spend/take/cost 辨析
1. spend的主语通常是“人”,即“某人在─花多少时间或金钱。”
例句:
1) The boy spends a lot of money.(in) playing computer games.(那个男孩花了很多钱玩电子游戏。)
2) She spent lots of money on books last year.(去年她花费很多钱在书本上。)
2. take前常以it作形式主语,作“做某事需要花多少时间。”
It takes +(人)+时间+ to do sth.
例句:
1) How long does it take you to finish the work?(你需要多少时间才能完成那工作?)
2) It took me an hour to repair my bike.
(我花了一个小时修理自行车。)
3) It takes a lot of courage to tell the truth.
(说真话需要很大的勇气。)
3. cost的主语通常是事物,即指 ①某物值多少钱②需要多少时间③某人花了多少钱④使(某人)
(丧失)(事/物)+cost+(人)+时间/金钱
例句:
1) The watch cost me two hundred yuan.
(这块手表花了我200块钱。)
2) Writing a novel cost plenty of time.
(写本小说要花很多时间。)
3) The girl's bad behavior cost her parents many sleepless nights.
(那个女孩的不良行为使得她的父母许多夜晚睡不着。)
注意:cost的过去式,过去分词都是cost。