spend : 普通用词,与cost基本同义,但主语必须是人。
take : 普通用词,指需要占用空间、时间或精力等,其主语可以是人,也可以是一件事情。
spend的例句
1. I can't think of a worse way to spend my time.
我想不出更糟的消磨时间的办法。
2. Novello says college students will spend $4.2 billion yearly on alcoholic beverages.
诺韦洛说大学生每年在酒精饮品上会消费掉42亿美元。
3. Businesses need to train their workers better, and spend more on R&D.
各企业需要更好地培训工人,并且在研发方面加大投入。
4. Slow music encourages supermarket-shoppers to browse longer but spendmore.
舒缓的.音乐会促使超市购物者花更长的时间浏览商品的同时花更多的钱。
5. She has yet to spend a Christmas with her husband.
她还从没和她的丈夫一起过过圣诞节。
6. I wanted to spend Sundays holed up together in our flat.
我希望可以一起窝在我们的公寓里度过每个周日。