学位英语冲刺讲师划重点:cost
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cost 【注意】修饰cost要用副词high或low.
●辨析cost, take, spend和pay
cost 及物动词“花费”,指花费金钱、劳力和时间。主语通常是事或物,可跟双宾语。
如: Electricity will cost more than it did last year. 电费比去年要花得多。
take 及物动词“花费”,指花费时间。主语通常是一件事,也可以跟双宾语。
如:It will take me two days to finish the work. 完成这项工作需要花费我两天的时间。
spend 及物动词“花费”,指花费时间和金钱,主语总是人。可以形成spend…on sth./in doing sth.
如:I pend two days going shopping with my wife. 我花了两天的时间和妻子购物。
pay 及物动词&不及物动词“付钱”,后面可以跟双宾语,也可以当不及物动词使用,形成pay for sth.结构。
如:Dick’s uncle has to pay for his education as his father has come down in the world.
Dick的叔叔必须为他的教育付费,因为他的父亲已经过世了。
[试题]Does it _____ much to have the bicycle repaired?
A. pay B. spend C. cost D. ask
[解答]C。句意:修自行车要花很多钱吗?
[试题]We must recover the stolen goods at all _____.
A. accounts B. conditions C. payments D. costs
[解答]D。句意:我们必须不惜任何代价找回被盗的货物。at all costs不惜任何代价。
[试题]The new English dictionary I bought yesterday _____ me almost twenty yuan.
A. spent B. paid C. cost D. took
[解答]C。句意:昨天买的英文字典花了我将尽二十元。
[试题]Our slogan is "Quantity should never be increased at the _____ of quality."
A. price B. cost C. value D. wealth
[解答]B。句意:我们的口号是:数量的增加决不能以牺牲质量为代价。at the cost of为固定短语“以……为代价”。
[试题]The police were given an order that the stolen documents must be recovered at all _____.
A. accounts B. conditions C. payments D. costs
[解答]D。句意:警察得到命令,要不惜一切代价找回那些被偷的文件。at all costs“不惜任何代价,无论如何”。account一般常用于:on all accounts“无论如何”;conditions和payments都不和at搭配。
[试题]Tom ________ more than twenty pounds for the dictionary.
A. spent B. paid C. cost D. took
[解答]B。句意:汤姆买这本字典花了二十多英镑。
[试题]Some passengers complain that it usually _____ so long to fill in travel insurance documents.
A. costs B. takes C. spends D. spares
[解答]B。句意:有些乘客抱怨说填旅游保险单要花费很长一段时间。
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