| 词汇 | pay |
| 释义 | pay 1. noun a debtor US, 1989 2. verb ► get paidto commit a successful robbery US, 1987.► pay blackto pay a blackmailer's extortion. Combines conventional 'pay' with 'black' (blackmail) UK, 1984.► pay crow taxto lose a farm animal by accidental death or disease CANADA, 1992.► pay the grandstandin horse racing, to place a bet that will generate a huge earning AUSTRALIA, 1989.► pay through the noseto pay a high (financial) price for something UK, 1672.► pay your duesto persevere through hardship US, 1956 pay back 1. pay sb/sth back • pay back sb/sth • pay sb back sth to give someone the money that you owe them: Send me the money for a plane ticket home and I'll pay you back, okay, Mom? I have ten years to pay back my student loans. Did I pay you back that $5?■ SIMILAR TO: repay2. pay sb back to do something unpleasant to someone as a punishment, because they have done something unpleasant to you+ for Mrs Ruslik vowed to find her daughter's killer and pay him back for what he did.■ SIMILAR TO: get back pay for pay for sth to suffer or be punished for something you have done: We must make criminals pay for their crimes. I've paid dearly for mistakes I've made, and tried to learn something from them too. pay in/into pay sth in • pay in sth • pay sth into sth to put money in your bank account or a savings plan: Did you remember to pay that cheque in? I paid $250 into my savings account. pay off 1. pay off sth • pay sth off to pay all the money you owe someone: Mendez is working overtime to pay off his debts. Two years after the accident, the Thompsons have finally paid off their son's hospital bills.■ SIMILAR TO: settle2. pay off if something that you do pays off, it is successful or worth doing: The band's dedication and practice finally paid off when their single made it to number 1 in the charts. They took a hell of a risk, but it really paid off in the end.■ SIMILAR TO: be worth it, pay dividendspayoff n C informal an advantage or good result you get from something you do: Managers need to ensure that expensive, long-term projects have an adequate pay-off.3. pay sb off • pay off sb to give someone money so they will not tell other people about something, especially something illegal or dishonest: Police are still trying to figure out who paid Trebble off. City leaders have been accused of paying off people who want to file complaints.■ SIMILAR TO: buy offpayoff n C informal a payment that you make to someone secretly or illegally in order to stop them from causing you any trouble: Our main witness is refusing to talk - the gang must have threatened her, or given her a payoff.4. pay sb off • pay off sb especially BrE to stop employing a worker after paying them the wages that you owe them: Fife's biggest firm of solicitors has been forced to pay off the staff because of the recession. Although the engineering firm paid off 90 workers, 700 other jobs have been saved. ► compare lay offpayoff n C informal a payment that you make to someone when you make them leave their job, especially very large sums of money paid to company directors: Diller received an incredible $15 million payoff after he was forced to resign earlier this year. pay out 1. pay out sth • pay sth out to pay money to someone because they are owed it, or have earned it, or won it: $6 million of prize money is paid out every week. I'm still waiting for the insurance company to pay out.payout n C a sum of money paid to someone because they are owed it, or have earned it, or won it: A $50,000 payout on the insurance policy was to be shared by CenTrust and PaulCo.2. pay out • pay out sth to spend a lot of money on something, especially when you do not want to: I'm sick of paying out all this money on rent. Why pay out $300 for a dress, when you're never going to wear it again?■ SIMILAR TO: spend, fork out informal, shell out informal3. pay out sth • pay sth out formal to slowly unwind a piece of rope: Lance paid out the line, and we secured the boat to the dock. pay over pay over sth • pay sth over to make an official payment of money to someone+ to Clancy's share of the inheritance was paid over to him. pay up pay up to pay money that you owe, especially when you do not want to: In most cases, Fadely said, people pay up in response to the overdue notice. I've lost my credit card. Will I have to pay up if someone uses it?■ SIMILAR TO: cough up informalpaid-up adj a paid-up member is someone who has paid the money necessary to join a club, political party etc: a paid-up member of the Labour Party pay someone (for something) (with something)to make payment with something to someone for something or for doing something. I will pay you for the loan you made me with the money I get from selling my car. I will pay you with a check. payone's last respects (to someone) to go to someone's funeral. I paid my last respects to Mr. Kantor yesterday. Scores of people came to pay their last respects.
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