It takes about twenty minutes

花费───spend;二十分钟───Twenty minutes

I spend too much time watching television.───我看电视花的时间太多。

I wanted to spend Sundays holed up together in our flat.───我希望可以一起窝在我们的公寓里度过每个周日。

Businessmen spend enormous amounts advertising their products.───商人们花巨额资金为他们的产品做广告。

He knew that if he lived, he would be doomed to spend the war as a prisoner.───他知道如果他活下来，他将注定以战俘的身份度过战争。

I spend a lot of my spare time watching videos.───我把大量业余时间花在看录像上。

Spend a year of plenty the way you spend a year of want and remind yourself of famine even when the barn is full.───丰年要当歉年过,有粮常想无粮时.

Consumers did not spend and create jobs; they hoarded.───消费者并没有消费进而创造就业机会，他们把钱都存起来了。

They're informed that we've got this money to spend and we will do such and such with it.───他们被告知我们已经拿到了这笔钱并将用它来做什么。

I intend to spend the night there.

He wants to spend more time with his family.

Ordinary people merely think how they shall spend their time ; a man of talent tries to use it.

How long did you spend afloat?

The great use of life is to spend it for something that overlasts it.