cost 和pay的区别

Question

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Answer 1

1、主语不同
- "Pay" 的主语只能是人。
- "Cost" 的主语是物或事；"cost" 还可以用动词不定式或动词不定式短语作真实主语，而 "it" 为形式主语。
2、搭配范围不同
- "Pay" 的搭配范围最窄，只接金钱。
- "Cost" 的搭配范围最宽，除接金钱和时间外，还可接劳力、精力、财富、健康、职位甚至生命等。
3、后接被动结构
- "Pay" 都可用于被动结构。
- "Cost" 不能用于被动结构。
一、cost 示例句
1. Well-designed clothes cost money. 设计精美的服装价格昂贵。
2. Kathryn knows to her cost the effect of having served a jail sentence. 凯瑟琳深知服刑给一个人带来的后果。
3. There are very few people he can talk to in total confidence, as he has discovered to his cost. 他深知能够完全信赖的人寥寥无几。
4. A third of the cost went into technology and services. 三分之一的支出用于技术和服务。
二、pay 示例句
1. He paid £20 into his savings account. 他向自己的储蓄账户存入20英镑。
2. It pays to invest in protective clothing. 在防护服上投资是值得的。
3. I went to college anyway, as a part-time student, paying my own way. 我还是去了大学，作为兼职学生，自食其力。
4. The wealthier may have to pay a little more in taxes. 更富有的人可能得多缴一点儿税。