99read(spend和take都是“花费”的意思，在用法上有什么区别呢？)

spend和take都是“花费”的意思，在用法上有什么区别呢？

当表示花费“时间"时，均可用动词spend和take,但当表示花费“金钱"时，动词take就要换成动词cost。应此，有必要先弄清两动词是在"花费时间"上进行比较。

动词spend和take在表示花费时间时均为及物动词，它们的宾语都是由表示时间概念的名词(名词短语)来充当，例如：to spend two hours、to take one year。两动词用法的不同之处在于动词所表动作的执行者(即，主语)不同。

动词spend的动作执行者(主语)通常是"人"，而动词take的主语一般指的是"事"，如例句所示：(1)She always spends lots of time watching TV. without helping with housework. (2) It took almost ten years to build the bridge. 例句1相对简单无需解释，例句2的主语是"to build the bridge"指的是造桥这件事，句子的意思是"修建这座桥几乎花了十年时间。"

一、简单的记住两个句型就行：

It take sb. sometime to do sth.

spend on /spend doing

详细解释：

Spend:

spend作动词用，意思是“花费（钱、时间）；度过”。常与介词on连用，短语spend…on…表示“在某事/物上花费钱或时间”。如：

He spent a lot of money on books.

spend…on后面通常跟名词，若为动词，要用spend, in doing sth花费财力或时间做某事。

如：I spent half an hour in copying the text.

My mother spends an hour on the housework every clay.

从两个方面来解答这一问题: 一，表达 “某人花费多少时间或钱做某事” 可用: sb spends some time/money on sth或 sb spends some time/money (in) doing sth. 也可用: sb takes some time/money to do sth. 如: He spent two hours on the book. =He spent two hours (in) reading the book.= He took two hours to read the book. 二，表达 “做某事做花了某人多少时间或钱” 只用: It takes sb some time/money to do sth. (这里to do sth是真正的主语，前面的it 是形式主语)。如: It took him a lot of money to buy the new house.

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