辨析 cost pay spend take (四者都可表花費(fèi))

(1) cost

cost表花費(fèi)時(shí)由物做主語(yǔ), sth. cost sb….

Well-designed clothes cost money.

設(shè)計(jì)精美的服裝價(jià)格昂貴,。

at the cost of 以…為代價(jià)

He bought fame at the cost of health and happiness.

他犧牲了健康和幸福換來(lái)了名譽(yù),。

(2) pay

pay for 為某物花費(fèi)…錢(qián)

pay back 償還

pay off 還清;解雇;取得成功

pay the bill 付賬

pay attention to 注意

pay a visit to 拜訪

例句：she's paid off all her debts.

她償還了所有債務(wù)。

I paid him 200 yuan for the painting.

我為這幅畫(huà)付了200元,。

She said she would pay back for his kindness.

她說(shuō)他會(huì)報(bào)答他的好心,。

（3）spend

常用于sb. spend time/money on sth.

sb. spend time/money (in) doing sth.

例句：Engineers spend much time and energy developing brilliant solutions.

工程師們花費(fèi)很多時(shí)間和精力來(lái)開(kāi)發(fā)完美的解決方案。

Juventus have spent ￡ 23m on new players .

尤文圖斯隊(duì)已經(jīng)在新球員身上花了2,300萬(wàn)英磅,。

（4）take

take 表示花費(fèi)時(shí)通常用于It takes sb. sometime to do sth. 花某人…時(shí)間做某事

如：It takes me half an hour to finish my homework.

花了我半小時(shí)的時(shí)間完成作業(yè),。

另外，take 還用于許多動(dòng)詞搭配中，是我們考試中考察的重點(diǎn),。如:

take off 脫掉;起飛;大受歡迎;卸掉,拔掉

take up 舉起,拿起;從事;占用;開(kāi)始學(xué)習(xí)

take place 發(fā)生

take the place of 代替

take it easy 放輕松

take in 吸收;欺騙

take on 呈現(xiàn);承擔(dān);雇傭

take over 掌管

take part in 參加

take your time 別著急

take care 當(dāng)心

take care of 照顧

take charge of 負(fù)責(zé),看管

take advantage of 利用;欺騙

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