cost spend pay的区别:
1、spend的主语必须是人, 常用于以下结构:(1) spend time /money on sth. 在……上花费时间(金钱)。
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。cost的过去式及过去分词都是cost,并且不能用于被动句。
3、pay的基本用法是: pay (sb.) money for sth. 付钱(给某人)买……。pay for sth. 付……的钱。pay for sb. 替某人付钱。pay sb. 付钱给某人。 pay money back 还钱。
拓展资料
cost
1、The cost of a loaf of bread has increased five-fold
一条面包的价钱增长了4倍。
2、The increase will hurt small business and cost many thousands of jobs.
这种增长会使小企业受损并使成千上万的人失去工作。
3、They told Jacques Delors a disastrous world trade war must be avoided at all costs.
他们告诉雅克·德洛尔必须不惜任何代价避免一场毁灭性的世界贸易战。
4、This book is of such importance that it must be published at any cost
这本书非常重要,无论如何也要出版。
spend
1、By the end of the holiday I had spent all my money
到假期结束时,我已经花光了自己所有的钱。
2、Engineers spend much time and energy developing brilliant solutions
工程师们花费很多时间和精力来开发完美的解决方案。
3、We spent the night in a hotel.
我们在一家旅馆过夜。
4、Businessmen spend enormous amounts advertising their products
商人们花费巨额资金为自己的商品做广告。
pay
1、Accommodation is free — all you pay for is breakfast and dinner
住宿免费——你只需付早餐和正餐的钱。
2、The lawyer was paid a huge salary
那位律师薪酬很高。
3、Students were paid substantial sums of money to do nothing all day but lie in bed
学生们得到了一大笔钱,而所要做的就是整天躺在床上什么也不做。
4、If you don't subsidize ballet and opera, seat prices will have to go up to pay for it.
如果你不为芭蕾和歌剧提供补贴,就得提高剧场票价来为此买单。