| 单词 | pay |
| 释义 | paypayspaidpayingpaypay1 /peɪ/ verb (past tense and past participle paid /peɪd/)1[intransitive and transitive] to give someone money for something you buy or for a servicepay forWho’s going to pay for all this?go 所有这些谁来支付费用？pay something for somethingI paid £25 for that watch.pay那只表我花了 25 英镑买的。pay somebody for somethingI’ve paid him for the lessons in advance.paylesson 我已把学费预付给他了。Can you pay cash? 你可以付现金吗？I’ll pay by cheque.我用支票付款。2[intransitive and transitive] to give someone money for the job that they do: They only pay £4 an hour.他们每小时的报酬只给 4 英镑。pay somebody somethingI pay him $20 a day.我一天付他 20 美元。He gets paid £500 a week.getpay他每周薪水 500 英镑。well/badly paida well paid jobpay高薪工作THESAURUS earn3[transitive] to give money that you owe to a person, organization etc: Don’t forget to pay the electricity bill. 别忘了付电费。Can I pay you the rest next week? 余下的钱我下周给你行吗？pay a fine/pay damages/pay costs (=give money to someone because the law says you must)4[transitive] if something pays, it is worth doing because you get an advantage from it: Crime doesn’t pay.犯罪划不来。5[intransitive and transitive] to suffer or be punished for something wrong you have donepay forYou’ll pay for this one day!你总有一天会为此付出代价的! pay the penalty/priceHe’s paying the price for not working hard enough at school.paywork因为上学时不够努力﹐他现在就吃苦头了。 ➔ pay lip service to somebody/something at lip service, pay your respects at respect1Phrasespay attention (to somebody/something) to listen to or watch someone or something carefully: Always pay attention to the car in front.一定要注意前面的汽车。pay somebody a compliment to tell someone that you think they are nice, attractive, intelligent etc: I was just trying to pay her a compliment.betry我只是想夸奖她一下。pay your respects (to somebody) formal to visit or speak to someone in order to be polite: We paid our respects to the mayor.payrespect我们拜访了市长。pay tribute to somebody to publicly praise or thank someone: He paid tribute to the firefighters who fought the blaze.payfirefighterfight他对救火的消防员表示赞扬。pay somebody a visit/pay a visit to somebody/something to go to see a person or place: I’ll pay you a visit when I’m in town. 我到城里来时会来拜访你。We paid a visit to the art gallery.pay我们去参观了美术馆。pay your way to pay for things yourself, without depending on other people: Sophie worked to pay her way through college.work索菲打工供自己读完大学。Phrasal verbspay somebody/something ↔ back phrasal verb1to give someone the money that you owe them SYN repay: Can I borrow $10? I’ll pay you back tomorrow.我能借 10 美元吗？我明天还你。2to do something unpleasant to someone because they have done something unpleasant to you: I’ll pay you back for this!我会和你算这笔账的!pay off phrasal verb1pay something ↔ off to give back all the money that you owe: I’m trying to pay off my overdraft.try我在努力还清透支的钱。2if something that you do pays off, it has a good result: All that hard work finally paid off.pay 所有那些努力终于有了回报。pay out something phrasal verb to pay a lot of money for somethingpay up phrasal verb informal to pay money that you owe, especially when you do not want toTHESAURUS: paypay to give someone money for something you buy, or for a service they are providing: How much did you pay for your car?doYou have to pay £3 to get in.fund to provide all the money that a group of people need in order to do something: The research is funded by the government.befundsubsidize to pay part of the cost of doing something: The meals are subsidized by the company.mealbesubsidizebribe to give money to someone in an official position in order to persuade them to do something dishonest: He tried to bribe a police officer.trysplit the bill to share paying for something with other people, especially the bill in a restaurant: Ten of us went for a pizza and we split the bill among us.gosomething is on me/us spoken used when saying that you will pay for someone’s meal, drinks etc: The drinks are on me!drinkbeThe meal is on us – we want to thank you for all your help.be |
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