spend 的用法和意思详解
一、基本含义
spend 是一个常用英语动词,主要表示“花费(时间、金钱等)”。其过去式和过去分词为 spent。
二、常见用法结构
- spend time/money on something:在某事上花费时间/金钱
例句:She spent $50 on a new dress.
- spend time/money (in) doing something:花时间/金钱做某事
例句:They spent the whole afternoon playing games.
- 主语通常是人,不能用于物作主语(此时应使用
cost)
正确:I spent two hours on homework.
错误:The book spent me ten dollars.(应改为:The book cost me ten dollars.)
三、典型例句
- I usually spend an hour reading English every day.
- He spent all his savings on a trip to Japan.
- We spent the weekend cleaning the house.
- Don’t spend too much time watching TV.
四、注意事项
1. spend 后接动词时,必须使用动名词(-ing 形式),不能接不定式(to do)。
2. 与 cost、take、pay 等“花费”类动词区分清楚,避免混淆。