Question

spend in与spend on 用法的区别是什么?

Answer 1

spend的主语必须是人,常用于以下结构：
(1) spend time ／money on sth. 在……上花费时间(金钱).例：
I spent two hours on this maths problem. 这道数学题花了我两个小时.
(2) spend time ／ money (in) doing sth. 花费时间(金钱)做某事.例：
They spent two years (in) building this bridge. 造这座桥花了他们两年时间.
(3)spend money for sth. 花钱买…….例：
His money was spent for books. 他的钱用来买书了.
cost的主语是物或某种活动,还可以表示"值",常见用法如下：
(1)sth. costs ( *** .) ＋金钱,某物花了(某人)多少钱.例：
A new puter costs a lot of money. 买一台新电脑要花一大笔钱.
(2) (doing) sth. costs ( *** .) ＋时间,某物(做某事)花了(某人)多少时间.例：
Remembering these new words cost him a lot of time. 他花了大量时间才记住了这些单词.
注意：cost的过去式及过去分词都是cost,并且不能用于被动句.
take后面常跟双宾语,常见用法有以下几种：
(1)It takes *** . ＋时间＋to do sth. 做某事花了某人多少时间.例：
It took them three years to build this road. 他们用了三年时间修完了这条路.
(2)doing sth. takes *** . ＋时间,做某事花了某人多少时间.例：
Repairing this car took him the whole afternoon. 他花了一下午修车.
pay的基本用法是：
(1) pay ( *** .) money for sth. 付钱(给某人)买…….例：I have to pay them 20 pounds for this room each month. 我每个月要付20英磅的房租.
(2)pay for sth. 付……的钱.例：
I have to pay for the book lost. 我不得不赔丢失的书款.
(3)pay for *** . 替某人付钱.例：
Don’t worry! I'll pay for you. 别担心,我会给你付钱的.
(4)pay *** . 付钱给某人.例:
They pay us every month.他们每月给我们报酬.
(5)pay money back 还钱.例：
May I borrow 12 yuan from you? I'll pay it back next week. 你能借给我12块钱吗?下周还你.
(6)pay off one's money还清钱.