| 词汇 | pay |
| 释义 | pay verb uk/peɪ/ us/peɪ/ paid | paid (BUY) A1 [ I or T ]付费;付酬 to give money to someone for something you want to buy or for services provided How much did you pay for the tickets? 你买那些票花了多少钱？ I pay my taxes. 我缴付税款。 [ + two objects ] I'll pay you the fiver back back tomorrow. 我明天还你那5英镑。 I paid the driver (in/with) cash. 我付给司机现金。 Would you prefer to pay with/by cash, cheque, or credit card? 你喜欢用现金、支票还是信用卡支付？ [ + obj + to infinitive ] I think we'll need to pay a builder to take this wall down. 我想我们得雇个建筑工人来把这面墙推倒。 Did Linda pay you for looking after her cats while she was away? 琳达出门时让你替她照看她的猫，有没有付钱给你？ I paid (out) a lot of money to get the washing machine fixed and it still doesn't work! 我花了一大笔钱修洗衣机，结果还是不能用！ pay for itself 使损益相当;够本 If something pays for itself, it works so well that it saves the same amount of money that it cost. The advertising should pay for itself. 这则广告所带来的收益应该能够本。
(WORK) B1 [ I or T ]付钱（给…），支付（…）报酬 to give money to someone for work that they have done The company pays its interns $4,000 a month. 这家公司给实习生每个月4千美元的报酬。 We pay €200 a day for this kind of work. 这样的工作我们每天付200欧元。 Accountancy may be boring but at least it pays well. 当会计可能很乏味，但至少收入可观。 Most of these women are very poorly paid and work in terrible conditions. 这些妇女大多工资很低，且工作条件恶劣。
(PROFIT) [ I ]有收益，有利可图，有好处 to give a profit or advantage to someone or something It never pays to take risks where human safety is concerned. 凡是涉及人身安全时，冒险决不会有什么好处。
(GIVE) C2 [ T ]给予，致以;进行 to give or do something The commander paid tribute to the courage of his troops. 司令员高度赞扬了部队官兵的勇敢无畏。 It's always nice to be paid a compliment. 被人赞扬总是件好事。 A crowd of mourners gathered to pay their respects to the dead man. 一群哀悼者聚集在一起向死者告别。 pay attention (to something)B1 （通过仔细看、听或思考）关注（某事） to watch, listen to, or think about something carefully You weren't paying attention to what I was saying. 你没有注意听我的话。 pay (someone/something) a call/visitB2 拜访（某人） to visit a person or place, usually for a short time I'll pay you a call when I'm in the area. 我到这一带来时会去拜访你的。 We thought we'd pay a visit to the museum while we were in Lisbon. 我以为在里斯本时我们会去参观那家博物馆。 If you leave your address, I'll pay a call on you when I'm in the area. 如果你留下地址，我到这一带来时会去拜访你的。
Idioms he who pays the piper calls the tune.idiom saying 谁是老板谁说了算。／财大者气粗。 said to emphasize that the person who is paying someone to do something can decide how it should be done pay your duesidiom （为得到自己想要的而）做自己不喜欢的事；恪尽职守 to do something that you do not enjoy in order to have something that you want, or because you feel it is your duty pay your wayidiom 自己支付费用，自食其力 to pay for yourself rather than allowing someone else to pay pay dividendsidiom （将来）有好处，得到好结果 If something you do pays dividends, it causes good results at a time in the future. All that extra training is paying dividends. 所有那些额外训练都会得到回报的。 pay the priceidiom C2 吃苦头，付出代价 to experience the bad result of something you have done 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。 pay the ultimate priceidiom （尤指出于道义）献出生命 to die because of something you have done, especially something you do for moral reasons These soldiers have paid the ultimate price for their country's freedom. 这些战士为国家的自由献出了生命。 pay through the noseidiom informal 付费过高;花钱过多 to pay too much money for something We paid through the nose to get the car fixed. 我们修这辆车花了大价钱。 pay top dollaridiom US 花大价钱 to pay a lot of money for something put paid to somethingidiom UK 结束，了结；毁掉 to finish or destroy something 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。 you pays your money and you takes your choice/chanceidiom informal saying 自己选择自己承担后果。 You are responsible for your decisions and cannot blame anyone else when what you have chosen is not successful. Phrasal verbs pay someone/something backB1 偿还（钱）;还（某人）钱 to pay someone the money that you owe them Can you lend me a fiver? I'll pay you/it back tomorrow. 能借给我5块钱吗？我明天还你。 pay someone back 使（某人）付出代价，向（某人）报复 to do something unpleasant to someone because they have done something unpleasant to you He swore he'd pay her back for all she'd done to him. 他发誓要让她为对自己所做的一切付出代价。 pay down something 偿还部分债务 to pay part of an amount that you owe, so that the debt is reduced She plans to live at home with her mother while she pays down her student loan. 她计划在偿还学生贷款期间在家里和母亲一起住。 pay for somethingC2 为…付出代价，因…得到报应 to be punished for doing something bad to someone else, or to suffer because of a mistake that you made 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！ pay something in 把（钱）存入银行账户 to put money into a bank account 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？ pay offB2 取得成功，得到好结果 If something you have done pays off, it is successful. All her hard work paid off in the end, and she finally passed the exam. 她的所有努力最终得到了回报，她终于通过了考试。 pay something offB2 还清（欠款） to pay back money that you owe 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。 pay someone off 付清工资后遣散（某人） If your employer pays you off, they pay you for the last time and then end your job, because you are not needed or there is not enough money to pay you in the future. informal用钱封住（某人）的嘴，收买（某人） to give someone money so that they will not do or say something, or so that they will go away There were rumours that key witnesses had been paid off to keep quiet. 传言说关键证人都被收买，不肯出面作证。 pay (something) out （为…）付出大笔钱，（向…）支付大笔资金 to spend a lot of money on something, or to pay a lot of money to someone I've just paid out $500 on getting the car fixed. 我刚刚花了500美元的高价修理那辆车。 pay something out 小心地放出（绳索或电线） to release a piece of rope or cable in a controlled way pay up （尤指不情愿地）付清欠款，偿还欠款 to give someone the money that you owe them, especially when you do not want to Eventually they paid up, but only after receiving several reminders. 最终他们还清了欠款，但那是在他们再三收到提示信以后的事。 pay noun [ U ] uk/peɪ/ us/peɪ/ B1 工资，薪金 the money you receive for doing a job It's a nice job but the pay is appalling. 这份工作不错，但工资低得不像话。 Compare: earningswage nounremuneration salarystipend be in the pay of someone （尤指秘密地）受雇于（某人） to work for someone, especially secretly
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