pay-spend-cost-take 区别

“四花”:pay,spend,cost,take 用法辨析 pay,spend,cost,take都可以做“花费”讲，但用法不一样。 pay:花费钱（主语是人） sb. pay money for sth. 付钱（给某人）买eg:Tom pays 15 yuan for the bike. spend: 花费钱或时间（主语是人） sb. spend time money on sth. 在上花费时间/金钱。eg. Lily spent ten yuan on this pen. sb. spend time money (in) doing sth. 花费时间/金钱做某事。eg. Lily spent ten yuan (in) buying this pen. cost: 花费钱(主语是物)sth. cost (sb.) + money,某物花了（某人）多少钱。eg. A new computer costs me much money. take：花费时间( 主语通常是It）It takes sb. some timeto do sth. 做某事花了某人多少时间。eg:It takes me half an hour to clean my room. Conclusion：主语花费结构payspendcost take 注意人称，时态 It It takes sb. st to do sth.sb. pay for sth.sb. spend st/sm (in)doing sth./on sth.sth. cost sb. sm 1.They spend too much time the report.A.writing B. to write C. on writing D. write Why:Sb. Spend st. in doing sth.2. -What beautiful shoes youre wearing! They must be expensive -No，they only_ l0 yuan Aspent Btook Cpaid Dcost Why: Sth. cost sm. 3. -Will you please for my dinner Peter? -Sure! A. spend B. pay C. cost D.take Why: Sb. pay for sth. 4. It will me too much time to read this book. A. take B. cost C. spend D.pay Why: It takes sb. time to do sth. ADBA The more time you spend in learning, the better you will be.