pay
n. 薪资, 付款, 补偿 vt. 支付, 付清, 补偿, 偿还, 对...有利, 为...涂防水物 vi. 付款, 付出代价, 偿还, 得到报应, 获得好处
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教材释义与例句
工资，薪水；付款；报答
money that you are given for doing your job
收费的；需付费的
释义与例句
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1.
Money given in return for work; salary or wages.
可数 不可数Many employers have rules designed to keep employees from comparing their pays.
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2.
A paying job; a paying concern.
可数 罕用 不可数
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1.
To give money or other compensation to in exchange for goods or services.
付
支付
给钱
纳
及物/不及物How much will the job pay?
he paid him to clean the place up
he paid her off the books and in kind where possible
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2.
To discharge, as a debt or other obligation, by giving or doing what is due or required.
及物/不及物she offered to pay the bill
he has paid his debt to society
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3.
To be profitable for.
及物It didn't pay him to keep the store open any more.
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4.
To yield as a benefit.
及物to pay dividends or interest
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5.
To give (something else than money).
及物to pay attention
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6.
To be profitable or worth the effort.
不及物crime doesn’t pay
it will pay to wait
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7.
To discharge an obligation or debt.
不及物He was allowed to go as soon as he paid.
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To suffer consequences.
不及物He paid for his fun in the sun with a terrible sunburn.
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To admit that a joke, punchline, etc., was funny.
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To cover (the bottom of a vessel, a seam, a spar, etc.) with tar or pitch, or a waterproof composition of tallow, resin, etc.; to smear.
及物 航海 交通
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1.
Operable or accessible on deposit of coins.
pay toilet
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2.
Pertaining to or requiring payment.
pay television
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词源
From Middle English payen, from Old French paiier (“pay”), from Medieval Latin pācāre (“to settle, satisfy”) from Latin pācāre (“to pacify”). In this sense, displaced native Old English ġield (“pay”) and ġieldan (“to pay”), whence Modern English yield.
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