pay
verb /peɪ/
/peɪ/
动词形式
Idioms Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they pay | /peɪ/ /peɪ/ |
| he / she / it pays | /peɪz/ /peɪz/ |
| past simple paid | /peɪd/ /peɪd/ |
| past participle paid | /peɪd/ /peɪd/ |
| -ing form paying | /ˈpeɪɪŋ/ /ˈpeɪɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive, transitive] to give somebody money for work, goods, services, etc.
付费；付酬 - Who's paying?
谁付钱？ - pay for something I'll pay for the tickets.
我来买票。 - You have to pay extra for a single room.
你要单人间就必须加钱。 - Many consumers are willing to pay more for better service.
许多消费者愿意为更好的服务付出更多。 - pay somebody for something Let me pay you for your time.
让我支付你的时间。 - pay for somebody to do something Her parents paid for her to go to Canada.
她父母出钱送她去加拿大。 - pay somebody Would you mind paying the taxi driver?
您付出租车费好吗？ - pay somebody something She's paid $200 a day.
她一天挣200美元。 - pay something Let me pay the bill.
让我来付账。 - pay by something Are you paying by card?
你用卡支付吗？ - pay (in) something to pay (in) cash
付现金 - pay something for something She pays £200 a week for this apartment.
这套房子她每周要付租金 200 英镑。 - pay somebody/something to do something I don't pay you to sit around all day doing nothing!
我不是花钱雇你整天闲坐着的！ - pay somebody something to do something I pay him £10 to clean the car.
我付给他10英镑清洗汽车。
Wordfinder- apply
- appoint
- contract
- dismiss
- employ
- job
- pay
- retire
- work
- workforce
Topics Moneya1, Shoppinga1- How much did you pay for your new car?
你花多少钱买的新车？ - I would gladly pay for the benefits such a tax would bring.
这一税种带来种种福利，我非常乐于为此付钱。 - The revenue will be used to help pay for environmental improvements.
该收入将用于支付改善环境的部份费用。 - Protesters against the tax carried banners reading ‘Can't pay! Won't pay!’
反对这项税收的抗议者举“交不起！不愿交!”的标语。 - You can expect to pay upwards of £200 a night at this exclusive hotel.
在这家高级酒店里，你可能要支付两百多英镑一晚。 - There's a 5% discount if you pay cash.
付现金有5%的折扣。 - She pays her workers very well.
她给工人的工资很高。
Collocations Dictionaryadverb- handsomely
- well
- dearly
- …
- have to
- must
- be able to
- …
- for
- to
- ability to pay
- Who's paying?
- [transitive] to give somebody money that you owe them
交纳；偿还 - pay something to pay a fee/bill/fine/debt
支付费用/账单/罚款/债务 - to pay your rent
付房租 - Everyone has to pay their taxes.
每个人都要交税。 - The union paid all her legal costs.
工会支付了她所有的法律费用。 - pay something to somebody Membership fees should be paid to the secretary.
会员费应交给秘书。 - pay somebody something He still hasn't paid me the money he owes me.
他还没归还欠我的钱呢。
Topics Moneya1- He was made bankrupt for failing to pay debts of over £2 million.
他因未能偿还超过 200 万英镑的债务而被宣布破产。 - The company was ordered to pay the five workers £5 000 in compensation each.
这家公司被勒令给予这5 名工人每人5,000 英镑的赔偿金。 - It is for the courts to decide who is liable to pay damages.
应该有法庭决定谁有责任赔偿损失。 - We pay £300 a week to our landlord.
我们每周付给房东300英镑。 - Have you paid him the rent yet?
你向他付房租了没有？
Collocations Dictionaryadverb- handsomely
- well
- dearly
- …
- have to
- must
- be able to
- …
- for
- to
- ability to pay
- pay something to pay a fee/bill/fine/debt
- [intransitive, transitive] (of an employer or a job) to give or provide a particular amount of money for the work that somebody does
（使）花一大笔钱 - Software firms generally pay well (= pay high salaries).
软件公司通常工资很高。 - jobs that pay less than £10 an hour
每小时工资低于10英镑的工作 - I need to get a job that pays better.
我需要找一份报酬更高的工作。
- Software firms generally pay well (= pay high salaries).
- [transitive] used with some nouns to show that you are giving or doing the thing mentioned
（与某些名词结合使用，表示将要做或付出某事物） - pay something Most of the students weren't paying attention.
大多数学生没有注意。 - pay something to something/somebody The director paid tribute to all she had done for the charity.
董事赞扬她为慈善事业所做的一切。 - He paid a visit to Japan last year.
他去年访问了日本。 - The film pays homage to classic Hollywood musicals.
这部电影向经典的好莱坞音乐剧致敬。 - pay somebody something I'll pay you a visit when I'm next in town.
我下次进城时会去拜访你。 - He's always paying me compliments.
他总是夸奖我。
- I paid a call on my friends.
我拜访了我的朋友。 - When a friend tracks him down and pays him a call, Henry gives him a drubbing.
当一个朋友找到他并给他打电话时，亨利狠狠地揍了他一顿。 - I didn't pay attention to what she was saying.
我没有注意她在说什么。
- pay something Most of the students weren't paying attention.
- [intransitive, transitive] to produce a profit; to result in some advantage for somebody
赢利；创收 - It's hard to make farming pay.
种庄稼获利很不容易。 - Crime doesn't pay.
犯罪是划不来的。 - it pays to do something It pays to keep up to date with your work.
工作能跟上时代是有利的。 - it pays somebody to do something It would probably pay you to hire an accountant.
聘一名会计师或许对你有好处。
Topics Moneyb2- Sometimes, the film tells us, crime does pay.
有时候，电影告诉我们，犯罪是有代价的。 - Doing business with the United States pays, and pays very well.
和美国做生意是有报酬的，而且报酬很高。 - Learning pays in all sorts of ways—it can be the first step to a job or better job and to making new friends.
学习有各种各样的回报——它可以是找到工作或更好的工作以及结交新朋友的第一步。
- It's hard to make farming pay.
- [intransitive] to suffer or be punished for your beliefs or actions
付代价；遭受惩罚 - pay for something You'll pay for that remark!
你会为你的话付出代价的！ - He will pay dearly for what he did.
他将为自己的所作所为付出高昂的代价。 - pay with something Many people paid with their lives (= they died).
许多人付出了生命。
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- bring
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- offer
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- pass
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- play
- post
- promise
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- sing
- take
- teach
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- pay for something You'll pay for that remark!
词源Middle English (in the sense ‘pacify’): from Old French paie (noun), payer (verb), from Latin pacare ‘appease’, from pax, pac- ‘peace’. The notion of ‘payment’ arose from the sense of ‘pacifying’ a creditor.
Idioms
cost/pay an arm and a leg
- (informal) to cost/pay a lot of money
（使）花一大笔钱
the devil/hell to pay
- (informal) a lot of trouble
大麻烦；大乱子 - There'll be hell to pay when he finds out.
一旦他发现了真相，那麻烦就大了。
- There'll be hell to pay when he finds out.
give/pay heed (to somebody/something) | take heed (of somebody/something)
- (formal) to pay careful attention to somebody/something
留心；注意；听从 - They gave little heed to the rumours.
他们对流言蜚语不予理睬。 - I paid no heed at the time but later I had cause to remember what he’d said.
我当时没在意，但后来的事让我想起了他的话。 - Small businesses would be wise to take heed of the warnings contained in the Chancellor’s speech.
小企业应该注意财政大臣讲话中的警告。 - She took little heed of her surroundings.
她对周围的环境漠不关心。 - They paid no heed to the advice.
他们没有理会这个建议。
- They gave little heed to the rumours.
he who pays the piper calls the tune
- (saying) the person who provides the money for something can also control how it is spent
花钱的人说了算；财大者气粗
not pay somebody/something any mind
- (North American English) to give no attention to somebody/something
留心；注意；听从 - People call him names sometimes, but he doesn't pay them any mind.
人们有时会骂他，但他一点也不在乎。
- People call him names sometimes, but he doesn't pay them any mind.
pay court to somebody
- (old-fashioned) to treat somebody with great respect in order to gain favour with them
献殷勤；奉迎；讨好
pay your dues
- to work hard and gain experience, so that you deserve success or respect
薪酬： 努力工作并获得经验，以便您值得成功或尊重- As a young actor, he paid his dues in small roles.
作为一名年轻的演员，他在小角色上付出了代价。 - She is incredibly qualified and has paid her dues to become president.
她非常有资格，并且已经为成为总统付出了代价。
- As a young actor, he paid his dues in small roles.
- to do what is required or expected of you
支付： 做您需要或期望做的事情- Vick paid his dues (= completed his punishment), and since being released from prison has been a model citizen.
维克已经服满了刑，出狱后一直是模范公民。
- Vick paid his dues (= completed his punishment), and since being released from prison has been a model citizen.
pay for itself
- (of a new system, something you have bought, etc.
新系统、所买的东西等 使损益相当；够本 - The rail pass will pay for itself after about two trips.
火车通票大约只需乘两次车就够本了。
- The rail pass will pay for itself after about two trips.
pay good money for something
- used to emphasize that something cost(s) a lot of money, especially if the money is wasted
为…花费很多钱（尤指钱白花了） - I paid good money for this jacket, and now look at it—it's ruined!
这件夹克是我花大价钱买的。瞧瞧，全给毁了！
- I paid good money for this jacket, and now look at it—it's ruined!
pay the/a penalty/price (for something/for doing something)
- to suffer because of bad luck, a mistake or something you have done
因…受害／付代价 - He looked terrible this morning. I think he's paying the penalty for all those late nights.
他今天上午脸色很不好，我想这是他一直熬夜造成的。 - They're now paying the price for past mistakes.
他们现在正为过去的错误付出代价。 - She thinks that any inconvenience is a price worth paying for living in such a beautiful place.
她认为任何不便都是住在这么漂亮的地方值得付出的代价。
- He's now paying the penalty for his misspent youth.
现在他要为虚度青春付出代价。 - If Mac had killed Caroline, then he was going to make him pay the price.
如果马克杀了卡罗琳的话，他会让马克付出代价的。
- He looked terrible this morning. I think he's paying the penalty for all those late nights.
pay your respects (to somebody)
- (formal) to visit somebody or to send a message of good wishes as a sign of respect for them
（拜访或问候某人）表示敬意 - Many came to pay their last respects (= by attending somebody's funeral).
许多人前来参加葬礼向逝者告别。
- Many came to pay their last respects (= by attending somebody's funeral).
pay through the nose (for something)
- (informal) to pay too much money for something
（为…）付过高的价
pay its way
- (of a business, etc.
企业等 赢利运作；不负债；收支平衡 - The bridge is still not paying its way.
这座桥现在还入不敷出。
- The bridge is still not paying its way.
pay your way
- to pay for everything yourself without having to rely on anyone else’s money
独立偿付一切；自食其力
rob Peter to pay Paul
- (saying) to borrow money from one person to pay back what you owe to another person; to take money from one thing to use for something else
借新债还旧账；拆东墙补西墙
you pays your money and you takes your choice
- (informal, especially British English) used for saying that there is very little difference between two or more things that you can choose
如何选择由你做主（表示各种选择的分别不大）