0 to give money to someone for something you want to buy or for services provided -- 付费;付酬
The advertising should pay for itself. 这则广告所带来的收益应该能够本。
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!
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?
[ + 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。
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?
[ + two objects ] I'll pay you the fiver back tomorrow. 我明天还你那5英镑。
I pay my taxes. 我缴付税款。
How much did you pay for the tickets? 你买那些票花了多少钱?
1 to give money to someone for work that they have done -- 付钱(给…),支付(…)报酬
2 to give a profit or advantage to someone or something -- 有收益,有利可图,有好处
3 to give or do something -- 给予,致以;进行
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。
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。
You weren't paying attention to what I was saying. 你没有注意听我的话。
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。
It's always nice to be paid a compliment. 被人赞扬总是件好事。
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。
Work on the project paid poorly and involved high risks : permanent disability and death were a constant specter.
Second, there has been increased attention paid to the rate of permanent injury.
The pay-off for keeping the children truthful was that their utterances could be interpreted seriously.
It also remains unclear who paid for them.
Further justification was found in the number of leaders who paid the ultimate price.
One possibility is that these words were truly ignored-learners paid no attention to them whatsoever.
Willingness to pay for ultrasound in normal pregnancy.
In any case, now that the big cosmetics companies were paying for research into alternatives, they were no longer available as targets.