應(yīng)該說當這四個詞均作花費講時,pay和spend通常都是人做主語,take,cost通常是物作主語
pay+money+for+sth.
為某物支付多少錢
spend…on+sth在某物上花費…
spend…(in) doing sth做某事花費多少時間
如：I paid 5 yuan for the card
I spend 3 hour on my homework last night
I spent an hour (in) reading
I spend 15 yuan on the book
The book cost me 15 yuan
take通常用來……花費了多少時間,通常有以下句型
It takes/took sb +一段時間＋to do sth
比如：It took me three hours to find your home.
cost 表示“花錢,付出代價”
比如：The chair costed me 40yuan.
Dangerous driving could cost you your life.開車不注意安全有生命危險.