pay是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 to give money to someone for something you want to buy or for services provided -- 付費；付酬

  • How much did you pay for the tickets? 你買那些票花了多少錢？

  • I pay my taxes. 我繳付稅款。

  • [ + two objects ] I'll pay you the fiver back tomorrow. 我明天還你那五英鎊。

  • I paid the driver (in/with) cash. 我給司機付現金。

  • Would you prefer to pay with/by cash, cheque, or credit card? 你喜歡用現金、支票還是信用卡付款？

  • [ + obj + to infinitive ] I think we'll need to pay a builder to take this wall down. 我想我們要僱個建築工人來拆掉這面牆。

  • Did Linda pay you for looking after her cats while she was away? 琳達出門時請你替她照顧她的貓，有沒有付錢給你？

  • I paid (out) a lot of money to get the washing machine fixed and it still doesn't work! 我花了一大筆錢修洗衣機，結果還是不能用！

  • The advertising should pay for itself. 這則廣告所帶來的收益應該能回本。

• 1 to give money to someone for work that they have done -- 付錢（給…），支付（…）報酬

  • The company pays its interns $4,000 a month. 這家公司給實習生每個月4千美元的報酬。

  • We pay €200 a day for this kind of work. 這樣的工作我們每天付200歐元。

  • Accountancy may be boring but at least it pays well. 當會計可能很乏味，但至少收入可觀。

  • Most of these women are very poorly paid and work in terrible conditions. 這些婦女大多工資很低，且工作條件惡劣。

• 2 to give a profit or advantage to someone or something -- 有收益，有利可圖，有好處

  • It never pays to take risks where human safety is concerned. 凡是涉及人身安全時，冒險絕不會有甚麼好處。

• 3 to give or do something -- 給予，致以；進行

  • The commander paid tribute to the courage of his troops. 指揮官極力讚揚部隊官兵的勇敢無畏。

  • It's always nice to be paid a compliment. 獲得讚揚總是件好事。

  • A crowd of mourners gathered to pay their respects to the dead man. 一群哀悼者聚集在一起向死者告別。

  • You weren't paying attention to what I was saying. 你沒有注意聽我的話。

  • I'll pay you a call when I'm in the area. 我到這一帶附近時會去拜訪你的。

  • We thought we'd pay a visit to the museum while we were in Lisbon. 我以為在里斯本時我們會去參觀那家博物館。

  • If you leave your address, I'll pay a call on you when I'm in the area. 如果你留下地址，我到這一帶附近時會去拜訪你的。

• 4 the money you receive for doing a job -- 工資，薪金

  • It's a nice job but the pay is appalling. 這份工作不錯，但工資低得不像話。