spent /spent/

But historically we have spent about 12 percent of our days contemplating the longer term.

但从历史上看，我们每天大约有12%的时间用于思考更长远的问题。

Those first few days should be spent looking for work, not looking to sign on," he claimed.

他声称，最初的几天应该用来找工作，而不是去申请津贴。

But most people will come away from this book believing it was money well spent.

但大多数读完这本书的人会认为，花在上面的钱是值得的。

obtain lasting satisfaction from money spent

从花费的钱中获得持久的满足感

Thinking of time as a resource to be maximised means you approach it instrumentally, judging any given moment as well spent only in so far as it advances progress toward some goal.

将时间视为一种需要最大化的资源，意味着你以工具性的方式对待时间，只有在某个时刻有助于实现某个目标时，才会认为这个时刻是被充分利用的。