pay/peɪ/ (paid /peɪd/, paid)

vt

1. 付，支付；给(某人)付款，付钱给(某人)

• pay the bill 付账

• He paid the driver and got out of the taxi. 他给司机付了钱，然后下了出租车。

2. 偿还，还债；缴纳

• pay the debt 还账

• pay a tax 纳税

3. 把(钱等)存入(银行)

• He has paid the cheque in. 他已经把支票存入银行了。

4. 对…有利

• It will pay you to be careful. 小心谨慎会对你有好处的。

5. 致以(问候等)；进行(访问等)

• pay one's respect to sb. 向某人致敬

• pay sb. a visit 拜访某人

6. 报偿

• pay kindness with evil 以怨报德

vi

1. 付款，交款

• pay by cheque 用支票付款

• pay by instalments 分期付款

2. 偿还债务

3. (工作等)有报偿

• The job pays well. 这份工作工资很高。

4. 有利，值得

• It pays to be honest. 诚实不吃亏。

pay as you go 美

1. 现购现付

2. 量入为出

pay back

1. 偿还

• pay back a debt 还清债务

2. 报答；报复

• pay sb. back in his own coin 以其人之道还治其人之身

pay sb. back blow for blow 对某人以牙还牙 pay for 为…付出代价

• I'll make him pay for his insolence! 我要让他对自己的蛮横无礼付出代价。

pay off

1. 还清(债务等)

• It took them six years to pay off their debts. 他们花了6年时间才付清债务。

2. 向…报复

• When Bob tripped me, I paid him off by punching him on the nose. 鲍勃把我绊倒之后，我对着他的鼻子回敬了一拳。

3. 付清工资解雇(某人)

• They paid me off without previous notice. 他们没有事先通知，就付清了我的工资把我解雇了。

4. 赢利；取得成功

• Honey paid off. 养蜂很赚钱。

• The effort pays off in the long run. 这样的努力最终会有好结果的。

pay one's way 见way pay up

1. 全部付清

2. (在勒索下)出钱