spend / cost / take / pay (for)

1. spend 意为“花费”， 主语必须是人，宾语可以是钱、精力、时间等，其后用on sth或(in) doing sth结构。

2. cost 意为“需花费”， 主语必须是物或事，后接money，指“花费”金钱。

3. take 意为“花费；占用(时间)”， 常用于It takes/took sb some time to do sth句型，侧重完成该动作所花费的时间。

4. pay (for) 意为“支付”， 主语是人，可接双宾语，即pay sb some money；for表示支付的原因。

全部

1·I spend too much time watching television.

我看电视花的时间太多。《牛津词典》

2·Why can't you spend a few bucks on a coat?

为什么你不能花几美元买件外套呢？《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

3·I spend at least six hours a week marking.

我每周至少要花六个小时批改作业。《牛津词典》

4·I could spend each day gorging on chocolate.

我可以将每一天都花在狂吃巧克力上。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

5·They spend hours feeding on the ocean floor.

它们花几个小时在海底进食。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

6·How to spend the money is for you to decide.

怎样花这笔钱由你决定。《牛津词典》

7·They wanted to spend the evening by themselves.

他们想要单独度过这个夜晚。《牛津词典》

8·Parents spend an average of $220 a year on toys.

父母为孩子买玩具的花费每年平均为220元。《牛津词典》

9·Obviously, we don't want to spend too much money.

很明显，我们不想花太多的钱。《牛津词典》

10·I've been planning how I'm going to spend the day.

我一直在筹划怎样度过这一天。《牛津词典》

花

1·I spend too much time watching television.

我看电视花的时间太多。《牛津词典》

2·Why can't you spend a few bucks on a coat?

为什么你不能花几美元买件外套呢？《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

3·I could spend each day gorging on chocolate.

我可以将每一天都花在狂吃巧克力上。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

4·How to spend the money is for you to decide.

怎样花这笔钱由你决定。《牛津词典》

5·They spend hours feeding on the ocean floor.

它们花几个小时在海底进食。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

花费

1·Parents spend an average of $220 a year on toys.

父母为孩子买玩具的花费每年平均为220元。《牛津词典》

2·Keep a tally of how much you spend while you're away.

在外出期间，把你的花费都记录下来。《牛津词典》

3·Stores spend more and more on crime prevention every year.

商店每年在防止犯罪方面的花费越来越多。《牛津词典》

4·Poor families spend about 80 to 90 per cent of their income on food.

贫困家庭大约花费收入的80%到90%购买食物。《牛津词典》

5·He will complain about having to spend time with such a boring bunch of geriatrics.

他会抱怨不得不花费时间跟这么一帮乏味的老家伙在一起。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

度过

1·I've been planning how I'm going to spend the day.

我一直在筹划怎样度过这一天。《牛津词典》

2·The six astronauts on board will spend ten days in space.

宇宙飞船上的六位宇航员将在太空度过10天的时间。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

3·I spend a lot of time in Britain but Paris is still my base.

我有很多时间在英国度过，但主要还是居住在巴黎。《牛津词典》

4·How did the girls spend the rainy day?

女孩们是如何度过下雨天的？

5·How can people spend an exciting night?

人们如何度过一个令人兴奋的夜晚？

花钱

1·It teaches children how to spend money in a correct way.

它教孩子们如何正确地花钱。

2·Money can make you happy, only if you spend it in a clever way.

只有在你聪明地花钱时，钱才会使你感到快乐。

3·They each received a small allowance to learn how to share, save and spend.

她们收到了一小笔零花钱，来学习如何与人分享，如何存钱，如何花钱。

4·They'll say it's to save, to spend, for security, for freedom, to show someone you love them.

他们会说这是为了存钱，为了花钱，为了安全，为了自由，为了向某人表达你的爱。

5·If you are going to spend some money, what I'd recommend more than anything else is that you invest in some well-made window locks for your house.

如果你打算花钱的话，我最建议你为你的住宅买一些制作精良的窗户锁。

消磨

1·When I was a teenager, I used to spend time in my room listening to music.

当我还是青少年的时候，我经常在我房间里听歌消磨时间。

2·If gardens aren't your thing or if you'd rather save the space for vegetables consider a few flower POTS filled with annuals placed where you spend most of your time outside.

如果小院里种满花并不是你想要的，或者你宁愿省出些地方种蔬菜，那就考虑在你消磨大部分时间的室外位置放一些花盆，在里面种些一年生的花卉。

3·I was just wondering how to spend the morning — until I saw you.

我正不知道怎么消磨这一上午呢，正好见到好。

4·Hi, Elizabeth, 'Nigel answered.' I was just wondering how to spend the morning-until I saw you.

你好，伊丽莎白，“奈杰尔回答说，”我正不知道怎么消磨这一上午呢，正好见到你。

5·Don and I can spend some time together, meet younger writers, and hear some lectures.

唐和我可以在一起消磨一些时间，可以见一见年轻的作家们，听一些讲座。

浪费

1·We should not spend our fortune.

我们不能浪费钱财。

2·One known drawback of static analysis tools is that they generate false alarms, so that you may spend more time than you would like checking code patterns that are not buggy.

静态分析工具的另一个常见的缺点是它们会产生错误的警告，这样您可能会浪费更多时间去检查本来不是缺陷的问题。

3·If you don't know what that core task is, then be prepared to spend a lot of time staring at a blank screen, confused and wondering what to do next.

如果不知道核心任务是什么，那么就等着浪费大量时间开始一个空白屏幕，然后迷惑不解地想知道接下来要做什么吧。

4·Nerds tend to spend a lot of time in the past and future, but to achieve happiness you have to cultivate the skill of living in the present.

书呆子们总是浪费很多时间试图生活在过去和未来，但为了得到幸福，你必须培养生活在当下的能力。

5·And as a developer, I can tell you, I won’t spend time making stuff “for free” when I could be spending that time with my kids unless it’s a labor of love.

作为一个程序员，我负责的告诉你，当我能陪我的孩子玩的时候，我不会浪费我的时间制作”免费“程序的，除非是我心甘情愿去做的事。

度

1·We're going to spend a weekend on the Continent.

我们要去欧洲大陆度周末。《牛津词典》

2·I'd planned to spend my weekend in the sun, planting flowers outdoors.

我打算在阳光下度周末，在户外种花。

3·If my right leg was Christmas and my left was Easter, would you like to spend some time between the holidays?

如果我的右腿是圣诞节，左腿是复活节，你愿意在节日之间度次假吗？

4·Another opportunity is to either reduce the luxury level of corporate offsites, and/or spend a portion of each offsite with your team doing community service.

还有一种做法是降低公司外出活动的奢华度，以及（或者是）将社区服务作为外出活动的一部分。

5·Why don't you spend your winter vacation in Australia?

你为什么不在澳大利亚度寒假呢？

过

1·Like it or not, you're going to spend many hours at your desk.

不管你是否喜欢，你还是要在你的办公桌上过许多过小时。

2·I decided I did not want to spend another winter at the Grange, and told her I would ride to the Heights to inform my landlord.

我拿定主意不想在画眉山庄过第二个冬天了，我告诉她我要骑马到呼啸山庄去通知我的房东。

3·Some suggested holding an online Christmas party with virtual food and gifts provided, while others said they would figure out their own ways to spend the holiday in the real world.

有人建议开一个网上圣诞派对，提供虚拟食物和礼品；还有人则说会想办法在现实世界里过个节。

4·But that doesn't mean we have to spend our lives feeling bad about it. To live a good life, you must embrace the childlike confidence that's been inside you all this time.

但不是说我们就必须过糟糕的生活，想要过得好，你必须一直拥有已经存在于你内心的孩童的信心。

5·Jane: Bill, how will you spend the holidays?

简：比尔，这几天假你怎么过？

用尽

1·Aid officers worry about being criticised by the public and their own bosses if they spend scarce resources before there is an outcry.

援助人员担心如果在一片哗然之前就用尽稀缺资源，他们会受到公众和自己老板的批评。

2·Weekend dinner parties organized to lift his spirits led him to see cooking as a more fulfilling pursuit. He changed careers, and vowed to spend the rest of his newly-reclaimed life enjoying it.

在这段时间里，那些原本为他解闷的周末晚餐派对却令到他把烹饪视作一种更有意义的追求，他于是转行，并且发誓要用尽劫后余生来好好享受烹饪。

3·I want to spend all my life for you good, do not know if you can give me a chance.

我想要一辈子为你用尽我所有的好，不知道你是否能给我一次机会。

4·I know that you exist, therefore, I spend the whole of my life looking for, thousands of miles away, plunder to.

我知道世上还有个你存在，为此，我用尽一生在寻找，千里跋涉，应劫而来。

5·I spend my whole life to support you, only hope you stop in the circulation of the eyes.

我用尽一生一世来将你供养，只期盼你停驻流转的目光。

(1)spend oneself精疲力竭，耗尽精力

(1)spend time花时间；消磨时间

(1)spend money花钱；破费

(1)spend on在…方面花费

(1)spend money on花多少钱买某物

(1)spend time doing花费时间做……