Question

四个花费的用法 spend,cost,take,pay？

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?蒺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.
spend/cost/pay/take
(1)spend的主语通常是人,往往用于以下句型：
（ *** ）spend some money/some time on sth.
( *** )spend some money/some time(in)doing sth.例如：
I spent fifty yuan on the coat.
= I spent fifty yuan (in) buying the coat.我花50元买了这件大衣.
He spent three days on the work.
= He spend three days (in) doing the work. *** 这项工作用了3天.
(2)take常用于“占用、花费”时间,其主语通常为形式主语“it”或物.句式是：
It takes/took *** .some time to do sth＝Sth.takes *** .some time.例如：
It took me three years to draw the beautiful horses.
画这些漂亮的马花费了我3年时间.
The work will take me two days.这项工作花了2天时间.
(3) pay为“付款、赔偿”之意,主语通常是人,往往是 *** .pays some money for sth或pay *** .(some money for sth) 例如：
I paid fifty yuan for the coat.我花50元买了这件大衣.
He has paid the doctor 50 pounds for the medicine?他买药已付医生50英镑.
How much did you pay him?你付他多少钱?
(4) cost的主语必须是某物.spend … on sth．/in doing sth．的主语必须是人.pay … for 的主语也是人.It takes + *** ．+ 时间（或钱）to do sth．的主语则必须是形式主语It.动词cost的常用用法是sth.cost ( *** .) some money.
如：The dictionary cost me £ 20.,7,