表示"花费"的几个单词的区别详解及习题

一． spend, take, cost和pay 的用法区别

take spend cost pay的用法都可以表示“花费”，但用法却不尽相同。

1. spend的主语必须是人，宾语可以是钱、精力、时间等。常用于以下结构：

(1) spend time ／money on sth. 在„„上花费时间（金钱）。

例：I spent two hours on this math problem.我花了两个小时做这道数学题。

(2) spend time ／ money (in) doing sth. 花费时间（金钱）做某事。

例：They spent two years (in) building this bridge.他们花了两年时间造这座桥。

(3) spend money for sth. 花钱买„„。

例：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. costs (sb.) ＋金钱 某物花了（某人）多少钱。

例：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。 例：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。

注意：cost 的过去式及过去分词都是cost, 并且不能用于被动句。

3. take表示“花费”时，其主语一般是“一件事”，有时主语也可以是人，

(1) It takes sb. ＋时间＋to do sth. 做某事花了某人多少时间。

例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。

例：Repairing this car took him the whole afternoon. 他花了一下午修车。 注意：take 说明事情完成, 而spend 事情不一定完成

4. pay的基本用法是：

(1) pay (sb.) money for sth. 付钱（给某人）买„„。

例：I have to pay them 20 pounds for this room each month. 我每个月要付他们20英磅的房租。

(2) pay for sth. 付„„的钱。

例：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。

例：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。

例: They pay us every month.他们每月给我们报酬。

（5）pay money back 还钱。

例：May I borrow 12 yuan from you? I'll pay it back next week. 你能借给我12块钱吗？下周还你。

（6）pay off one's money还清某人钱。

习题：

一． 用几种不同的表达方式翻译：这件外套花费了我100元。

二． 单项选择

A. pay B. paid C. cost D. took

the report

A. writing B. to write C. on writing D. write

3. --What beautiful shoes you’re wearing! They must be expensive. --No ，they only——l0 yuan．

A ．spent B ．took C ．paid D ．cost

4. --Will you please for my dinner, Peter?

--Sure!

A. spend B. pay C. cost D.take

5. It will me too much time to read this book.

A. take B. cost C. spend D. pay

6. This science book ____ me a great amount of money.

A. took B. cost C. used D. spent

7. A. take B. cost C. pay D .spend

A. take B. cost C. pay D .spent

A. took B. cost C. pay D .spent