英语中花费的四种表达方式
spend
spend意为:花费。主语必须是人(sb.)
常用句型:
sb. spend some time/money on sth. (某人在某事上花费一些时间或金钱。)例如:I spend two hours on my homework. 我在我的家庭作业上花费了两个小时。sb. spend some time/money (in) doing sth.(某人花费一些时间或金钱做某事。)例如:we spend four hours in playing games. 我花了四个小时玩游戏。sb. spend some money for sth. (某人花钱买某物)。例如:My boyfriend spends one hundred yuan for gifts. 我男朋友花一百元买礼物。cost
cost意为:花费。主语是某事(sth.)或者某种活动,cost主语不能是人。
常用句型有:
sth. costs (sb.) some money. 某物/某事花了(某人)一些金钱。例如:Watch movie costs 30 yuan. 看电影花了30元。(doing) sth. costs (sb.) some time. (做某事)/某物花了(某人)多长时间。例如:Doing this gift costs 24 hours. 做这个礼物花了24小时。特别注意:cost的过去式及过去分词都是cost,并且无被动时态。
take
take意为:花费。It是形式宾语,后跟双宾语做真正的宾语。
常见用法:
It takes sb. some time to do sth. (做某事花了某人多长时间。)例如:It takes me one hour to do housework. 做作业花了我一个小时。doing sth. takes sb. some time. (做某事花了某人多长时间。)例如:Playing computer games takes she one day. 玩电脑游戏花了我一天时间pay
pay意为:支付。
基本用法是:
pay (sb.) money for sth. 付钱(为某人)买某物。例如:Pay two hundred for this phone. 付200元买手机。pay for sth. (付某物的钱。)pay for sb. (替某人付钱。)pay sb. (付钱给某人。)pay money back (还钱。)pay off one"s money (还清钱。)