19. Mr. Chen expects his kids to spend time ______ their hobbies rather than use their phones all day.
(A) pursue
(B) pursuing
(C) to pursue
(D) which pursues

pursue追趕；追捕；追擊

力勸(某人)接受聘用

追問，追查，追究

追求（某人）

追求，從事，實行

The car was pursued by helicopters.這輛車遭到多架直升機追捕。

The company has been pursuing Holton for some time, but so far he has rejected all their offers.該公司一直想聘用霍爾登，但至今為止他拒絕了他們提供的所有條件。

The police are currently pursuing several lines of inquiry into the case.

目前警方採用不同的方式來調查該案件。

He's been pursuing her for months and yet she's so clearly not interested.

他已經追求她好幾個月了，不過很顯然她不感興趣。

She is ruthless in pursuing her goals.她為了達到目的不擇手段。

Spend花費「時間、金錢」。

「某人花了多少錢或時間在做某事」，或「某人花了多少錢或時間在某事上」。

•「人 + spend + 時間/錢 + V-ing」I spent 10 minutes waiting for the bus.

                                                           I spent NT$15 taking the bus.

•「人 + spend + 時間/錢 + on 名詞」，He spent $100 on the LB (Lu Beintan 路邊攤) bag.

Cost「某事物價值多少錢、某事物要花某人多少錢」。

本意為「價值」，僅限用於主詞為「物」時，當然也僅限用於「金錢」

•「事物 + cost +（人）+ 錢」。The LV bag cost me NT$80,000.

•「It + cost(s) + 人 + ＄ + to + 原形動詞」。It cost him NT$80,000 to buy the LV bag

Take花費「時間」。

•「事物/V-ing (動名詞當主詞) + take +（人）+ 時間」。

「這件事花某人多少時間」Writing this Chinese sentence took Eric 20 minutes.

•「It + takes +（人）+ 時間 + to 原形動詞」。

「做這件事花某人多少時間」。It took Eric 10 hours to grade all the assignments.

Pay 「付錢」，主詞一定是「人」。「某人付了錢是為了某人事物」。

•「人 + pay + 錢 + for 人事物」。→（人）付 ＄ 買（物）I paid a lot of money for that iPhone99S.