pay1 /peɪ/ ●●● S1 W1 verb (past tensepst and past participlepp paid /peɪd/) 1 give money 付钱 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]PAY FOR to give someone money for something you buy or for a service 付款;付钱给〔某人〕 How would you like to pay? 你想怎么付款?
pay for Mum paid for my driving lessons. 妈妈支付了我驾驶课的学费。
pay (in) cash You’d get a discount for paying cash. 现金付款有折扣。
pay by cheque/credit card Can I pay by credit card? 我可以用信用卡付款吗?
pay somebody for something He didn’t even offer to pay me for the ticket. 他甚至没有提出要给我买票的钱。
pay somebody to do something Ray paid some kids to wash the car. 雷花钱雇了一些孩子洗车。
pay somebody something I paid him $5 to cut the grass. 我付给他5美元叫他割草。
pay (somebody) in dollars/euros etc He wanted to be paid in dollars. 他想收取美元。
5 GRAMMAR 语法The object of pay can be the person you give money to or the amount of money you give. pay 的宾语可以是支付的对象,或支付的数目
I’ll pay you in advance.我会预先付款给你。
Do not use pay followed directly by a noun referring to the thing you are buying. Use pay (an amount of money) for something. 不要在pay后面直接跟你要买的东西,要用pay for sth 的形式 ,其中 pay 后可以跟一定数量的 钱
I’ve already paid £700.我已经付了700英镑。
I’ll pay for the tickets.我来买票。
I paid £100 for this jacket.我花了100英镑买这件夹克衫。
n GRAMMAR: Patterns with payYou pay an amount or you pay a person: We paid $700.
Pay the delivery man.
You pay for something that you buy: I’ll pay for the tickets. 我来买票。
✗Don’t say: I’ll pay the tickets. You pay an amount or a person for something that you buy: I paid £100 for this jacket. 我花了100英镑买这件夹克衫。
She paid me for the drinks.
You pay someone an amount: They paid the owner €3,000.
You pay in a type of money: Can I pay in euros?
You pay by a particular method: You can pay by credit card. 我可以用信用卡付款吗?
2 bill/tax/rent 账单/税/租金 [transitiveT]BPAY FOR to pay money that you owe to a person, company etc 偿还;交付;缴纳 I forgot to pay the gas bill! 我忘记交煤气费了!
You pay tax at the basic rate. 你按基本税率交税。
Is it okay if I pay you what I owe you next week? 我欠你的钱下周还行吗?
3 wage/salary 工资/薪金 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]BEW to give someone money for the job they do 付酬(给) How much do they pay you? 他们付给你多少报酬?
pay somebody $100 a day/£200 a week etc They’re only paid about £4 an hour. 他们每小时的报酬只有4英镑左右。
Some lawyers get paid over $400 an hour. 有些律师每小时收费超过400美元。
be paid weekly/monthly (also get paid weekly/monthly) 我们每星期五领工资。 We get paid weekly on Fridays. 我们每星期五领工资。
well/badly/poorly paid Many of the workers are very badly paid. 那些工人中有很多人工资非常低。
paid work (=work you are paid to do) 有偿工作
paid holiday/leave (=time when you are not working but are still paid) 带薪假期
4 pay attention (to somebody/something) ATTENTIONto watch, listen to, or think about someone or something carefully (对某人/某事)注意 I’m sorry, I wasn’t paying attention to what you were saying. 对不起,我没有仔细听你说的话。
They paid no attention to (=ignored) him. 他们不理会他。
5 legal cost 法律要求的费用 [transitiveT] to give money to someone because you are ordered to by a court as part of a legal case 缴纳〔法庭要求支付的费用〕 She had to pay a £35 fine for speeding. 她必须缴纳35英镑超速罚款。
pay (something in) compensation/damages (=give someone money because you have done something against them) 支付(…)赔偿金/损害赔偿金 The company were forced to pay £5,000 in compensation. 那家公司被迫支付了5,000英镑赔偿金。
Martins was ordered to pay court costs of £1,500. 马丁斯被勒令支付1,500英镑诉讼费。
6 say STH good 说好话 [transitiveT] to say something good or polite about or to someone 表扬;问候 The minister paid tribute to the work of the emergency services. 部长表扬了应急服务部门的工作。
I came by to pay my respects (=visit or send a polite greeting to someone) to Mrs Owens. 我来拜访欧文斯夫人。
I was just trying to pay her a compliment. 我正想夸奖她。
7 good result 好的结果 [intransitiveI]ADVANTAGE if a particular action pays, it brings a good result or advantage for you 合算,值得;有利,有好处 Crime doesn’t pay. 犯罪不会有好结果。
It pays to get some professional advice before you make a decision. 作决定之前征求一些专业性建议是有好处的。
It would pay you to ask if there are any jobs going at the London office. 问一下伦敦分公司是否有职位空缺对你有好处。
Getting some qualifications now will pay dividends (=bring a lot of advantages) in the long term. 长远来看,现在取得一些资格对将来有好处。
8 profit 利润 [intransitiveI]PROFIT if a shop or business pays, it makes a profit 〔商店或公司〕赢利,有收益 If the pub doesn’t start to pay, we’ll have to sell it. 如果这家酒馆还没有开始赢利,我们将不得不把它卖掉。
The farm just manages to pay its way (=make as much profit as it costs to run). 那家农场仅能维持收支平衡。
9 pay the penalty/price BAD BEHAVIOUR OR ACTIONSto experience something unpleasant because you have done something wrong, made a mistake etc 〔因犯错误等而〕吃苦头/付出代价pay the penalty/price for (doing) something Williams is now paying the price for his early mistakes. 威廉斯现在正为以前犯下的错误付出代价。
10 pay (somebody) a call/visit VISITto visit a person or place 拜访(某人);参观(某地) I decided to pay my folks a visit. 我决定去看望一下父母亲。
pay (somebody) a call/visit to If you have time, pay a visit to the City Art Gallery. 如果你有时间,去参观一下市美术馆。
pay (somebody) a call/visit• Latimer is living apart from people, divorced even from religious faith by his visions, when Charles Meunier pays a visit.• Another out-of-town visitor paid a call last month.• Having met his hero one evening at a small gathering, he was invited to pay a call the following week.• They were scheduled to pay a visit to another model resettlement village that morning - their last official tour.• The Marshal decided it was time to pay a visit to Headquarters.• No, Robert insisted, he could not, would not, pay a visit to such distant parts.• I was more than once surprised to see men going into those rooms, paying visits to the legless men.• Then one day, just for old times' sake, I paid a visit to Winston Street. 11 put paid to something British EnglishBrE to stop something from happening or spoil plans for something 使某事落空,破坏某事的计划 Bad exam results put paid to his hopes of a university place. 糟糕的考试成绩让他上大学的希望破灭了。
12 be punished 受到惩罚 [intransitiveI] to suffer or be punished for something you have done wrong 付出代价;遭受惩罚 I’ll make him pay! 我要让他付出代价!
pay for They paid dearly for their mistakes. 他们为自己的错误付出了巨大的代价。
13 pay your way PAY FORto pay for everything that you want without having to depend on anyone else for money 自食其力,经济上独立 Sofia worked to pay her way through college. 索菲娅自食其力读完了大学。
14 pay for itself SAVE MONEYif something you buy pays for itself, the money it saves over a period of time is as much as the product cost to buy 够本,收益与成本相当 A new boiler would pay for itself within two years. 一台新锅炉用两年就够本了。
15 the devil/hell to pay used to say that someone will be in a lot of trouble about something 大麻烦 If the boss finds out you were late again, there’s going to be hell to pay. 如果老板发现你又迟到,你可要遭殃了。
16. pay through the nose (for something) spokenPAY FOR to pay much more for something than it is really worth (为某物)付费过高;(为某事)花费过大的代价 17. somebody has paid their debt to society used to say that someone who has done something illegal has been fully punished for it 某人〔指违法者〕已受到应有的惩罚somebody has paid their debt to society• After 20 years in jail, Murray feels he has paid his debt to society. 18. pay court (to somebody) old-fashioned to treat someone, especially a woman, carefully and with respect, so that they will like you or help you (向某人)大献殷勤,讨好(某人)〔尤指女人〕 19. he who pays the piper calls the tune old-fashioned used to say that the person who gives the money for something can decide how it will be used 谁花钱谁说了算he who pays the piper calls the tune• Her benefits were therefore not so much economic as political: he who pays the piper calls the tune. n20. pay it forward to do something nice for someone because someone else did something nice for you → pay lip service to at lip service, → pay your dues at due3(2) COLLOCATIONS – Meaning 1: to give someone money for something you buy or for a service 付款;付钱给〔某人〕nphrasespay £10/$50 etcI only paid ten pounds for it.
pay (in) cashYou have to pay in cash for the tickets.
pay by chequeI filled up with petrol and then paid by cheque.
pay by credit cardThe hotel does not charge more if you pay by credit card.
pay in dollars/euros etcAmerican exporters want to be paid in dollars.
adverbspay handsomely (=pay a lot of money) 付出 (大笔款项)nCustomers are willing to pay handsomely for anti-ageing cosmetic products.
THESAURUSpay to give someone money for something you are buying from them, or a service they are providing 付费;付酬I paid a lot of money for that computer. 买那台电脑我花了不少钱。
You have to pay to park your car. 停车得付费。
meet the cost of something to pay for something for someone else, or to provide the money needed to do something 为别人[某物]付钱We will meet the cost of your travelling expenses. 我们会支付你的差旅费。
nThe cost will be met from public donations.
foot the bill to pay for something for someone else, especially when you do not want to, or do not think that you should 为某人付钱〔尤指你不愿意或认为你不该付的情况〕As usual, the taxpayer will have to foot the bill. 还是老样子,纳税人要为此买单了。
pick up the tab informal to pay for something 付账,买单My company will pick up the tab for all moving costs. 我公司要为所有的搬运费买单。
fork out/shell out informal to pay a lot of money for something because you have to and not because you want to 不得不支付He had to fork out £500 to get his car fixed. 他只得花500英镑把车修好。
nFans are having to shell out roughly $65 per seat for football games.
settle the bill to pay the bill after eating a meal, staying in a hotel etc 〔用餐、住酒店等之后〕付款,结账She went down to the hotel lobby to settle the bill. 她下楼到酒店大堂结账。
give especially spoken to pay a particular amount of money for something – used especially when saying how much you are willing to pay 付款,支付〔尤指愿意付多少钱〕How much will you give me for the car? 买这辆车你打算付我多少钱?
I’ll give you $50 for the lot (=for everything). 这些一起算,我给你50美元。
something is on somebody spoken used when saying that someone else will pay for your meal, drinks etc 某物由某人买单[付钱]Order whatever you like – this is on me! 随便点,我付账。
The drinks are on the house (=the bar, restaurant etc will let you have them for free). 酒水饮料由店里请客。
nPut your money away – the drinks are on us.
n COLLOCATIONS – Meaning 3: to give someone money for the job they do 付酬(给)phrasespay somebody £200 a week/$100 a day etcThe cleaners are paid £5 an hour.
be paid by the hour/day/weekI was working on a building site, being paid by the hour.
adverbsbe paid weekly/monthlyMost of us get paid weekly or monthly.
well-paidTeachers here are well-paid.
highly-paida highly-paid football player
badly-paid/poorly-paidFor a long time I didn’t realise how badly-paid and overworked I was.
21 pay somebody/something ↔ back phrasal verbphr v a) BFLPAY FORto give someone the money that you owe them 偿还〔欠款〕 SYN repay I’ll pay you back on Friday. 我星期五还你钱。
We’re paying back the loan over 15 years. 我们要在15年内还清贷款。
b) REVENGEto make someone suffer for doing something wrong or unpleasant 报复pay somebody back for something I’ll pay Jenny back for what she did to me! 珍妮这样对待我,我要报复她!
pay back• Did she think her father would bid for him, if he promised to pay Stanley back?• How can farmers and traders be sure of a pay - back?• Later, you can pay us back.• Some businessmen who benefited are paying Shishi back.• The djinn will always pay you back.• Was this his way of paying her back for trying to sneak Kirsty down to London?• He had to pay the money back from a lawful source.• He and Eng reasoned that box office receipts would help pay the way back to Los Angeles. pay somebody back for something• I daydream that I am going to pay my parents back for all the hardship I am causing them.• She would have liked to pay him back for his earlier tone by pretending a permanent disability.• If there is trouble for them they will find a way of paying me back for revealing their names.• I still haven't paid him back for the way he embarrassed me at the party.• I bet that you would demand money for this, to pay you back for this bet.• Was this his way of paying her back for trying to sneak Kirsty down to London? 22 pay something ↔ in (also pay something into something) phrasal verbphr v BFBto put money in your bank account etc 把〔钱〕存入〔银行账户等〕 Did you remember to pay that cheque in? 你记得把那张支票存进去了吗?
I’ve paid $250 into my account. 我已把250美元存入了我的账户。
23 pay off phrasal verbphr v a) pay something ↔ offBFPAY FOR to give someone all the money you owe them 付清[还清]债务 I’ll pay off all my debts first. 首先我要还清欠款。
He finally paid his overdraft off. 他终于还清了透支款。
b) SUCCESSFULif something you do pays off, it is successful or has a good result 取得成功;奏效 Teamwork paid off. 团队合作成功了。
c) pay somebody ↔ off British EnglishBrEBEW to pay someone their wages and tell them they no longer have a job 付清工资解雇某人 Two hundred workers have been paid off. 两百名工人拿到工资被解雇了。
d) pay somebody ↔ offSCC to pay someone not to say anything about something illegal or dishonest 用钱封住某人的嘴〔使其对非法或不诚实的事情保持沉默〕,付封口费 → payoff(2) 24 pay out phrasal verbphr v a) pay out (something)PAY FOR to pay a lot of money for something 付出 (大笔款项) Why is it always me who has to pay out? 为什么总得由我来付那么多钱?
pay out (something) for Altogether he had paid out almost £5000 for the improvements. 他已经总共付出差不多5,000英镑的整修费用了。
b) pay out (something) if a company or organization pays out, it gives someone money as a result of an insurance claim, investment, competition etc 〔公司或机构因保险理赔、投资、竞争等〕偿付,支付(钱款) Insurance companies were slow paying out on claims for flood damage. 保险公司在赔付洪水损害时拖拖拉拉。
→ payout pay out (something)• Over two years this pays out 3 per cent tax-free, plus the rate of inflation.• How long will the policy pay out?• If the stock does not pay out any dividends, this space will be left blank in the newspaper table.• The investee corporation must pay corporate taxes on its income before paying out dividends-this is the first tax.• The total amount paid out each year by Elf's subsidiaries was about $ 60m.• You may already have life insurance, but that will usually only pay out if you die.• It would be paying out more than it was earning.• Rather than paying out subsidies, the Government now receives substantial annual taxation receipts. pay out (something)• Over two years this pays out 3 per cent tax-free, plus the rate of inflation.• How long will the policy pay out?• If the stock does not pay out any dividends, this space will be left blank in the newspaper table.• The investee corporation must pay corporate taxes on its income before paying out dividends-this is the first tax.• The total amount paid out each year by Elf's subsidiaries was about $ 60m.• You may already have life insurance, but that will usually only pay out if you die.• It would be paying out more than it was earning.• Rather than paying out subsidies, the Government now receives substantial annual taxation receipts.
25 pay something ↔ over phrasal verbphr v BFSto make an official payment of money 正式支付 to Clancy’s share of the inheritance was paid over to him. 克兰西应得的那份遗产已经转到他名下了。
26 pay up phrasal verbphr v BFLPAY FORto pay money that you owe, especially when you do not want to or you are late 〔尤指不情愿或延迟〕付清,偿还〔欠款〕 She refused to pay up. 她拒绝偿还欠款。
→ paid-up