It cost Jim almost 2000 yuan in mending his old house 这句话说法有没有错?

Question

It cost Jim almost 2000 yuan in mending his old house 这句话说法有没有错?

Answer 1

这句话应该这样说:
He spent almost 2000 yuan in mending his old house.
给你详细解释下他们在用法上的差别
spend的主语必须是人,常用于以下结构：
(1) spend time ／money on sth.在……上花费时间（金钱）.例：I spent two hours on this maths problem.这道数学题花了我两个小时.
(2) spend time ／ money (in) doing sth.花费时间（金钱）做某事.
例：They spent two years (in) building this bridge.造这座桥花了他们两年时间
cost的主语是物或某种活动,还可以表示“值”,常见用法如下：
(1)sth.costs (sb.) ＋金钱,某物花了（某人）多少钱.
例：A new computer costs a lot of money.买一台新电脑要花一大笔钱.
(2) (doing) sth.costs (sb.) ＋时间,某物（做某事）花了（某人）多少时间.例：Remembering these new words cost him a lot of time.他花了大量时间才记住了这些单词.