phrasal verbphr v informalPAY FORto spend a lot of money on something, not because you want to but because you have to 〔不情愿地〕大把花钱
for/on
I had to fork out £600 on my car when I had it serviced.
我把车送去检修,不得不花了600英镑。
We don’t want to have to fork out for an expensive meal.
我们可不想掏钱去吃一顿很贵的饭。
Examples from the Corpus
fork out • He remained calm, made a call and forked out $ 700 of his own money for a planeticket.• These sums, unsurprisingly, are forked out by the taxpayer.• I got away from Slim on my own, and nobody had to fork out no fifty thousand.• Meanwhile farmers have no option but to fork out the ever-increasing premiums that insurers are demanding.• Not only does it influence whether or not you fork out the requisite 65p, it can make or break a band.