Question

cost做主语的时候， it做形式主语吗？

Answer 1

cost物做主语sth cost time/money

take是it做主语It takes sb time/money to do sth
拓展资料
take
verb
【不规则形式】 took , taken
携带；带领 carry/lead
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~ sth (with you) | ~ sth (to sb) | ~ (sb) sth
携带；拿走；取走；运走
to carry or move sth from one place to another
[VN] I forgot to take my bag with me when I got off the bus.
我下公共汽车时忘了拿包。
Take this to the bank for me, would you?
请替我把这送到银行去好吗？
[VN , VNN] Shall I take a gift to my host family?
我要不要给主人家带件礼物呢？
Shall I take my host family a gift?
我要不要给主人家带件礼物呢？
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带去；引领
to go with sb from one place to another, especially to guide or lead them
[VN] It's too far to walk─I'll take you by car.
步行路太远，我开车送你去。
A boy took us to our room.
服务员带我们到房间。
[VN -ing] I'm taking the kids swimming later.
我待会儿带孩子们去游泳。
[VN to inf] The boys were taken to see their grandparents most weekends.
大多数周末都有人带这些男孩去看望爷爷奶奶。
3
[VN + adv./prep.] 使达到，把…推向，把…带到（另一个层次、层面等）
to make sb/sth go from one level, situation, etc. to another
Her energy and talent took her to the top of her profession.
她凭着充沛的精力和天赋的才能达到了事业的顶峰。
The new loan takes the total debt to $100 000.
加上这笔新贷款，负债总额达到10万元。
I'd like to take my argument a stage further.
我想把我的论点进行进一步的发挥。
He believes he has the skills to take the club forward.
他相信他有能力使俱乐部继续发展。
We'll take the matter forward at our next meeting (= discuss it further) .
我们将在下一次会议上进一步讨论这个问题。
伸手取 reach and hold
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[VN] 拿；抱；握；取；接
to put your hands or arms around sb/sth and hold them/it; to reach for sb/sth and hold them/it
I passed him the rope and he took it.
我把绳子递给他，他接了过去。
Free newspapers: please take one.
报纸免费，请取一份。
Can you take (= hold) the baby for a moment?
你能先抱一下孩子吗？
He took her hand/took her by the hand (= held her hand, for example to lead her somewhere) .
他拉着她的手。
She took the child in her arms and kissed him.
她把孩子搂在怀里亲吻他。
移开 remove
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[VN + adv./prep.] 拿开；取出；挪开
to remove sth/sb from a place or a person
Will you take your books off the table?
把你的书从桌子上拿走好吗？
The sign must be taken down.
这个指示牌一定要摘下来。
He took some keys out of his pocket.
他从口袋里取出几把钥匙。
My name had been taken off the list.
我的名字从名单上画掉了。
She was playing with a knife, so I took it away from her.
她在玩一把刀子，于是我把刀子从她手里夺了过来。
(informal) She was playing with a knife, so I took it off her.
她在玩一把刀子，于是我把刀子从她手里夺了过来。
(figurative) The new sports centre will take the pressure off the old one.
新的体育运动中心将减轻老体育运动中心的压力。
cost
noun
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[C, U] 费用；花费；价钱
the amount of money that you need in order to buy, make or do sth
the high/low cost of housing
住宅的高昂 / 低廉费用
A new computer system has been installed at a cost of £80 000.
新的计算机系统已安装，费用为8万英镑。
The plan had to be abandoned on grounds of cost.
由于经费的原因此项计划被迫放弃。
We did not even make enough money to cover the cost of the food.
我们挣的钱甚至无法糊口。
Consumers will have to bear the full cost of these pay increases.
消费者将不得不承担增加工资所需的全部费用。
The total cost to you (= the amount you have to pay) is £3 000.
你总共要支付3 000英镑。
note at price
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costs
[pl.] 成本
the total amount of money that needs to be spent by a business
The use of cheap labour helped to keep costs down.
使用廉价劳动力有助于降低成本。
to cut/reduce costs
降低成本
running/operating/labour costs
营运 / 经营 / 人工成本
We have had to raise our prices because of rising costs.
因为成本日益上涨，我们不得不提高价格。
3
[U, sing.] （为做某事涉及的）努力，代价，损失
the effort, loss or damage that is involved in order to do or achieve sth
the terrible cost of the war in death and suffering
这场战争造成的死亡与苦难的惨重代价
the environmental cost of nuclear power
核动力对环境的破坏
She saved him from the fire but at the cost of her own life (= she died) .
她从火中把他救了出来，却牺牲了自己的生命。
He worked non-stop for three months, at considerable cost to his health.
他连续不断地工作了三个月，极大地损害了自己的身体健康。
I felt a need to please people, whatever the cost in time and energy.
我感到一定要使人们满意，耗费多少时间和精力都在所不惜。
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costs
NAmE also court costs
[pl.] 诉讼费用
the sum of money that sb is ordered to pay for lawyers, etc. in a legal case
He was ordered to pay £2 000 costs.
他被责令缴纳2 000 英镑诉讼费。