※ 引述《id010406 (no id)》之銘言：
: 一般似乎都是說 spend on
: I spent four hundred dollars on the new bike.
: 上句的 on 的說法是不可改成 for
: 但是我在字典上看到 spend for 的用法 例如
: http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/spend+for
: 中的例句
: 所以 spend for 也可以嗎? 上述例句可改成 for?
美國英語上述例句可改成 for。
英國英語spend on；美國英語spend on/for。
How much did you spend for that book?(Longman Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs)
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1. How much did you spend for that book? (Quoted from A Dictionary of English
Collocations)
2. How much did you spend on that book? (My own sentence)
3. We spent many hours in a pleasant conversation? (Quoted from A Dictionary
of English Collocations)
4. We spent many hours on a pleasant conversation? (My own sentence)
Are sentences #2 and #4 also acceptable?
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spend for a book - OK
spend on a book - OK. I use this more than spend for.
spend hours in conversation - OK.
spend hours on conversation - No!
spend hours on a project - OK. (working on a project)
spend hours reading - OK
http://www.englishforums.com/English/SpendOnForIn/vhgkb/post.htm
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※ 編輯: eschew (111.243.61.50), 05/13/2017 10:34:23