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IELTS BNC: 227 COCA: 286
pay
verb /peɪ/
present tense
I/you/we/theypay
he/she/itpays
present participlepaying
past tensepaid
past participlepaid
  1. 1
    [I/T] to give money in order to buy something 支付;付
    pay for :

    Let me pay for dinner. 我来支付晚餐费用吧。

    pay someone for something :

    Can I pay you for this? 我可不可以因为这个付钱给你?

    pay by :

    Will you be paying by cash, cheque, or credit card? 您打算用现金、支票,还是信用卡来支付?

    pay with :

    I'd like to pay with my card. 我想用信用卡来支付。

    pay in dollars/pounds etc :

    Can I pay in dollars? 我可以用美元付账吗?

    pay (in) cash :

    There's a reduction if you pay cash. 如果用现金支付,会有折扣。

    pay the bill :

    Can I pay the bill, please? 我可以付账了吗?

     Synonyms and related words
    To spend or to pay money: disburse, spend, pay...
    1. a.
      [I/T] to give money to someone who does a job for you 支付(某人)报酬;给(某人)工钱
      pay someone for something :

      We still haven't paid them for the repairs to the roof. 我们还没把修理屋顶的工钱给他们呢。

      pay someone to do something :

      We had to pay them over £100 to sort it out. 我们只好花100多英镑让他们去整理出来。

      pay to have/get something done :

      Now I'll have to pay to get the car fixed. 现在我只好花钱让别人帮我修车。

       Synonyms and related words
      To spend or to pay money: disburse, spend, pay...
    2. b.
      [I/T] to give a company, institution etc money that you owe them (向公司、机构等)偿付,缴纳

      We'll probably pay more in tax this year. 我们今年可能要缴纳更多的税金。

      Did you pay the gas bill? 你的煤气费交了吗?

       Synonyms and related words
      To pay, or to not pay money you owe: amortise, amortize, clear...
    3. c.
      [T] to give someone their salary 付给(某人)工资

      Some of the workers haven't been paid for weeks. 有些工人好几周都没拿到工资了。

       Synonyms and related words
  2. 2
    [I/T] if a job pays a particular amount of money, you get that amount for doing it 支付(某一数额的)报酬

    She was in a job paying over £60,000 a year. 她从事的工作年薪有60,000多英镑。

    My new job pays well. 我的新工作薪水不菲。

     Synonyms and related words
    1. a.
      [I] if a business pays, it earns money (生意)盈利

      We have a lot of hard work ahead if we're going to make the business pay. 如果想让生意盈利,我们有很多辛苦的工作要做。

       Synonyms and related words
      Relating to making profit: break-even point, commercial, speculative...
  3. 3
    [I/T] to have a good result 有利;划算;值得
    it pays to do something :

    It pays to cover the pool to keep out falling leaves. 把池塘盖起来防止落叶掉进去是有好处的。

    it pays someone to do something :

    It would pay you to get it properly checked. 让人把它好好核对一下,对你会有好处的。

    crime doesn't pay :

    The message you get from the film is simple: crime doesn't pay. 你从电影中得到的信息很简单:多行不义必自毙。

     Synonyms and related words
  4. 4
    [I] to suffer because of something that you have done 自食恶果;付出代价

    It was an outrage, and somebody was going to pay. 那是暴行,会有人遭报应的。

    pay for :

    They had made him look like a fool and now they were going to pay for it. 他们让他看起来像个傻瓜,现在他们要自食恶果了。

    pay dearly for something (=suffer a lot because of something) 为某物付出昂贵的代价 :

    We may pay dearly for our arrogance. 我们可能会为我们的傲慢付出昂贵的代价。

    make someone pay (for something) :

    She had ruined his life and now he was going to make her pay. 她毁掉了他的生活,现在他要让她为此付出代价。

     Synonyms and related words
  5. From our crowdsourced Open Dictionary
    5
    you get what you pay for! an exclamation used to express your frustration with some service

    Employees often use the phrase "You get what you pay for" to justify their mistreatment of customers.

    Submitted by Boris Marchenko from Russian Federation on 12/11/2014
  6. From our crowdsourced Open Dictionary
    6
    pay it forward a philosophy that the receiver of a gift, feeling grateful for a kindness, at the request of the gifter must not say thank you, instead they are to pay the kindness forward when the opportunity presents itself

    My only request is that you Pay It Forward when the opportunity presents itself.

    Submitted by BMB from United States on 30/11/2016
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pay
noun [U] /peɪ/
  1. money that you receive for doing your job 报酬;薪水;工资

    They were demanding higher pay. 他们要求加薪。

    pay and conditions :

    There will be improvements in pay and conditions for all staff. 全体员工的薪水和工作条件都会有所改善。

    basic pay (=your pay without extra payments) 基本工资 :

    The basic pay is so low that you end up putting in lots of overtime. 基本工资那么低,使得你只好拼命加班了。

     Synonyms and related words
    Wages and salaries: wage, salary, pay...
    1. a.
      connected with pay 与工资有关的
      a pay rise/increase :

      They received a pay increase that was much higher than expected. 他们得到的加薪比预期的还要高。

      a pay freeze (=a decision not to increase pay) 停止加薪的决定 :

      A pay freeze is thought to be likely. 大家认为可能会停止加薪。

       Synonyms and related words
      Wages and salaries: wage, salary, pay...
IELTS BNC: 227 COCA: 286
pay

noun

ADJECTIVE | ... OF PAY | VERB + PAY | PAY + NOUN | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADJECTIVEhourly, monthly, weekly時薪;月薪;週薪full, half (both especially BrE) 全薪;半薪He has taken leave on half pay.他休半薪假了。high高薪low, poor低薪workers on low pay低薪工人average平均工資equal相同的工資equal pay for men and women男女同酬base, basic基本工資gross薪水總額take-home稅後實得工資the average take-home pay of a manual worker體力勞動者的平均稅後工資holiday, vacation (NAmE) 假日薪金maternity (BrE) 產假工資overtime加班工資redundancy, severance (especially NAmE) 裁員費;解雇金retirement (especially NAmE) 退休金sick, sickness (BrE) 病假工資back欠薪The workers are demanding their back pay.工人們要求領取拖欠的工資。merit, performance, performance-related (especially BrE) 績效工資bonus, incentive (NAmE) 獎金... OF PAYlevel, rate工資水平The job offers good rates of pay and excellent conditions.這份工作的薪水不錯,工作條件也很好。VERB + PAYearn, get, receive掙到/得到/收到工資give sb發給某人薪水cut, dock, slash減薪;扣薪He cut management pay by 15%.他削減了管理人員 15% 的薪酬。boost, double, increase, raise提高/付雙倍/增加/上漲工資He doubled his pay by accepting bribes.他接受賄賂,使收入翻番。PAY + NOUNday發薪日cheque (paycheck in NAmE) , packet (BrE) 薪水支票;工資袋the money in my weekly pay packet我的週薪package一攬子薪酬His pay package including bonuses was worth at least $12 million.包括獎金在內,他的全部薪酬至少達到 1,200 萬美元。slip, stub (NAmE) 工資單hike, increase, raise, rise (BrE) 加薪;漲薪;提薪cut減薪freeze (especially BrE) 工資凍結claim, demand (both especially BrE) 加薪要求bargaining, negotiations (both BrE) 工資談判agreement, award, deal, offer, settlement (all especially BrE) 工資協議;工資提議dispute, strike (BrE) 工資糾紛;要求加薪的罷工levels, rates工資水平industrial unrest over pay levels in the public sector國營部門工資水平引發的工潮grade, scale, structure (especially BrE) 工資等級;工資結構He's at the top of his company's pay scale.他在公司中領取最高等級的工資。equity, parity (BrE) 同工同酬;同等的薪水待遇Women are still decades away from achieving pay equity with men.女性要與男性同工同酬還要過好幾十年。differential, disparity薪資差距;工資級差PREPOSITIONon... pay以⋯的工資方式Women are eligible for 18 weeks maternity leave on full pay.女性可以享有 18 個星期的全薪產假。with pay帶薪a day off with pay一個帶薪休息日without pay無薪He has been suspended without pay.他已經被停薪停職了。PHRASESa cut in pay, an increase in pay, a reduction in pay工資的削減/增加/減少
pay

verb

ADVERB | VERB + PAY | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADVERBhandsomely, well付錢慷慨;給錢很多She pays her workers very well.她給工人的工資很高。dearly (figurative) 付出高昂的代價He will pay dearly for what he did.他將為自己的所作所為付出高昂的代價。gladly欣然付錢I would gladly pay for the benefits such a tax would bring.這一稅種帶來種種福利,我非常樂於為此付錢。typically通常支付Clients typically pay about $2 400 per month.通常客戶每月支付 2,400 美元左右。up全部付清I had a hard time getting him to pay up.我費了很大的勁兒才讓他還清欠款。VERB + PAYhave to, must得付款;必須付錢be able to, can, can afford to能夠支付;支付得起help for those who are genuinely not able to pay為那些確實無法支付費用的人提供的幫助be unable to, cannot, can't afford to不能夠支付;支付不起Protesters chanted 'Can't pay! Won't pay!'抗議者高呼“交不起!不願交!”expect (sb) to預計(某人)要支付⋯You can expect to pay £200 a night at this hotel.在這家酒店你可能要支付兩百英鎊一晚。be liable to (especially BrE) 有法律責任支付It is for the courts to decide who is liable to pay damages.應該有法庭決定誰有責任賠償損失。be ordered to, be required to被命令/要求支付The company was ordered to pay the workers £5 000 in compensation each.這家公司被勒令給予這些工人每人 5,000 英鎊的賠償金。agree to, be prepared to, be willing to, offer to, promise to同意支付;願意付錢;許諾付錢fail to, neglect to未能/遺漏付錢He was made bankrupt for failing to pay debts of over £2 million.他因未能償還超過 200 萬英鎊的債務而被宣佈破產。refuse to拒絕支付help (to)幫助付錢The revenue will be used to help pay for environmental improvements.該收入將用於支付改善環境的部份費用。get sb to, make sb使某人支付If he had killed Caroline, then Mac was going to make him pay the price.如果他殺了卡羅琳的話,馬克會讓他付出代價的。let sb讓某人支付She wouldn't let me pay for my ticket.她不肯讓我自己付錢買票。PREPOSITIONfor付⋯的費用How much did you pay for your new car?你花多少錢買的新車?to付錢給⋯We pay £200 a week to our landlord.我們每個星期付給房東 200 英鎊。PHRASESability to pay支付能力Taxation should be based on the ability to pay.徵稅應該以支付能力為基礎。
IELTS BNC: 227 COCA: 286
pay verb
pay (pay a bill) pay attention hear
pay noun
income
pay

verb

 See also the entry for spend 1 另见spend条第1义pay ♦︎ give ♦︎ settle ♦︎ meet ♦︎ defray ♦︎ clearThese words all mean to pay the money that you owe. 这些词均表示付清欠款、结账。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配to pay / settle / meet / clear your debtsto pay / settle / meet a billto pay / meet / defray the cost of sthto meet / defray the expense of sth pay (paid, paid) [intransitive, transitive] to give sb money for work, goods, services, etc. 付费;付酬I'll pay for the tickets.我来买票。My company pays well (= pays high salaries).我公司给的工资很高。There's a 5% discount if you pay cash.付现金有5%的折扣。She pays £200 a week for this apartment.这套公寓她每周要付200英镑。Would you mind paying the taxi driver?您付出租车费好吗?He still hasn't paid me the money he owes me.他还没还欠我的钱呢。I'm paid $100 a day.我每天的报酬是100元。 see also pay income noun give (gave, given) [transitive] to pay in order to have or do sth (为购买某物或做某事)支付,付款How much will you give me for the car?你肯出多少钱买我这辆车?I gave £50 for the lot.我花50英镑全买下来了。I'd give anything to see him again.只要能再见他一面我愿付出任何代价。 settle [transitive, intransitive] to pay a bill or pay back money that you owe 付清(欠款);结账The insurance company is refusing to settle her claim.保险公司拒付她提出的索赔款项。Let me settle with you for the meal.我来把饭费付给你。I'll pay now-we can settle up later.现在我来付账-咱们一会儿再算。 meet (met, met) [transitive] to pay all of a cost or debt 付清;偿清The school had to sell off its playing fields to meet its debt repayments.学校不得不把操场卖掉来偿还债务。 defray dɪˈfreɪ [transitive] (formal) to pay part or all of a cost 支付,付给(部分或全部费用)Proceeds from the raffle always help to defray the expenses of the annual dance.卖彩票的收益总能帮助支付周年舞会的费用。 clear [transitive] to pay back all the money you owe 清偿,还清(债务)We are economizing for a few months to try to clear our overdraft.我们要过几个月节衣缩食的日子,努力还清透支。NOTE 辨析 Settle, meet, defray or clear? Settle and clear mean to pay all of an amount of money: settle is used for bills and debts, clear only for debts. Defray is a formal word usually used when sb/sth helps to pay part of a cost. Meet is used especially about payments that you make regularly. * settle和clear皆指付清整笔款项:settle指支付账单和还清债务,clear只用于清偿债务。defray一词很正式,通常指某人或某事帮助偿付部分费用。meet尤指定期付款。

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