbEng
我们有一台万一断电时使用的备用发电机。 We have an auxiliary generator in case of power cuts.
每张床的尾端放有备用毛毯. Spare blankets lay at the foot of each bed.
你的汽车上有备用车轮吗? Do you carry a spare wheel in your car?
他们在苏格兰有一村舍, 在伦敦有一所房子, 在巴黎还有一套备用公寓. They own a cottage in Scotland and a house in London as well as a pied-a-terre in Paris.
夜里在乡村小路上,他的车子两个轮胎漏气了,又没有备用轮胎,他肯定难办死了。 He had two flat tires and no spare on a country road, which was certainly a pretty kettle of fish.