可以用动词 take/cost、spend、pay 组成句型,具体用法不同。
1)take/cost 只能用事物或不定式作主语,有两种句型:
事物 + take/cost sb. + 金钱/时间/精力。如:
The job took me 3 hours. 那个活儿花了我3 个钟头。
That suit costs me over $ 6那件上衣花掉我6 美元。
It + take/cost sb. + 不定式。【it 是形式主语】
It took me 3 hours to finishthe job. 完成那个活儿花了我3 个钟头。
It costs me over $ 6 to buy thatsuit. 买那件上衣花掉我6 美元。
2)spend 必须用人来作主语,有两种句型:
One + spend + 金钱/时间/精力 + on sth.
I spent 3 hours on the job. 我在那个活儿上花了3 个钟头
I spend over $ 6 on that suit.我在那件上衣上花掉6 美元。
One + spend + 金钱/时间/精力 + doing sth.
I spent 3 hours finishing thejob. 我完成那个活儿上花了3 个钟头
I spend over $ 6 buying thatsuit. 我买那件上衣花掉6 美元。
3)pay 也只能用人来作主语,句型是 one + pay + 金钱/时间/精力 + for sth.
I paid 3 hours for the job. 我为了那个活儿上花了3 个钟头
I pay over $ 6 for that suit.我为那件上衣上花掉6 美元。