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 -- 付费；付酬

  • How much did you pay for the tickets? 你买那些票花了多少钱？

  • I pay my taxes. 我缴付税款。

  • [ + two objects ] I'll pay you the fiver back tomorrow. 我明天还你那5英镑。

  • I paid the driver (in/with) cash. 我付给司机现金。

  • Would you prefer to pay with/by cash, cheque, or credit card? 你喜欢用现金、支票还是信用卡支付？

  • [ + obj + to infinitive ] I think we'll need to pay a builder to take this wall down. 我想我们得雇个建筑工人来把这面墙推倒。

  • Did Linda pay you for looking after her cats while she was away? 琳达出门时让你替她照看她的猫，有没有付钱给你？

  • I paid (out) a lot of money to get the washing machine fixed and it still doesn't work! 我花了一大笔钱修洗衣机，结果还是不能用！

  • The advertising should pay for itself. 这则广告所带来的收益应该能够本。

• 1 to give money to someone for work that they have done -- 付钱（给…），支付（…）报酬

  • The company pays its interns $4,000 a month. 这家公司给实习生每个月4千美元的报酬。

  • We pay €200 a day for this kind of work. 这样的工作我们每天付200欧元。

  • Accountancy may be boring but at least it pays well. 当会计可能很乏味，但至少收入可观。

  • Most of these women are very poorly paid and work in terrible conditions. 这些妇女大多工资很低，且工作条件恶劣。

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

  • It never pays to take risks where human safety is concerned. 凡是涉及人身安全时，冒险决不会有什么好处。

• 3 to give or do something -- 给予，致以；进行

  • The commander paid tribute to the courage of his troops. 司令员高度赞扬了部队官兵的勇敢无畏。

  • It's always nice to be paid a compliment. 被人赞扬总是件好事。

  • 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别。

  • You weren't paying attention to what I was saying. 你没有注意听我的话。

  • I'll pay you a call when I'm in the area. 我到这一带来时会去拜访你的。

  • We thought we'd pay a visit to the museum while we were in Lisbon. 我以为在里斯本时我们会去参观那家博物馆。

  • 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，我到这一带来时会去拜访你的。

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

  • It's a nice job but the pay is appalling. 这份工作不错，但工资低得不像话。