四种“花费”。take,spend,cost,pay
(1)take:
①It takes sb.+时间+to do sth.:做某事花了某人多少时间。如:
It takes him about half an hour to get to the airport.
到机场花了他大约半小时。
②Doing sth.takes sb.+时间.做某事花了某人多少时间。如:
Repairing this computer took him the whole morning.
修电脑花了他一上午的时间。
(2)spend:
①spend time/money on sth.:在……上花费时间/金钱。如:
I spent two hours on this maths problem.
这道数学题花了我两个小时。
②spend time/money doing sth.:花费时间/金钱做某事。如:
They spent two years(in)building this bridge.
造这座桥花了他们两年时间。
(3)cost:(https://www.daowen.com)
①sth.costs(sb.)+金钱:某物花了(某人)多少钱。如:
A new computer costs a lot of money.
买一台新电脑要花一大笔钱。
②(doing)sth.costs(sb.)+时间:某物(做某事)花了(某人)多少时间。如:
Remembering these new words cost him a lot of time.
他花了大量时间才记住了这些生词。
注意:cost的过去式及过去分词都是cost,并且不能用于被动语态。
(4)pay:
①pay money for sth.:付钱(给某人)买……。如:
I have to pay them¥1000 for this house each month.
我每个月要交1000元的房租。
②pay for:付……钱。如:
I have to pay for the MP3 lost.
我不得不赔丢失的MP3的钱。