-
spend
、
pay
、
cost
、
take
用法
1.
spend
的主语必须是人，常用于以下结构：
(1) sb. spend time/money on sth.
在??上花费时间
(
金钱
)
e.g. I spent
two hours on this maths problem.
这道数学题花了我两个小时。
(2) sb. spend
time/money (in) doing sth.
花费时间
< br>(
金钱
)
做某事
e.g. They spent two years (in) building
this bridge.
?造这座桥花了他们两年时间。
(3) sb. spend
money for sth.
花钱买??
e.g. His money
was spent for books.
?他的钱用来买书了。
2. 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. cost
(sb.)+
金钱
某物花了
(
某人
)
多少钱
e.g. A new computer costs a lot of
money.
?买一台新电脑要花一大笔钱。
(2) (doing)
sth. cost (sb.)+
时间
某物
(
做某事
)
< br>花了
(
某人
)
< br>多少时间
e.g. 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。
3. take
后面常跟双宾语，表示花费时间、金钱等；常见
用法有以下几种：
(1) It takes sb.
+
时间
+to do sth.
做某事花了某人多少时间
e.g. 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 sb.+
时间
做某事花了某人多少时间
e.g. Repairing this car took him the
whole afternoon.
?他花了一下午修车。
其中
it
是形式主语，真正主语是后面的动词不定
式。
若对本句型结构中的
some
time
提问，使用
how
long
。
e.g. It
takes me an hour to do my homework every evening.
我每晚要用一小时来做作业。
How
long does it take you to do your homework?
做作业要花费你多长时间？
4.
pay
的基本用法是：
(1) pay (sb.)
money for sth.
付钱
(
给某人
)
买??
e.g. 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
e.g. I have to pay for the
book lost.
?我不得不赔丢失的书款。
(3) pay for sb.
替某人付钱
e.g. Don't worry! I'll pay
for you.
?别担心，我会给你付钱的。
(4) pay sb.
付钱给某人
e.g. They pay us every month.