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spend是一个很常用的动词。但它的用法不仅英语工作者的看法不尽相同,而且有的英语书刊词典的说法也有差异。争议主要有:(1)spend后面能否接动词不定式;(2)表示“花钱”时能否接介词for;(3)表示“花费时间”时能否接介词on;(4)是否只能以人作主语等等。这些争论在教学中往往很棘手。例如本文中例(11)和(22)就是笔者最近在使用复旦大学主编的《大学英语(精读)》课本时学生问起的问题。因此,本文就该词的主要用法,尤其是有争议的用法作一探讨。为了便于与同仁和读者讨论,文中有争论的问题和所有例句全部摘自词典。
Spend is a very common verb. However, its usage is not only different from that of English-speaking workers, but there are also differences between some English-language books and dictionaries. The controversies are: (1) whether the verb infinitive form can be followed by anspend; (2) whether the preposition can be used when “spend money”; (3) whether the preposition can be connected when “spending time”; (4) Can only be used as a subject and so on. These arguments are often tricky in teaching. For example, examples (11) and (22) in this article are the questions that the author asked when the author recently used the college English (intensive reading) textbook edited by Fudan University. Therefore, this article discusses the main usage of the word, especially the controversial usage. In order to facilitate discussions with colleagues and readers, the contentious issues in the article and all the examples are all taken from the dictionary.