什么是 spend...(in) doing...?
在英语中,动词 spend 常用于表示“花费(时间/金钱)做某事”。其常见结构为:
- spend + 时间/金钱 + (in) + doing something
- 其中,in 是可省略的介词,现代英语中通常省略。
基本结构
✅ 正确结构:
- spend + 时间/金钱 + doing something
- spend + 时间/金钱 + in doing something(较少见,但语法正确)
❌ 错误结构:
- spend + 时间/金钱 + to do something(这是常见错误!)
经典例句
I spent two hours writing this report.
She spends a lot of money buying clothes.
They spent the whole weekend in hiking the mountains.(正式文体中偶见)
We don’t want to spend too much time arguing about this.
常见误区提醒
- 不要混淆 spend...doing 和 it takes...to do 结构。
- “Spend” 后面不能接不定式(to do),必须接动名词(doing)。
- 主语通常是“人”,而不是“事情”或“时间”本身。
小测验(自测)
判断以下句子是否正确:
- He spent all his savings to travel around the world. ❌(应为:traveling)
- We spent an hour discussing the plan. ✅