cost是什么意思(spend cost take paid 区别)

take（took) 、spend(spent)、cost (cost )、 pay(paid)都是“花费”之意。

其中spend、 pay要以人作主语，take 、cost 以物作主语。

(1)spend:花费金钱或时间。多用句型:spend sth (in)doing or spend sth on sth

如:she spends 400 dollars in fixing her house .

如I spent150 yuan on the shirt.

I spent 150 yuan buying the shirt.

(2)paypay人作主语 sb pay some money for sth

例如I paid 150 yuan for the shirt.

(3)cost多指花费金钱，翻译为费用.物作主语，It cost sb.+some money +to do sth. sth cost sb sth

例如It cost me150 yuan to buy the shirt.

The shirt cost me150 yuan .

(4)takeIt take sb.some time to do sth.it takes sb some time (some money) to do something

It took the parents more than 8000 yuan to buy the piano for their son.

It takes 5 hours to finish this task