教材同步复习第一部分 Grade 9 Units 13 ~ 14(1)afford 作动词,意为“买得起,负担得起”,通常与 can, could, be able to 等连用,尤其用于否定句或疑问句中
Can you afford a house in Beijing
你能在北京买得起一套房子吗
中考考点 · 精讲afford 的用法(2)afford 之后可以接不定式作宾语
The piano is too dear
I can't afford to buy it
这架钢琴太贵了,我买不起
(3)afford 指“给予”时,可接双宾语
My parents afford me nearly all the things
我的父母几乎给予了我一切
四者都有“花费”之意,但用法不同:辨析 take, spend, cost 与 pay 考点过去式主语 用 法意 思例 句taketookit 作形式主语It takes sb
some time to do sth
做某事花费某人多长时间It took him seven days to make the big cake
做那个大蛋糕花了他 7 天时间
spendspent主语是人spend…on sth
; spend… (in) doing sth
某人花时间( 金钱 ) 做某事I spent 5 dollars on the book
我买那本书花了 5 美元
costcost主语是物sth
costs sb
some money某物花费某人多少钱The book cost me 5 dollars
那本书花了我 5 美元
paypaid主语是人sb
pays some money for sth
某人为某物付款多少I paid 5 dollars for th