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。