英语释义

1. to make due return to for services rendered or property delivered
paid the pizza deliverer

2. to engage for money hire
You couldn't pay me to do that. paid a teenager to mow his lawn

3. to give in return for goods or service
pay wages

4. to discharge indebtedness for settle
pay a bill

5. to make a disposal or transfer of (money)
paid a few dollars weekly into a savings account

6. to give or forfeit in expiation or retribution
pay the penalty

7. to make compensation (see compensation sense 2) for
His trouble was well paid in the end.

8. to requite according to what is deserved
pay them back

9. to give, offer, or make freely or as fitting
pay attention pay your respects

10. to return value or profit to
it pays you to stay open

11. to bring in as a return
an investment paying five percent

12. to slacken (something, such as a rope) and allow to run out —used with out
paid out the rope as it jerked taut

13. to discharge a debt or obligation
I'll pay when I have the money.

14. to be worth the expense or effort
crime doesn't pay

15. to suffer the consequences of an act
He paid for his crime.

16. to earn a right or position through experience, suffering, or hard work
He's paid his dues and deserves a promotion.

17. pay sense intransitive 3

18. to pay one's share of expenses
She took a part-time job to pay her own way through college.

19. to bear the cost of something
You have to do what they say because they are paying the piper.

20. to pay exorbitantly or dearly
I found the perfect dress, but I had to pay through the nose for it.

21. something paid for a purpose and especially as a salary or wage remuneration

22. the act or fact of paying or being paid

23. the status of being paid by an employer employ

24. a person viewed with respect to reliability or promptness in paying debts or bills

25. ore or a natural deposit that yields metal and especially gold in profitable amounts

26. an oil-yielding stratum or zone

27. containing or leading to something precious or valuable

28. equipped with a coin slot for receiving a fee for use
a pay telephone

29. requiring payment

30. to coat with a waterproof composition

31. money received in exchange for work money paid to someone for doing work

32. to give (as money) in return for services received or for something bought
Pay the taxi driver. I paid for a ticket.

33. to give money for (something owed)
I have to pay the rent.

34. to get even with
She wants to pay them back for the insult.

35. to give or offer freely
pay a compliment pay attention

36. to have a worthwhile result be worth the effort or pains required
It pays to drive carefully.

37. to give all of what is owed
It felt good to pay off a debt.

38. to have a good result
Hours of practice paid off in a successful show.

39. to pay in full especially debts that are due

40. the act of giving money for something bought or used or for what is owed payment

41. salary My mother got an increase in pay.

英汉例句

• but people in the united states pay through the nose for many other things in life (health, education, property taxes, wireless services, etc) that foreigners get for far less or even free.

  但是美国人的一生中要在许多其他事情（医疗、教育、物业税、无线服务等等）上大出血，这些都是欧洲人能以更低的价格购买到的，甚至是免费。

• but now rich people will pay through the nose for one, sometimes more than five million dollars.

  但现在有钱人为了得到他的一幅画不惜出高价钱，有时候甚至超过五百万美元。

• don「t pay through the nose when you buy the furniture.

  不要花太多的钱买家庭用具。

• but now rich people will pay through the nose for one, sometimes more than five million dollars.

  可是，现在那些有钱人却愿意出高价买他的画，有时候一张画就要五百多万美元。

• m: to pay through the nose is to pay a lot of money for something, usually way more than the item is worth.

  我懂了。topay through the nose就是用高价买一样东西，往往要比原来的价值高很多。

• we had to pay through the nose for our room because it was a long weekend and most of the hotels were fully booked.

  我们得付大价钱租房子，因为假期很长，大部分旅馆都已经满客了。

• if someone is hard-nosed, chances are he will never pay through the nose , or pay too much money, for an object or service.

  他可能从来不会在某件东西或服务上出高价或多花太多钱。

• she had to pay through the nose to get that dress.

  她为了买那件衣服花了很多钱。

• m: well, some people are willing to pay through the nose to buy tickets to see their favorite singers.

  噢，花好多钱买票去听他们喜欢的歌手唱歌。 我就有几个朋友爱买名牌的东西。

• the corner shop is convenient if you forget to get something in town, although you pay through the nose for anything you buy there.

  如果你在镇上忘了买什么，在这个拐角商店里可非常方便地买到，不过价钱要贵很多。

• what」s that? you「re looking for a good price? well, you don」t have to pay through the nose at stamford auto.

  什么？你希望价格比较便宜？好的，在斯坦福德车行买车你不必花一大笔钱。

• luring those overseas business partners is hard when they have to pay through the nose every time they want to come and check how their underwear factory is doing, for instance.

  然而吸引那些外企伙伴是很难的，每当他们想要回来照料他们的内衣制造厂的运营情况时，他们要付出巨大的财力 - 这就是一个例子。

• you'll have to pay through the nose for those curios.

  你买那些古玩得花大钱。

• perhaps most astonishing of all to english eyes, the germans do not ask their public to pay through the nose for subscription television either.

  也许最让英国人吃惊的是，德国人也不要公众花大钱去订购电视转播。

相似词

emolument薪水，报酬

hire(Hire) （印、美）希尔（人名）

paycheck付薪水的支票，薪水

payment付款，支付；报酬，报答；偿还；惩罚，报应

salary给……薪金

stipend（尤指神职人员的）薪金；生活津贴，薪俸；助学津贴

wage(Wage) （美）伟杰（人名）