| 单词 | pay |
| 释义 | pay [peɪ] verb (paid, paid) BUY 购买 ESSENTIAL intransitive or transitive ■to give money to someone for something you want to buy or for services provided 付费；付酬 •How much did you pay for •I pay my taxes.我缴付税款。 •Will you pay these cheques into •[+ two objects] I'll pay you the fiver back •I paid the driver (in/with) •Would you prefer to pay with/by •[+ obj + to •Did Linda pay you for •I paid (out) pay for itself ■If something pays for itself, it works so well that it saves the same amount of money that it cost 使损益相当；回本 •The advertising should pay for itself.这则广告所带来的收益应该能回本。 Common Learner Errors payWhen the direct object of pay is the thing that you buy, pay is always followed by 'for':✗ You have to pay the tickets in advance.You have to pay for the tickets in advance.In all other cases, pay is followed by the direct or indirect object only:You have to pay the bill in advance.You have to pay £20 in advance.You have to pay the driver in advance. [peɪ] verb (paid, paid) WORK 工作 ESSENTIAL intransitive or transitive ■to give money to someone for work which they have done 付钱（给…），支付（…）报酬 •The company pays £220 a week for •Accountancy may be boring but at least it pays well •Most of these women are very poorly [peɪ] verb (paid, paid)PROFIT 益处 ADVANCED intransitive ■to give a profit or advantage to someone or something 有收益，有利可图，有好处 •It never pays to [peɪ] verb (paid, paid)GIVE 给予 ADVANCED transitive ■to give or do something 给予，致以；进行 •Please pay attention •The commander paid tribute •It's always nice to be paid a compliment •A crowd of mourners gathered to pay their respects pay (sb) a call ■to visit someone 拜访（某人） •I'll pay you a call when I'm in the area.我到这一带附近时会去拜访你的。 •If you leave your address, I'll pay a call on [peɪ] verb (paid, paid)He who pays the piper calls the tune. saying ■said to emphasize that the person who is paying someone to do something can decide how it should be done 谁是老板谁说了算。／财大者气粗。 [peɪ] verb (paid, paid) pay your dues ■to do something that you do not enjoy in order to have something that you want, or because you feel it is your duty （为得到自己想要的而）做自己不喜欢的事；尽职 [peɪ] verb (paid, paid) pay your way ■to pay for yourself rather than allowing someone else to pay 自己支付费用，自食其力 [peɪ] verb (paid, paid) pay dividends ■If something you do pays dividends, it causes good results at a time in the future （将来）有好处，得到好结果 •All that extra training is paying dividends.那些额外训练全都会使人得到回报的。 [peɪ] verb (paid, paid)pay the price ADVANCED ■to experience the bad result of something you have done 吃苦头，付出代价 •If you abuse your body now, you'll pay the price when you're older.如果你现在糟蹋自己的身体，年纪大了会吃苦头的。 [peɪ] verb (paid, paid)pay the ultimate price ■to die because of something you have done, especially something you do for moral reasons （尤指出于道义）献出生命 •If our soldiers have to pay the ultimate price for defending their country, then so be it.如果我们的士兵需要为保卫祖国而牺牲生命，那也在所不惜。 [peɪ] verb (paid, paid)pay through the nose informal ■to pay too much money for something 付费过高；花钱过多 •We paid through the nose to get the car fixed and it still doesn't go properly.我们修这辆车花费不菲，结果还是不能正常行驶。 [peɪ] verb (paid, paid)pay top dollar US ■to pay a lot of money for something 所费不赀 [peɪ] verb (paid, paid) put paid to sth UK ■to finish or destroy something 结束，了结；毁掉 •A knee injury has put paid to her chances of getting into the final.一次膝盖受伤断送了她进入决赛的机会。 [peɪ] verb (paid, paid)You pays your money and you takes your choice/chance. informal saying ■You are responsible for your decisions and cannot blame anyone else when what you have chosen is not successful. 自己选择自己承担后果。 [peɪ] verb (paid, paid) Phrasal Verbs [M] pay sb/sth back ADVANCED ■to pay someone the money that you owe them 偿还（钱）；还（某人）钱 •Can you lend me a fiver? I'll pay you/it back tomorrow.能借我五英镑吗？我明天还你。 [peɪ] verb (paid, paid)Phrasal Verbs pay sb back ■to do something unpleasant to someone because they have done something unpleasant to you 使（某人）付出代价，向（某人）报复 •He swore he'd pay her back for [peɪ] verb (paid, paid)Phrasal Verbs pay for sth ■to be punished for doing something bad to someone else, or to suffer because of a mistake that you made 为…付出代价，因…得到报应 •We all pay for our mistakes in some way at some time.我们都会在某个时候以某种方式为我们所犯的错误付出代价。 •He tricked me and I'm going to make him pay for it!他欺骗了我，我会让他得到报应的！ [peɪ] verb (paid, paid)Phrasal Verbs [M] pay sth in (US usually deposit) ■to put money into a bank account 把（钱）存入银行帐户 •If you go to the bank, will you pay these cheques in for me?你去银行的话能帮我把这些支票存进去吗？ [peɪ] verb (paid, paid)Phrasal Verbs pay off ■If something you have done pays off, it is successful 取得成功，得到好结果 •All her hard work paid off in the end, and she finally passed the exam.她的所有努力最终有了收获——她终于通过了考试。 [peɪ] verb (paid, paid)Phrasal Verbs [M] pay sth off ■to pay back money that you owe 还清（欠款） •We should be able to pay off the debt within two years.我们应该能在两年内还清债务。 [peɪ] verb (paid, paid)Phrasal Verbs [M] pay sb off ■If your employer pays you off, they pay you for the last time and then end your job, because they do not need you or could not pay you in the future. 付清工资后遣散（某人） ■informal ■to give someone money so that they will not do or say something, or so that they will go away 用钱封住（某人）的嘴，收买（某人） •There were rumours that key witnesses had been paid off to keep quiet.谣传说关键证人都被收买了，不肯出面作证。 [peɪ] verb (paid, paid)Phrasal Verbs [M] pay (sth) out ■to spend a lot of money on something, or to pay a lot of money to someone （为…）付出大笔钱，（向…）支付大笔资金 •I've just paid out £500 on getting the car fixed.我刚刚花了500英镑的高价修理那辆车。 [peɪ] verb (paid, paid)Phrasal Verbs [M] pay sth out ■to release a piece of rope or cable in a controlled way 小心地放出（绳索） §/peɪ]pay 1 |
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