浙江省金华违章查询网:共有几种花费,分别怎样用

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spend,cost,pay,take这些表示“花费”的动词混淆

spend/cost/pay/take
(1)spend的主语通常是人,往往用于以下句型:
(sb)spend some money/some time on sth.
(sb)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. 我干这项工作用了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 sb.some time to do sth=Sth.takes sb.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sb. pays some money for sth或pay sb.(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 + sb.+ 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 (sb.) some money。
如:The dictionary cost me £ 20.