cost, expend, spend, take, pay

• he pays me fifty yuan a week．
  他每周給我五十元的報酬。

• he has paid for the meal．
  他已付了那頓飯的錢。

• my father paid 40 pounds for the desk．
  我父親花了40英磅買了這張書桌。

名詞 pay:

1. something that remunerates
   同義詞：wage, earnings, remuneration, salary

動詞 pay:

1. give money, usually in exchange for goods or services
2. convey, as of a compliment, regards, attention, etc.; bestow
   同義詞：give
3. do or give something to somebody in return
   同義詞：pay off, make up, compensate
4. bear (a cost or penalty), in recompense for some action
5. cancel or discharge a debt
   同義詞：pay up, ante up
6. bring in
   同義詞：yield, bear
7. render
8. be worth it
9. dedicate
   同義詞：give, devote
10. discharge or settle
11. make a compensation for

1. She paid no heed to our warnings.
   她不把我們的警告放在心上。
2. He gets his pay each Friday.
   他每星期五領(lǐng)工資。
3. The manager wouldn't pay him his wages.
   經(jīng)理不肯把工資付給他。

pay

v.（動詞）
paid[p3d] pay.ing,pays
v.tr.（及物動詞）
To give money to in return for goods or services rendered:
支付，付款：因所提供的服務(wù)或商品而付給錢：
例句：
pay the cashier.
向出納員付款

To give (money) in exchange for goods or services:
花費，償付：為商品或服務(wù)而支付（錢）：
例句：
paid three dollars for a hamburger; paid an hourly wage.
花三美元買了一個漢堡包；支付一小時的工酬

To discharge or settle (a debt or an obligation):
償還，還清：償付或結(jié)清（債務(wù)或責任）：
例句：
paying taxes; paid the bill.
交納稅款；付帳單

To give recompense for; requite:
回報：給予報酬；報答：
例句：
a kindness that cannot be paid back.
無法報答的和善

To give recompense to; reward or punish:
以牙還牙，回報：給予報償；報復(fù)或懲罰：
例句：
I`ll pay him back for his insults.
對他的侮辱我要報復(fù)

To bear (a cost or penalty, for example) in recompense:
受報應(yīng)，付代價：忍受（代價，罪等）以作為賠償：
例句：
She paid the price for her unpopular opinions.
她為自己不受歡迎的觀點付出了代價

To yield as a return:
酬勞：作為回報給予：
例句：
a savings plan that paid 2 percent interest.
支付百分之十二利率的儲蓄計劃

To afford an advantage to; profit:
有利于：給…以好處；有益于：
例句：
It paid us to be generous.
慷慨對我們有好處

To give or bestow:
給，予：
例句：
paying compliments; paying attention.
稱贊；給予關(guān)注

To make (a visit or call).
做（拜訪）或打（電話）
past tense and past participle paid or payed [p3d] To let out (a line or cable) by slackening.
【過去時態(tài)與過去分詞】 paid 或 payed [p3d] 慢慢放松：通過松開使（繩索或纜繩）脫出
v.intr.（不及物動詞）
To give money in exchange for goods or services.
付款：為商品或服務(wù)而付款
To discharge a debt or an obligation.
償清：償還債務(wù)或責任
To bear a cost or penalty in recompense:
付代價，得到報應(yīng)：承受費用或刑罰作為償還：
例句：
You`ll pay for this mischief!
你會因惡作劇而受懲罰

To be profitable or worthwhile:
有利，值得：
例句：
It doesn`t pay to get angry.
不值得生氣

adj.（形容詞）
Of, relating to, giving, or receiving payments.
付款的，收款的：支付的、與支付有關(guān)的、給予或獲得支付的
Requiring payment to use or operate:
需交費的：需要交納使用或運作費用的：
例句：
a pay telephone.
交費電話

Yielding valuable metal in mining:
有開采價值的：通過開采能產(chǎn)生有價值金屬的：
例句：
a pay streak.
含有開采價值的礦層

n.（名詞）
The act of paying or state of being paid.
付款，收款：付報酬或得報酬的行為或狀態(tài)
Money given in return for work done; salary; wages.
酬金，工資：做工作而獲得的報酬；工資；周薪

Recompense or reward:
報酬，酬勞：
例句：
Your thanks are pay enough.
你的謝意已足夠了

Retribution or punishment.
報復(fù)，懲罰
Paid employment:
雇傭：支付費用的雇傭：
例句：
the workers in our pay.
我們雇傭的工人

A person considered with regard to his or her credit or reliability in discharging debts.
有良好信用的人，有支付能力的人：被認為是在還債方面守信或可靠的人

<常用詞組>pay off
To pay the full amount on (a debt).
償清（債務(wù)）：支付（債務(wù)）的全部數(shù)額
To effect profit:
帶來利益：
例句：
a bet that paid off poorly.
沒有多大利息的賭注

To get revenge for or on; requite.
報復(fù)：為…或向…報復(fù)；報復(fù)
To pay the wages due to (an employee) upon discharge.
結(jié)算工資：由于要解雇（雇員）支付工資
Informal To bribe.
【非正式用語】 賄賂
Nautical To turn or cause to turn (a vessel) to leeward.
【航海】 使（船首）轉(zhuǎn)向下風：轉(zhuǎn)向或使（船）轉(zhuǎn)向下風
pay out
To give (money) out; spend.
把（錢）花掉；花費
To let out (a line or rope) by slackening.
緩緩放松：通過放松使（繩或索）放出
pay up
To give over the full monetary amount demanded.
付清全部款項：繳清所要求的全部資金數(shù)額
<習慣用語>pay (one`s) dues
To earn a given right or position through hard work, long-term experience, or suffering:
獲得自己應(yīng)得的：通過艱苦工作、長期的經(jīng)驗或痛苦而獲得應(yīng)得的權(quán)利或地位：
例句：
She paid her dues in small-town theaters before getting a part in a Broadway play.
她通過在小城鎮(zhèn)的戲劇院出名后才在紐約百老匯戲劇娛樂業(yè)獲得了一席之地

pay (one`s) way
To contribute one`s own share; pay for oneself.
付出，出錢：捐獻出自己的一份；為自己支付
pay the piper
To bear the consequences of something.
承擔某事的后果
pay through the nose【非正式用語】
To pay excessively.
付出過高的代價
來源：
Middle English paien
中古英語 paien
from Old French paiier
源自 古法語 paiier
from Late Latin [to appease]
源自 后期拉丁語 [緩和，使平靜]
from Latin p3c3re [to pacify]
源自 拉丁語 p3c3re [安撫，平息]
from p3x p3c- [peace] * see pag-
源自 p3x p3c- [和平] *參見 pag-

<注釋>Given the unpeaceful feelings one often has in paying bills or income taxes,it is difficult to believe that the wordpay ultimately derives from the Latin word p3x, .peace.. However, it is not the peace of the one who pays that is involved in this development of meaning.Fromp3x, meaning .peace. and also .a settlement of hostilities,. was derived the word p3c3re, .to impose a settlement on peoples or territories.. In Late Latinp3c3re was extended in sense to mean .to appease.. The Old French wordpaiier that developed from Latin p3c3re came to have the specific application .to pacify or satisfy a creditor,.a sense that came into Middle English along with the wordpaien (first recorded around the beginning of the 3th century), the ancestor of our wordpay.
人常常在支付帳單或收入調(diào)節(jié)稅時有不安之感情，因而很難令人相信單詞pay 來源于拉丁詞語 pax .和平.。 但是，并不是支付人內(nèi)心的平和與這個詞意義的延伸意有關(guān)連。因為意思是.和平.和.敵視的和解.的單詞pax 源于 pacare .給人民或領(lǐng)土以安寧.。 在后拉丁語中pacare 的意義被引申為.撫慰，使緩和。. 古法語單詞paiier 來源于拉丁語 pacave， 后來開始具有.緩和、平息或使債主滿意.這個具體用意，這種意思隨同單詞paien （大約在3世紀初首次記錄）進入中世紀英語， 這個詞就是單詞pay 的前身

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v.tr.（及物動詞）
payed 或 paid [p3d] pay.ing,pays 【航?！?/i>
To coat or cover (seams of a ship, for example) with waterproof material such as tar or asphalt.
在…上涂柏油：用防水材料如瀝清或柏油涂在（如船縫上）

來源：
Obsolete French peier
已廢法語 peier
from Old French
源自 古法語
from Latin pic3re
源自 拉丁語 pic3re
from pix pic- [pitch]
源自 pix pic- [瀝青，柏油]