Unit 6 易混淆词语辨析
1. spend, cost, take, pay
(1)spend的主语必须是人,常用结构:spend money on sth. 花费金钱;spend time (in) doing sth. 意为“花费时间做某事”。如:
I spent three hundred yuan on this bike. 我花了三百元买这辆自行车。
They spent two years (in) building this bridge. 造这座桥花了他们两年时间。
(2) cost的主语是物,常见用法:sth. costs (sb.) +金钱,意为“某物花了(某人)多少钱”。注意cost的过去式及过去分词都是cost,并且不能用于被动结构。如:
A new computer costs a lot of money. 买一台新电脑要花一大笔钱。
(3) take后面常跟双宾语,指花费时间,常用It takes sb. +时间+to do sth.,意为“做某事花了某人多少时间”。如:
It took them three years to build this road. 他们用了三年时间修完了这条路。
(4) pay意为“付款,付钱”,主语是人,常用结构 pay money for sth. 。如:
I have to pay 20 dollars for this room each month. 我每个月要付20美元的房租。