pay

[pei]

v.支付, 交纳,赢利, 受益, 付出代价
n.薪资, 雇用, 有良好信用的人
adj.要钱的, 具有开采价值的
n. 有良好信用的人
adj. 投币的, 要钱的

vt.

1. 付, 支付; 付款给[O1][(+for/to)]

She paid the money to me.

她将钱付给了我。

He didn't pay me anything.

他没有付给我任何报酬。

I paid a very high price for the house.

我出了很高的价钱买下了这房子。

2. 偿还; 补偿; 向……报复[(+out)]

I've paid him out for the trick he played on me.

他作弄我, 我已对他进行了报复。

Pay me the money you owe me.

把你欠的钱还我。

3. 把(钱)存(银行)[(+in/into)]

4. 对……有利

5. 给予(注意); 致以(问候); 进行(访问)[(+to)]

We'll pay a visit to Japan this winter.

今年冬天我们要去访问日本。

vi.

1. 付款; 偿还债务

I'll pay by check.

我将用支票付款。

2. 有利, 划算

It will pay to be kind to others.

好心会有好报。

It pays to learn a foreign language.

学外语是值得的。

3. 生利; (工作等)有报酬[Q]

This job pays well.

这工作报酬好。

4. 付出代价; 受到惩罚

n.[U]

1. 薪俸; 报酬

The miners went on strike for higher pay.

矿工举行罢工, 要求增加工资。

2. 报偿; 惩罚

词形变化

动词过去式: paid | 动词过去分词: paid | 动词现在分词: paying | 动词第三人称单数: pays |

词义辨析

同义:

vt.付, 支付; 付款给

give  remunerate  compensate  

同义参见:

earnings  wage  salary  reward  recompense  compensation  expiate  

反义:

vt.支付; 偿还; 补偿

owe  

英英释义

名词 pay:

something that remunerates

同义词：wage, earnings, remuneration, salary

动词 pay:

give money, usually in exchange for goods or services

convey, as of a compliment, regards, attention, etc.; bestow

同义词：give

do or give something to somebody in return

同义词：pay off, make up, compensate

bear (a cost or penalty), in recompense for some action

cancel or discharge a debt

同义词：pay up, ante up

bring in

同义词：yield, bear

render

be worth it

dedicate

同义词：give, devote

discharge or settle

make a compensation for

短语词组

in the pay of

1. 被……收买

He was in the pay of the enemy.

他被敌人收买。

pay back

1. 报答; 偿还

How can we pay you back for your great help?

我们要怎么才能报答你的恩惠呢?

pay down

1. 用现金支付

You can't use your check here; you'll have to pay down.

在这儿不能用支票, 你得付现金。

2. (分期付款购物时)先付……, 付定金

How much shall I pay down on the car?

我买这车得先付多少?

pay for

1. 因……受到惩罚; 为……付出代价

He'll have to pay for what he has done.

他将为自己所做的一切付出代价。

pay in

1. 把……存入银行

He paid the cash in to his bank account.

他把现金存入银行帐户。

pay off

1. 清偿债务

We will have more money to spend after we pay off our mortgage.

在付清贷款后, 我们会有更多钱花。

He has paid off all his debts.

他已还清了所有的债务。

2. 付清工资后解雇

The company has paid off some redundant employees.

公司在发放工资后解雇了一些多余的雇员。

3. 取得成功; 得到好结果

Two years of business school really paid off.

在商业学校就读两年真是很合算。

Did his plan pay off?

他的计划成功了吗?

4. 贿赂

pay out

1. 付钱; 付费用

We'll have to pay out a lot on repairing the house.

我们将为修理这房子花很多钱。

pay up

1. 付清钱款

If you don't pay up at once, we'll see you in court!

如果你不立即付清, 我们就法庭上见!

补充

paypay英:[pei] 美:[pe]vt. & vi.1.付给; 付款This job pays well.这份工作报酬不错。They had to pay rather heavily.他们得付出沉重的代价。I have paid the milkman this month.我这个月付款给送奶人了。He ought to pay the rent.他应该付房租。We refused to pay them their wages.我们拒绝付给他们工资。2.有利可图; (对…)有利, (对…)值得Crime doesn't pay.犯罪得不偿失。It pays to advertise.登广告很有用。vt.1.给予The manager paid her a compliment on her work.经理赞扬了她的工作。n.1.工资His pay goes up every year.他的工资每年都有增加。The trade unions bargained away their rights in exchange for a small pay rise.工会不惜牺牲自己的权利以换取微薄的加薪。

例句

1. He paid his bill and left.他结完账离开了。 2. The wealthy may have to pay higher taxes.富人可能得缴纳更高的税款。 3. I've left you some money to pay the window cleaner.我给你留了点钱来支付擦窗工人的酬劳。 4. Most salary-earners are paid monthly.大多数工薪阶层的工资都是按月发放。 5. We refused to pay them their wages.我们拒绝支付他们的工资。 6. I paid £10 for that CD.我花10英镑买了那张唱片。 7. They pay me £6.50 an hour.他们一小时付给我6.5英镑。 8. They pay me more on Sundays.周日工作他们会多付给我一些报酬。 9. I'll pay you (a specific amount) if …如果…就付给你… 10. I'll pay you £50 if you get the work finished by this evening.如果你在今晚之前完成这项工作, 我就付给你50英镑。 11. You have to pay extra for parking.停车要额外付费。 12. It might pay you to negotiate a longer tenancy.协商的租期长一点可能对你有利。 13. It won't pay you to do that.你那样做一点好处都没有。 14. He's not paying attention.他没在意。 15. Don't pay any attention to him!不要在意他！ 16. Paul paid us a visit last night.保罗昨晚来看我们了。 17. The shares pay 15 per cent.股票赢利15%。 18. I had to pay the penalty for the wrong decisions I made.我要为自己的错误决定付出代价。 19. She married the wrong person and has paid the price for it.她嫁错了人, 也因此付出了代价。 20. You've got to be able to make your business pay.你得能让你的企业赢利。 21. Doing things in a hurry doesn't pay.做事急躁没有好处。 22. It pays to invest in training.为培训投资是值得的。 23. He paid for the insult with a blow.他挥拳对遭到的侮辱给以还击。 24. It is not honourable to pay court to more than one lady at the same time.同一时间追求几个女人不是什么光彩的事。 25. The investment will pay dividends.这项投资会有回报的。 26. investments in energy efficiency that would pay for themselves within five years五年之内能够回本的节能方面的投资 27. I paid good money for this, and it is already broken.我为这个花了一大笔钱, 可它已经坏了。 28. They only pay lip service to the idea.他们只是口头上支持这个主意。 29. Please pay my respects to your grandmother.请代我向你的奶奶问好。 30. He had to pay through the nose for it.他不得不为此付出昂贵的代价。 31. I went to college anyway, as a part-time student, paying my own way.不管怎样我还是去上大学了, 半工半读来养活自己。 32. The British film industry could not pay its way without a substantial export market.要是没有庞大的出口市场, 英国电影产业根本无法自负盈亏。 33. their complaints about their pay and conditions他们对薪酬和工作条件的抱怨 34. The pay is dreadful.报酬糟透了。 35. He's in the pay of gangsters.他受雇于匪徒。 36. the workers' demand for a 20% pay rise员工要求20%的工资涨幅 37. a pay phone付费电话 38. Thousands refused to pay their taxes.成千上万的人拒绝缴纳他们的税款。 39. Please pay your bill.请付账。 40. My firm pays high wages.我公司工酬优厚。 41. I payed $500 into the bank every month.我每月把500美元存入银行。 42. pay me the money you owe me.把欠我的钱还给我。 43. We pay high attention to the peace in the world.我们对世界和平给予高度重视。 44. pay one's respects to sb.向某人致敬。 45. He gets a job that pays $3,000 a month.他谋得一个每月工资3 000美元的职位。 46. Submission will pay you better.你还是服从为好。 47. It's Jerry's error, and he'll pay the consequences.是杰利的过错，他将为此承担后果。 48. Mr. Johnson promised to pay for my education.约翰逊先生答应支付我的教育费用。 49. It pays to be honest.诚实不会吃亏的。 50. You've got to be able to make your business pay well.你得设法使你的生意赢利。 51. The murderer paid with his life.杀人犯以命抵罪。 52. [with obj. and infinitive]the traveller was able to pay a guide to show him across.这个游客雇得起一个能带他到处游览的导游。 53. [no obj.]TV licences can be paid for by direct debit.电视收看许可证可以通过直接借记方式付款。 54. the company was rumoured to have paid 450p a share.有谣传说该公司每股要支付450便士。 55. [with two objs]a museum paid him a four-figure sum for it.一家博物馆为此向他支付四位数金额。 56. bonuses were paid to savers whose policies completed their full term.红利被支付给那些保险单到期的储户。 57. jobs that pay $5 or $6 an hour.每小时５或６美元报酬的工作。 58. crime doesn't pay.犯罪是得不偿失的。 59. [with infinitive]it pays to choose varieties carefully.仔细挑选各种种类是有好处的。 60. the destroyer would have to pay with his life.那个破坏者将不得不付出生命的代价。 61. it was his way of paying out Maguire for giving him the push.对马圭尔予以鼓励是他的奖赏方式。 62. no one paid them any attention.没人注意他们。 63. she has been prevailed upon to pay us a visit.她已经被说服来看看我们。 64. those working on contract may receive higher rates of pay.按合同规定做事的人可能会得到更高的报酬。 65. his master must have paid dearly for such a magnificent beast.他的老板为这头异兽一定花了不少钱。 66. they paid dearly for wasting goalscoring opportunities.他们因错失破门得分良机而付出了巨大代价。 67. we went to pay our respects to the head lama.我们前去拜望大喇嘛。 68. a regular amount was deducted from my wages to pay her back.定期从我工资中扣钱还她。 69. he had left him out to pay him back for stealing his wife.他排挤他，以报复他拐走自己的妻子。 70. the money should be paid back with interest.这笔钱应连本带利偿付。 71. [with two objs]they did pay me back the money.他们确实把钱还给了我们。 72. all the hard work I had done over the summer paid off.整个夏天我所做的所有艰辛工作都有了好结果。 73. when directors are fired, they should not be lavishly paid off.当董事们被解雇时，他们不应得到一大笔清算工资。 74. you may have saved up enough to pay off your second mortgage.你可能已经攒足钱来偿清第二期抵押借款。 75. insurers can refuse to pay out.保险公司可能会拒绝理赔。 76. I began paying out the nylon line.我开始放出尼龙绳。 77. you got ninety days to pay up the principal.你有90天的时间来付清本金。 78. The work's finished but we haven't paid for it yet.工作完成了，但我们还没有付钱呢。 79. We paid the dealer £3000 for the car.我们付给汽车商3000英镑买这辆汽车。 80. Have you paid her the rent yet?你付给她房租了没有？ 81. to pay a bill/fine付账单；付罚金 82. It would pay you to get professional advice before making a decision.做决定之前，征询一下专业人士的意见会有好处。 83. You'll pay for that remark!你会为说那种话而受惩罚！ 84. Hundreds came to pay their last respects to her (= to go to her funeral).有几百人来参加她的葬礼。 85. The bad weather put paid to our picnic.恶劣的天气把我们的野餐搞砸了。 86. Can you lend me £5? I'll pay you back/I'll pay it back to you on Friday.你可以借5英镑给我吗？我星期五还给你。 87. What a mean trick! I'll pay you back one day.多么卑劣的花招！终有一天我会回敬你的。 88. All her hard work has paid off! She passed her exam.她的辛勤努力已得到回报！她考及格了。 89. to pay off a debt/mortgage还清债务╱抵押贷款 90. If you don't pay up, we'll take you to court.如果你不清还欠款，我们就告你。 91. I already paid last week.我上周已经付过钱。 92. Where do we pay to get in?我们在哪儿买票进场？ 93. Do we have to pay to park here?在这儿停车要付费吗？ 94. They left the restaurant without paying.他们没有付钱就离开了饭店。 95. Should I pay in dollars or pesos?我应该用美元还是比索付费？ 96. We're trying to attract more paying customers [=customers that buy things from our company] through our Web site.我们正努力通过网站吸引更多的顾客。 97. paying passengers支付车费的乘客 98. "After their children left for college, they began opening their home to paying guests. [=people who give you money to live in your house with you for a short time]"孩子上大学以后，他们开始把房子出租给房客。 99. He offered to pay for our dinner.他主动为我们的晚餐付账。 100. "How will you be paying for your purchase: (in) cash, (by) check, or (with a) credit card?"你怎么付费，现金、支票还是信用卡？ 101. "“That cheap camera I bought is broken already.” “Well, you get what you pay for.” [=a thing that can be bought for a very low price probably isn't very good]"“我买的那个廉价的照相机已经坏了。”“噢，一分钱一分货。” 102. I'll pay the taxi driver.我来付钱给出租车司机。 103. Has anyone paid her yet?有人付过她钱吗？ 104. We get paid on Fridays.我们星期五发工资。 105. The workers get paid well. = The workers are well-paid.这些工人工资高。 106. They're going to pay a crew to paint the house.他们打算雇人粉刷房子。 107. "You couldn't pay me to jump out of an airplane! [=I would never jump out of an airplane, even if you gave me a lot of money]"你出大价钱我也不会从飞机上跳下去。 108. "“Did he give you a check?” “No, he paid me in cash.”"“他给你支票了吗？”“没有，他付的是现金。” 109. "When he mowed her lawn, she paid him in cookies. [=she gave him cookies for mowing her lawn]"他帮她修剪草坪，她给了他曲奇饼当报酬。 110. I paid $200 to him yesterday. = I paid him $200 yesterday.我昨天付给他200美元。 111. These workers are paid extremely low wages by their employers.这些工人从雇主那儿拿到的工资少得可怜。 112. She pays 15 percent (of her earnings) to her agent.她把收入的15%付给代理人。 113. I paid a lot of money for this car.这辆车花了我很多钱。 114. How much are you willing to pay?你愿意付多少钱？ 115. "They paid over $300,000 for their house."他们花了30多万美元买房子。 116. They paid a high price [=a lot of money] for that painting.他们买那幅画花了很多钱。 117. "I couldn't afford to pay cash, so I put it on my credit card."我现金不够，所以用信用卡支付。 118. "We paid good money [=we gave a large amount of money] to see this show, and we want our money's worth!"我们为了看这场演出付了很多钱，因此我们想要物有所值。 119. My job doesn't pay very well. [=I don't earn much money from my job]我的工作工资不高。 120. It's difficult work that pays relatively poorly.这个工作难度大，工资相对低。 121. high-paying jobs高收入的工作 122. "The job pays $150,000 a year."这份工作年薪15万美元。 123. I can't afford to pay my rent.我付不起房租。 124. paying taxes/fines/penalties缴税/罚金/罚款 125. Use the company's financing plan and pay no interest for a full year.采用公司的财务计划，整整一年不用付利息。 126. Has this bill been paid?付过账了吗？ 127. The receipt shows that their bill has been paid in full. [=all of the money they owed has been paid]收据显示他们已经将钱全部付清。 128. Hard work always pays [=pays off] in the long run.辛苦的工作最终总是值得的。 129. Crime doesn't pay. [=you get more trouble than benefit from committing a crime]作奸犯科是没有好下场的。 130. It pays [=it is worth the effort] to study your notes after every class.每次课后都学习笔记对你会有好处的。 131. "When the roads are icy, it pays to drive slowly."路面结冰时，慢一点开车有好处。 132. It pays to advertise.做广告是值得的。 133. It pays stores to be open on the weekends. [=stores benefit from being open on the weekends]商店周末营业是有回报的。 134. Spending a lot of money on advertising has paid dividends for our company. [=has given our company extra advantages or benefits]花大价钱做广告已经给公司带来了丰厚的利益。 135. Our efforts are finally paying dividends. [=we are finally getting the results we want from our efforts]我们的努力最终正在带来丰厚的回报。 136. The investment paid eight percent last year.去年的投资收益为百分之八。 137. a savings account paying four percent interest支付百分之四利息的储蓄账户 138. "If you offend him, he will make you pay."如果你冒犯他，他会让你付出代价的。 139. I'll make you pay for what you've done to me!我会让你为你对我所做的付出代价！ 140. You'll pay for this!你会自食恶果的！ 141. She paid dearly for her mistakes. [=she suffered a lot as a result of her mistakes]她为她所犯的错误付出了昂贵的代价。 142. He thinks that the people who committed these terrible crimes should pay with their lives. [=should be killed]他认为这些罪大恶极的人应该被处死。 143. We all felt that 25 years in prison was a high/small price to pay for his crimes.我们都觉得25年监禁对于他的罪行来说是极高/很小的代价。 144. "I knew the consequences of what I was about to do, but I was willing to pay the price."我知道我要做的事情的后果，但是我愿意为此付出代价。 145. Famous people always pay a price for their fame.名人总是要为名声付出代价。 146. She paid a heavy price for telling the truth.她为讲真话付出了沉重的代价。 147. Someone has to pay the penalty for these mistakes.有人要为这些错误付出代价。 148. Are you paying attention? [=are you listening and trying to understand?]你在听吗？ 149. Remember to pay close attention to the instructions.记住认真注意指令。 150. He's just teasing you. Don't pay any attention to him. = pay no attention to him. [=don't be upset by what he is saying]他不过跟你开个玩笑，不必理会。 151. He kept talking but she paid him no mind. [=she didn't listen to what he said]他一直在说话，但她不予理会。 152. pay heed to what he says. [=listen to what he says]注意他所说的。 153. She paid me a compliment. [=she said something nice about me]她夸奖了我。 154. We gather here today to pay tribute/homage to [=to honor and praise] a great woman.我们今天相聚这里是为了向一位伟大的女性表示敬意/崇敬。 155. We knew that if anyone caught us cheating there would be hell to pay. [=we would be severely punished]我们知道如果有人抓住我们作弊，就要出大麻烦了。 156. There'll be the devil to pay if we don't finish on time.如果我们不能按时完成，就会有严重后果。 157. She paid me a visit [=she came to visit me] while I was in the hospital. = She paid a call on me while I was in the hospital.我住院时她来看过我。 158. She has to pay back the $100 she borrowed.她得还所借的100美元。 159. He said that he'll pay the money back tomorrow.他说他明天还钱。 160. paying back a loan还贷 161. I'll pay you back when I get the money.我拿到钱后就还你。 162. I lent him money and he never paid me back.我借给他钱，可他从来不还给我。 163. I have to pay back my sister for that loan.我得还从我妹妹那儿借的钱。 164. I wanted to pay him back [=get back at him; make him suffer] for all the pain he caused me.鉴于他给我带来的所有痛苦，我要报复他。 165. He's finally getting paid back for all the trouble he caused.他最终为他惹出的所有麻烦埋单。 166. How can I pay you back for all your help?我如何才能报答你对我的所有帮助？ 167. You save so much on heating costs with our high-quality windows that the windows will pay for themselves within five years!使用我们的优质窗户，你可以节省大量供暖费用，五年内就可以收回成本。 168. I went to the bank to pay in a cheque.我去银行存入一张支票。 169. paying a cheque in an account把支票存入账户 170. Each month she pays into an account that can be used for medical expenses.她每个月存钱到用于支付医疗费用的账户。 171. It's great to see that all of our hard work has finally paid off.很高兴看到我们付出的所有努力终于得到回报。 172. "It will take us 30 years to pay off our mortgage, but then the house will be ours."我们要30年才能还清房贷，不过到那时房子就是我们的了。 173. "If I won the money, I'd use it to pay off all my credit cards."如果赢了钱，我将用来还清所有的信用卡花费。 174. paying off your debts还清债务 175. She finally got her car paid off. [=she finally paid all the money she had borrowed to buy her car]她最终还清了买车所借的钱。 176. He tried to pay off [=bribe] a police officer.他试图买通一位警官。 177. The company was accused of paying off its employees to keep them from talking about its illegal activities.公司被指控买通员工，使他们不谈论公司的非法行为。 178. They paid off all their workers and then closed the factory.他们付清所有工人的工资后关闭了工厂。 179. The government has paid out [=disbursed] millions of dollars in foreign aid.政府已支出几百万美元用于对外援助。 180. The prize money will be paid out (to the winner) over the course of five years.奖金将在五年内支付（给获胜者）。 181. We lowered the anchor and continued to pay out several more feet of rope.我们下锚后又继续放松几英尺缆绳。 182. We paid up and left.我们付了欠款后就走了。 183. He decided to pay up after they threatened to take him to court for the money.他们威胁说如果他不还钱就把他告到法院，于是他决定把钱还给他们。 184. You're (all) paid up through June. [=you do not have to pay any more money until after June]你直到六月底的（整个）费用都已付清了。 185. She got a part-time job in order to pay her way through college.为了自食其力读完大学，她找了份兼职工作。 186. Students must pay their own way if they choose to participate in the trip.学生要想参加这次旅行，必须自掏费用。 187. "I wanted to buy him dinner, but he insisted on paying his own way."我想替他支付晚餐费用，但是他坚持自己付钱。 188. I went up to her after the meeting and paid my respects.会后我走到她面前拜见了她。 189. We paid our last respects at his funeral. [=we went to his funeral as a sign of respect]我们在他的葬礼上向他表达最后的敬意。 190. The storm put paid to his attempt to sail around the world.暴风雨使他打消了环球航行的念头。 191. They hope to put paid to the argument once and for all.他们希望彻底停止争论。 192. receiving higher/better/lower pay得到更高/更好/更低的工资 193. "The work is hard, but the pay is good. [=you earn a lot of money by doing the work]"那份工作辛苦，但工资高。 194. She spent a week's pay [=the amount of money she earns in one week] in just one night.她一个晚上就花费了一周的收入。 195. He has been suspended without pay pending the results of the investigation.他被暂时停职停发工资，等待调查结果。 196. "“Women,” she said, “should receive equal pay for equal work.” [=they should be paid the same amount of money as men who perform the same job]"“女性，”她说，“应与男性同工同酬。” 197. "When he works on the weekends, he collects overtime pay. [=an increased rate of money earned for working more than the usual number of hours in one week]"他周末加班，可以领到加班费。 198. The company owes her $500 in back pay. [=money that is owed to a worker from an earlier time]公司拖欠了她500美元的工资。 199. severance pay [=money given to workers when a company ends their jobs]解雇金 200. "The workers are demanding an increase in their rate of pay. = The workers are demanding an increase in their pay rate. [=the amount of money they are paid per hour, week, etc.]"工人要求提高工资标准。 201. Each pay period begins on the first of the month.工资周期从每月的第一天开始。 202. (US) He asked for a pay raise = (Brit) He asked for a pay rise.他要求加薪。 203. "Workers received a $4,000 pay increase."工人得到了4000美元的加薪。 204. "I took a significant pay cut when I took this job, but I think it was worth it."我拿到这份工作时，工资骤降，但我认为值得。 205. He was accused of being in the pay of gangsters.他被指控被歹徒收买。