| 单词 | pay |
| 释义 | payWord family noun pay payment repayment payer payee payingpayloadpaymasterpay packetpay-per-viewpayphonepayrollpayslipadjective paid ≠ unpaid underpaid ≠ overpaid payable paidpay-as-you-goverb pay repay underpay ≠ overpay Business, Wages pay1 /peɪ/ ●●● S1 W1 verb (past tensepst and past participlepp paid /peɪd/) 1 give money 付钱 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]PAY FOR to give someone money for something you buy or for a service 付款；付钱给〔某人〕 How would you like to pay? 你想怎么付款？ pay for Mum paid for my driving lessons. 妈妈支付了我驾驶课的学费。 pay (in) cash You’d get a discount for paying cash. 现金付款有折扣。 pay by cheque/credit card Can I pay by credit card? 我可以用信用卡付款吗？ pay somebody for something He didn’t even offer to pay me for the ticket. 他甚至没有提出要给我买票的钱。 pay somebody to do something Ray paid some kids to wash the car. 雷花钱雇了一些孩子洗车。 pay somebody something I paid him $5 to cut the grass. 我付给他5美元叫他割草。 pay (somebody) in dollars/euros etc He wanted to be paid in dollars. 他想收取美元。 5 GRAMMAR 语法 The object of pay can be the person you give money to or the amount of money you give. pay 的宾语可以是支付的对象,或支付的数目 I’ll pay you in advance. 我会预先付款给你。 Do not use pay followed directly by a noun referring to the thing you are buying. Use pay (an amount of money) for something. 不要在pay后面直接跟你要买的东西,要用pay for sth 的形式 ，其中 pay 后可以跟一定数量的 钱 I’ve already paid £700. 我已经付了700英镑。 I’ll pay for the tickets. 我来买票。 I paid £100 for this jacket. 我花了100英镑买这件夹克衫。 n GRAMMAR: Patterns with pay You pay an amount or you pay a person: We paid $700. Pay the delivery man. You pay for something that you buy: I’ll pay for the tickets. ✗Don’t say: I’ll pay the tickets. 我来买票。 You pay an amount or a person for something that you buy: I paid £100 for this jacket. 我花了100英镑买这件夹克衫。 She paid me for the drinks. You pay someone an amount: They paid the owner €3,000. You pay in a type of money: Can I pay in euros? You pay by a particular method: You can pay by credit card. 我可以用信用卡付款吗？ 2 bill/tax/rent 账单/税/租金 [transitiveT]BPAY FOR to pay money that you owe to a person, company etc 偿还；交付；缴纳 I forgot to pay the gas bill! 我忘记交煤气费了！ You pay tax at the basic rate. 你按基本税率交税。 Is it okay if I pay you what I owe you next week? 我欠你的钱下周还行吗？ 3 wage/salary 工资/薪金 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]BEW to give someone money for the job they do 付酬（给） How much do they pay you? 他们付给你多少报酬？ pay somebody $100 a day/£200 a week etc They’re only paid about £4 an hour. 他们每小时的报酬只有4英镑左右。 Some lawyers get paid over $400 an hour. 有些律师每小时收费超过400美元。 be paid weekly/monthly (also get paid weekly/monthly) 我们每星期五领工资。 We get paid weekly on Fridays. 我们每星期五领工资。 well/badly/poorly paid Many of the workers are very badly paid. 那些工人中有很多人工资非常低。 paid work (=work you are paid to do) 有偿工作 paid holiday/leave (=time when you are not working but are still paid) 带薪假期 4 pay attention (to somebody/something) ATTENTIONto watch, listen to, or think about someone or something carefully （对某人/某事）注意 I’m sorry, I wasn’t paying attention to what you were saying. 对不起，我没有仔细听你说的话。 They paid no attention to (=ignored) him. 他们不理会他。 Examples from the Corpus pay attention (to somebody/something)• I wish you'd learn to pay attention.• Until you start paying attention, that is.• Feminists must pay attention to beliefs about male and female speech, because prejudice is often more powerful than fact.• Organizations in this environment must pay attention to flexibility, quality and asset utilization to remain competitive.• However, the candidate's response can be very revealing and interviewers should pay attention to it.• All I do is pay attention to my body.• Invariably, no one paid attention to them.• I don't think she was paying any attention to what I was saying.• And there they sat without frames, naked in the heat of high noon, waiting to be paid attention to. 5 legal cost 法律要求的费用 [transitiveT] to give money to someone because you are ordered to by a court as part of a legal case 缴纳〔法庭要求支付的费用〕 She had to pay a £35 fine for speeding. 她必须缴纳35英镑超速罚款。 pay (something in) compensation/damages (=give someone money because you have done something against them) 支付（…）赔偿金/损害赔偿金 The company were forced to pay £5,000 in compensation. 那家公司被迫支付了5,000英镑赔偿金。 Martins was ordered to pay court costs of £1,500. 马丁斯被勒令支付1,500英镑诉讼费。 6 say STH good 说好话 [transitiveT] to say something good or polite about or to someone 表扬；问候 The minister paid tribute to the work of the emergency services. 部长表扬了应急服务部门的工作。 I came by to pay my respects (=visit or send a polite greeting to someone) to Mrs Owens. 我来拜访欧文斯夫人。 I was just trying to pay her a compliment. 我正想夸奖她。 7 good result 好的结果 [intransitiveI]ADVANTAGE if a particular action pays, it brings a good result or advantage for you 合算，值得；有利，有好处 Crime doesn’t pay. 犯罪不会有好结果。 It pays to get some professional advice before you make a decision. 作决定之前征求一些专业性建议是有好处的。 It would pay you to ask if there are any jobs going at the London office. 问一下伦敦分公司是否有职位空缺对你有好处。 Getting some qualifications now will pay dividends (=bring a lot of advantages) in the long term. 长远来看，现在取得一些资格对将来有好处。 8 profit 利润 [intransitiveI]PROFIT if a shop or business pays, it makes a profit 〔商店或公司〕赢利，有收益 If the pub doesn’t start to pay, we’ll have to sell it. 如果这家酒馆还没有开始赢利，我们将不得不把它卖掉。 The farm just manages to pay its way (=make as much profit as it costs to run). 那家农场仅能维持收支平衡。 9 pay the penalty/price BAD BEHAVIOUR OR ACTIONSto experience something unpleasant because you have done something wrong, made a mistake etc 〔因犯错误等而〕吃苦头/付出代价 pay the penalty/price for (doing) something Williams is now paying the price for his early mistakes. 威廉斯现在正为以前犯下的错误付出代价。 Examples from the Corpus pay the penalty/price• She makes plenty of money, but there's a high price to pay in terms of long hours.• He warned us that we would pay the price.• Now ordinary people will pay the price, as inflation eats further into fixed incomes and economic growth stagnates.• The customer wanted to flip a coin about paying the price for a photo of his daughter.• It started out with all the wrong assumptions about users and their habits and has paid the price in subscriber unrest.• With data filtering one pays the price of decreasing the effective library redundancy and increasing the number of hybridisations.• He had paid the price of surrendering his loyalty to Jeffries-stag-nation, nostalgia, bitterness.• But I had been caught, well and truly, and had paid the price, time and time again. 10 pay (somebody) a call/visit VISITto visit a person or place 拜访（某人）；参观（某地） I decided to pay my folks a visit. 我决定去看望一下父母亲。 pay (somebody) a call/visit to If you have time, pay a visit to the City Art Gallery. 如果你有时间，去参观一下市美术馆。 Examples from the Corpus pay (somebody) a call/visit• Latimer is living apart from people, divorced even from religious faith by his visions, when Charles Meunier pays a visit.• Another out-of-town visitor paid a call last month.• Having met his hero one evening at a small gathering, he was invited to pay a call the following week.• They were scheduled to pay a visit to another model resettlement village that morning - their last official tour.• The Marshal decided it was time to pay a visit to Headquarters.• No, Robert insisted, he could not, would not, pay a visit to such distant parts.• I was more than once surprised to see men going into those rooms, paying visits to the legless men.• Then one day, just for old times' sake, I paid a visit to Winston Street. 11 put paid to something British EnglishBrE to stop something from happening or spoil plans for something 使某事落空，破坏某事的计划 Bad exam results put paid to his hopes of a university place. 糟糕的考试成绩让他上大学的希望破灭了。 Examples from the Corpus put paid to something• This was the cause of his deafness, which put paid to a planned career in the army and in politics.• Lefkowitz, a classicist and humanities professor at Wellesley College, puts paid to Afrocentric myth-making.• It rather put paid to any idea she'd had of motoring around and discovering more of the area though.• Yet an inflamed shin almost put paid to Sampras in the first week.• People were cursing the Greenhouse Effect and swearing that it had put paid to surf in Hawaii for all time.• But Travis McKenna had put paid to that by being particularly vigilant.• But the glint of mockery in his dark eyes put paid to that fantasy.• Hitler's assault in the summer of 1940 put paid to the agitation for peace negotiations. 12 be punished 受到惩罚 [intransitiveI] to suffer or be punished for something you have done wrong 付出代价；遭受惩罚 I’ll make him pay! 我要让他付出代价！ pay for They paid dearly for their mistakes. 他们为自己的错误付出了巨大的代价。 13 pay your way PAY FORto pay for everything that you want without having to depend on anyone else for money 自食其力，经济上独立 Sofia worked to pay her way through college. 索菲娅自食其力读完了大学。 Examples from the Corpus pay your way• But, in spite of the considerable effort and investment, it has for many years failed to pay its way.• His father is paying his way.• If education postpones such dependency it will have paid its way.• It was an important principle that these housing schemes should pay their way.• It wasn't often that men shrugged off her attempts to pay her way.• Finally, I offered to become an air hostess to pay my way, and this time, received an immediate reply.• They either pay their way, or they go.• Pfeiffer worked as a shipping clerk to pay his way through college.• Octavia Hill believed, with most other Victorians, that housing should pay its way to her, housing subsidies were unthinkable. 14 pay for itself SAVE MONEYif something you buy pays for itself, the money it saves over a period of time is as much as the product cost to buy 够本，收益与成本相当 A new boiler would pay for itself within two years. 一台新锅炉用两年就够本了。 Examples from the Corpus pay for itself• Installing solar film on the windows will pay for itself.• Fab 25 needs more strong high-volume chips to pay for itself.• Growth needs to pay for itself.• How long for his addition to pay for itself?• Life has a way of giving a comic a funny face which ultimately starts to pay for itself.• Investment in an agency, branch or subsidiary will be expected to pay for itself by generating extra business.• At the St Pierre Park it is estimated that the oven system will have paid for itself inside 18 months.• But I think I can say that each machine has paid for itself, one way or another.• Walkup's argument: Well-planned development can pay for itself, without the burden of impact fees and similar financing mechanisms. 15 the devil/hell to pay used to say that someone will be in a lot of trouble about something 大麻烦 If the boss finds out you were late again, there’s going to be hell to pay. 如果老板发现你又迟到，你可要遭殃了。 16. pay through the nose (for something) spokenPAY FOR to pay much more for something than it is really worth （为某物）付费过高；（为某事）花费过大的代价 Examples from the Corpus pay through the nose (for something)• The message is that the government will cut a deal with any threatened industry willing to pay through the nose.• But all-seaters don't mean all-safe so why should clubs risk bankruptcy and fans pay through the nose for an ill-conceived scheme?• They run over cross-country courses and pay through the nose for it.• That doesn't mean you have to pay through the nose for the privilege of an overdraft, however.• Many people end up paying through the nose for their car insurance policies.• Catherine, paying through the nose to search for fun and relaxation. 17. somebody has paid their debt to society used to say that someone who has done something illegal has been fully punished for it 某人〔指违法者〕已受到应有的惩罚 Examples from the Corpus somebody has paid their debt to society• After 20 years in jail, Murray feels he has paid his debt to society. 18. pay court (to somebody) old-fashioned to treat someone, especially a woman, carefully and with respect, so that they will like you or help you （向某人）大献殷勤，讨好（某人）〔尤指女人〕 19. he who pays the piper calls the tune old-fashioned used to say that the person who gives the money for something can decide how it will be used 谁花钱谁说了算 Examples from the Corpus he who pays the piper calls the tune• Her benefits were therefore not so much economic as political: he who pays the piper calls the tune. n20. pay it forward to do something nice for someone because someone else did something nice for you → pay lip service to at lip service, → pay your dues at due3(2) COLLOCATIONS – Meaning 1: to give someone money for something you buy or for a service 付款；付钱给〔某人〕 nphrases pay £10/$50 etc I only paid ten pounds for it. pay (in) cash You have to pay in cash for the tickets. pay by cheque I filled up with petrol and then paid by cheque. pay by credit card The hotel does not charge more if you pay by credit card. pay in dollars/euros etc adverbsAmerican exporters want to be paid in dollars. pay handsomely (=pay a lot of money) 付出 （大笔款项） nCustomers are willing to pay handsomely for anti-ageing cosmetic products. THESAURUS pay to give someone money for something you are buying from them, or a service they are providing 付费；付酬 I paid a lot of money for that computer. 买那台电脑我花了不少钱。 You have to pay to park your car. 停车得付费。 meet the cost of something to pay for something for someone else, or to provide the money needed to do something 为别人[某物]付钱 We will meet the cost of your travelling expenses. 我们会支付你的差旅费。 nThe cost will be met from public donations. foot the bill to pay for something for someone else, especially when you do not want to, or do not think that you should 为某人付钱〔尤指你不愿意或认为你不该付的情况〕 As usual, the taxpayer will have to foot the bill. 还是老样子,纳税人要为此买单了。 pick up the tab informal to pay for something 付账,买单 My company will pick up the tab for all moving costs. 我公司要为所有的搬运费买单。 fork out/shell out informal to pay a lot of money for something because you have to and not because you want to 不得不支付 He had to fork out £500 to get his car fixed. 他只得花500英镑把车修好。 nFans are having to shell out roughly $65 per seat for football games. settle the bill to pay the bill after eating a meal, staying in a hotel etc 〔用餐、住酒店等之后〕付款,结账 She went down to the hotel lobby to settle the bill. 她下楼到酒店大堂结账。 give especially spoken to pay a particular amount of money for something – used especially when saying how much you are willing to pay 付款,支付〔尤指愿意付多少钱〕 How much will you give me for the car? 买这辆车你打算付我多少钱？ I’ll give you $50 for the lot (=for everything). 这些一起算,我给你50美元。 something is on somebody spoken used when saying that someone else will pay for your meal, drinks etc 某物由某人买单[付钱] Order whatever you like – this is on me! 随便点,我付账。 The drinks are on the house (=the bar, restaurant etc will let you have them for free). 酒水饮料由店里请客。 nPut your money away – the drinks are on us. n COLLOCATIONS – Meaning 3: to give someone money for the job they do 付酬（给） PHRASAL VERBSphrases pay somebody £200 a week/$100 a day etc The cleaners are paid £5 an hour. be paid by the hour/day/week adverbsI was working on a building site, being paid by the hour. be paid weekly/monthly Most of us get paid weekly or monthly. well-paid Teachers here are well-paid. highly-paid a highly-paid football player badly-paid/poorly-paid For a long time I didn’t realise how badly-paid and overworked I was. 21 pay somebody/something ↔ back phrasal verbphr v a) BFLPAY FORto give someone the money that you owe them 偿还〔欠款〕 SYN repay I’ll pay you back on Friday. 我星期五还你钱。 We’re paying back the loan over 15 years. 我们要在15年内还清贷款。 b) REVENGEto make someone suffer for doing something wrong or unpleasant 报复 pay somebody back for something I’ll pay Jenny back for what she did to me! 珍妮这样对待我，我要报复她！ Examples from the Corpus pay back• Did she think her father would bid for him, if he promised to pay Stanley back?• How can farmers and traders be sure of a pay - back?• Later, you can pay us back.• Some businessmen who benefited are paying Shishi back.• The djinn will always pay you back.• Was this his way of paying her back for trying to sneak Kirsty down to London?• He had to pay the money back from a lawful source.• He and Eng reasoned that box office receipts would help pay the way back to Los Angeles. pay somebody back for something• I daydream that I am going to pay my parents back for all the hardship I am causing them.• She would have liked to pay him back for his earlier tone by pretending a permanent disability.• If there is trouble for them they will find a way of paying me back for revealing their names.• I still haven't paid him back for the way he embarrassed me at the party.• I bet that you would demand money for this, to pay you back for this bet.• Was this his way of paying her back for trying to sneak Kirsty down to London? 22 pay something ↔ in (also pay something into something) phrasal verbphr v BFBto put money in your bank account etc 把〔钱〕存入〔银行账户等〕 Did you remember to pay that cheque in? 你记得把那张支票存进去了吗？ I’ve paid $250 into my account. 我已把250美元存入了我的账户。 Examples from the Corpus pay in• Of course we are speaking of those cases where the state is not put to an action if the citizen refuses to pay.• Officials said Wednesday that approach had paid off.• Perhaps; but on the other hand, if insurers are forced to accept bad risks, somebody has to pay.• Drabek and Swindell are both in the final year of four-year contracts that pay them in excess of $ 4 million.• According to Mr Nichol, such a deal could increase pay rates in London by 30 percent and elsewhere by 20 percent.• Enabling the children to make choices pays off in many ways.• It wasn't permitted to take incoming calls on the pay phone in the hallway of the hotel.• They embrace the cost of experimentation, viewing it as an investment likely to pay off in the long run. 23 pay off phrasal verbphr v a) pay something ↔ offBFPAY FOR to give someone all the money you owe them 付清[还清]债务 I’ll pay off all my debts first. 首先我要还清欠款。 He finally paid his overdraft off. 他终于还清了透支款。 b) SUCCESSFULif something you do pays off, it is successful or has a good result 取得成功；奏效 Teamwork paid off. 团队合作成功了。 c) pay somebody ↔ off British EnglishBrEBEW to pay someone their wages and tell them they no longer have a job 付清工资解雇某人 Two hundred workers have been paid off. 两百名工人拿到工资被解雇了。 d) pay somebody ↔ offSCC to pay someone not to say anything about something illegal or dishonest 用钱封住某人的嘴〔使其对非法或不诚实的事情保持沉默〕，付封口费 → payoff(2)Examples from the Corpus pay off• I think if you show a bit more consideration for other road users, you'll find it pays off.• We put a lot of hard work into local initiatives, and that's really starting to pay off now.• The mortgage will be paid off over twenty-five years.• He paid off the loan six months early.• The country hopes to pay all its debts off within twenty years. pay off ... debts• From its exports it can earn foreign currency, and begin to pay off its huge debts.• He drove a city bus crosstown to pay off debts.• He spent the next six years using his meager earnings as a bookbinder to pay off debts.• They return to sell in Huaraz until it is time to pay off debts and replenish their stock.• Make it easier for individuals and companies to pay off their debts and they will gradually be able to start spending again.• They say their business makes sense for winners who need immediate cash to pay off debts, start up businesses or invest.• Like the sole trader, the partners are personally responsible for paying off any debts the shop may incur.• That is the way for the South to grow and pay off its debts to the banks of the North. 24 pay out phrasal verbphr v a) pay out (something)PAY FOR to pay a lot of money for something 付出 （大笔款项） Why is it always me who has to pay out? 为什么总得由我来付那么多钱？ pay out (something) for Altogether he had paid out almost £5000 for the improvements. 他已经总共付出差不多5,000英镑的整修费用了。 b) pay out (something) if a company or organization pays out, it gives someone money as a result of an insurance claim, investment, competition etc 〔公司或机构因保险理赔、投资、竞争等〕偿付，支付（钱款） Insurance companies were slow paying out on claims for flood damage. → payout 保险公司在赔付洪水损害时拖拖拉拉。 c) pay something ↔ outLOOSE to let a piece of rope unwind 放出，松开 〔绳索〕 Examples from the Corpus pay out• Over two years this pays out 3 per cent tax-free, plus the rate of inflation.• How long will the policy pay out?• If the stock does not pay out any dividends, this space will be left blank in the newspaper table.• The investee corporation must pay corporate taxes on its income before paying out dividends-this is the first tax.• The total amount paid out each year by Elf's subsidiaries was about $ 60m.• The idea of paying out half my salary on rent didn't sound too good.• You may already have life insurance, but that will usually only pay out if you die.• Did you know that Eddy paid out nearly £2000 for his new computer?• You have to pay out so much money for car repairs these days.• Rather than paying out subsidies, the Government now receives substantial annual taxation receipts.• £65! I don't want to pay out that much! pay out (something)• Over two years this pays out 3 per cent tax-free, plus the rate of inflation.• How long will the policy pay out?• If the stock does not pay out any dividends, this space will be left blank in the newspaper table.• The investee corporation must pay corporate taxes on its income before paying out dividends-this is the first tax.• The total amount paid out each year by Elf's subsidiaries was about $ 60m.• You may already have life insurance, but that will usually only pay out if you die.• It would be paying out more than it was earning.• Rather than paying out subsidies, the Government now receives substantial annual taxation receipts. pay out (something)• Over two years this pays out 3 per cent tax-free, plus the rate of inflation.• How long will the policy pay out?• If the stock does not pay out any dividends, this space will be left blank in the newspaper table.• The investee corporation must pay corporate taxes on its income before paying out dividends-this is the first tax.• The total amount paid out each year by Elf's subsidiaries was about $ 60m.• You may already have life insurance, but that will usually only pay out if you die.• It would be paying out more than it was earning.• Rather than paying out subsidies, the Government now receives substantial annual taxation receipts. 25 pay something ↔ over phrasal verbphr v BFSto make an official payment of money 正式支付 to Clancy’s share of the inheritance was paid over to him. 克兰西应得的那份遗产已经转到他名下了。 Examples from the Corpus pay over• This William Hills shop in Cheltenham is having to pay back over £20,000 in stake money.• Except in tourist hotels and restaurants, it is nearly impossible to pay with anything over a $ 5 note.• Even if you have the cash, paying it over could be a severe strain on your resources.• I was not paid to preside over disasters - however noble the cause.• The Clinton administration favors paying the debt over several years but has been unable to persuade Congress to appropriate the money.• O&Y has agreed to pay £400 million over several years but its bankers will have a say before any deal is ratified.• It would be very much like having Joe take a $ 60,000 pay cut over the entire period.• They sold whisky and champagne to about 4,000 investors, who all paid well over the market price. pay to• All the Official Custodian was doing was receiving the income and paying it over to the charities. 26 pay up phrasal verbphr v BFLPAY FORto pay money that you owe, especially when you do not want to or you are late 〔尤指不情愿或延迟〕付清，偿还〔欠款〕 She refused to pay up. → paid-up 她拒绝偿还欠款。 Examples from the Corpus pay up• The company paid up eventually, but only after repeated threats and reminders.• If they don't pay up we will take legal action. Examples from the Corpus pay• She paid $5,000 for three nights in a hotel in New York City.• Our fixed rate savings account currently pays 6.5% interest.• Several fans tried to get in without paying.• Although both of them worked hard, they couldn't make the business pay.• If I go out for a meal with my parents, they always pay.• Please pay at the desk.• Budgeting loans are paid back by weekly deductions from benefit.• So if a premium is paid before 6 April 1993, it may be treated as having been paid during 1990/91.• Pay by credit card at least ten days before departure.• She drank far too much at the party and paid dearly for it the next day.• It showed revenue of A $ 641. 1 million and paid dividends of 32 cents a share in the year.• Miller refused to testify and paid for it by being labelled a communist.• I like your new car - how much did you pay for it?• My company paid for me to go to evening classes.• She sent money to pay for my education.• Have you paid for the tickets?• She says she wouldn't pay it.• Of course you have to pay more if you want to travel in the summer.• If you earn below $6000, you pay no income tax.• Bartending can pay pretty well.• If you pay someone to work in your house, you have to pay Social Security taxes on the wages.• He always paid the banks, and he paid all other incontestable bills on time.• Because the insurance company was paying the defendant's costs, the contest would be unequal.• Have you paid the rent yet?• I need £4.50 to pay the window cleaner.• Bribes were paid to railroad officials, of course, but other towns paid bigger ones.• Jobs in areas that use mathematical skills, such as computer programming, tend to pay well.• Did she pay you for taking care of her kids? pay for• The Roald Dahl Foundation has provided funds to pay for a paediatric epilepsy nurse at the unit.• Let me pay for dinner this time.• This year I have paid for it.• People who sell drugs to our children should pay dearly for it.• And, unlike federal employees, they have no guarantee of pay for lost time.• And £22,730 will be used to help pay for repairs to bridge steps down to the riverside at Llangollen.• But getting health insurers to pay for the promised sessions is, in many cases, a losing struggle.• The system is overwhelmed by too many retirees and not enough younger workers to pay for their benefits.• A baseball player doesn't have to pay for transport.• I've spent the last three years in jail. I tell you, I've paid for what I did. pay ... bill• I suppose I began my first little businesses because my parents needed me to help pay the bills.• Once home, Shulman went inside while Kantor paid the bill.• Ordinary households at the bottom of the economic food chain were left to pay the bill.• They only escaped with about twenty five pounds, money which Mrs Selman had been saving to pay bills.• As a result, the people whose financial position makes it easiest to pay bills actually get the lowest-cost credit.• See who pays the bills or does a goddamn single thing for any one of you.• The obligation on the client of a solicitor is to pay the bill presented.• She paid her bill to the efficient receptionist and left the hospital. get paid• Did the company responsible get paid?• At the other end of the business, the actual drivers get paid a pittance out of what is left over.• The Grovel Industry, where you get paid danger money because it's so insecure.• I work for food.' I got paid for free.• That's what you get paid for, isn't it?• I told you I get paid for what I do.• Today, he is expected to get paid like one.• Coors will also get paid more for its waste beer under the new contract, he said. pay ... fine• A top adviser to the House leadership said Gingrich is quietly canvassing members about how to pay the fine.• In concluding he promised to go to prison rather than pay his fine.• It was either off the train or pay the fine.• Under his successors, it was also exploited as a source of revenue by allowing men to pay a fine for exemption.• Cole was not asked directly whether the speaker would have to pay the fine himself.• It was like a man convicted of forgery paying his fine with a dud £50 note. paid tribute to• Read in studio A coroner has paid tribute to a parachutist who sacrificed his own life to save a colleague.• John Motum, presenting his trophy, paid tribute to both the players and the coaches.• Friends paid tribute to Herrera's courage.• Dole paid tribute to Reagan, the two-term president who gained popularity as an anti-government politician in the 1980s.• Today their station commander paid tribute to the men.• The new Bishop also paid tribute to the Ministry of Bishop Harris over the past 14 years.• In declaring the factory open, paid tribute to the teamwork which went into the design and construction of the plant.• Fenner Brockway paid tribute to the understanding and respect for individual conscience shown by the state.• He rightly paid tribute to the West Midlands police for what they have done in this process. It pays to• If you are willing to pay the difference in price there is usually even more choice. It pays to inquire. pay its way• But today, guardians of the land are finding it rather more difficult to make sure the estate pays its way.• But, in spite of the considerable effort and investment, it has for many years failed to pay its way.• Government decided that the whole of the railway freight business should pay its way.• If education postpones such dependency it will have paid its way.• Britain was no longer paying its way in the world.• Octavia Hill believed, with most other Victorians, that housing should pay its way to her, housing subsidies were unthinkable. make ... pay• This makes paying attention to a task in a busy schoolroom very difficult.• They should be made to pay for cleaning it up.• This includes a reminder that any person caught swearing must be made to pay for it.• Suddenly, I want to punish him, to make him pay for my invisibility.• How it could have been made to pay is a mystery.• Enquiries should be made from the pay kiosk or general office.• Abolish the present inheritance tax and make recipients pay on gifts above a certain band as income. Wages pay2 ●●● S1 W2 noun [uncountableU] 1 BEWmoney that you are given for doing your job 工资，薪金 Staff have been working without pay for the last month. 上个月员工们干活没拿到工资。 The tax is deducted from your pay every week. 这项税收每星期从你薪水中扣。 He was suspended on full pay until the hearing. ► see thesaurus at salary 聆讯之前他停职留薪。 2 in the pay of somebody writtenWORK FOR somebody someone who is in someone else’s pay is working for them, often secretly 〔多指秘密地〕受雇于某人的 an informer in the pay of the police 一名警方雇用的线人 Examples from the Corpus in the pay of somebody• Look, a lot of the police are in the pay of the big villains.• Himself is right: half of them must be in the pay of the Foley Street mob.• The study will analyse difference in the pay of individuals in the public and private sectors of the economy.• I am not in the pay of any man, Mr Advocate.• If its people called you a liberal subversive in the pay of effete capitalist Western powers it was regarded as fair comment.• Police and prosecutors, especially those in the pay of rival cartels, have been a special Arellano target.• Several cops were in the pay of Colombian drug lords.• This was the main reason the Pharisees hated the tax-collectors: they were in the pay of the Romans. COLLOCATIONS ADJECTIVES/NOUN + pay low 低的 Nurses often work long hours for relatively low pay. 护士往往工作时间长,而工资相对较低。 good 相当高的 The work was steady and the pay was pretty good. 这工作稳定,薪水相当不错。 higher/better 更高的 Workers demanded higher pay. 工人要求提高工资。 equal pay (=the same pay for the same type of work) 平等的工资 The women at the factory went on strike for equal pay. 这家工厂的女工为争取同工同酬而举行罢工。 basic pay British EnglishBrE, base pay American EnglishAmE (=not including overtime pay or bonuses) 底薪 nThe basic pay is so low you end up doing lots of overtime. take-home pay (=after tax etc has been taken away) 税后工资 nTheir average take-home pay is just £120. overtime pay (=for extra hours that you work) 加班工资 nTheir bosses had to approve any overtime pay. holiday pay British EnglishBrE, vacation pay American EnglishAmE (=pay when you are on holiday) 休假工资 nServicemen and women get no holiday pay, no overtime, no weekends off. sick pay (=pay when you are ill) 病假工资 nAs a self-employed person, you get no sick pay or benefits. maternity pay (=pay while a woman takes time off to have a baby) 产假工资 nIf you have worked here a year, you are entitled to 3 month’s maternity pay. redundancy pay British EnglishBrE, severance pay American EnglishAmE (=pay when there is no longer a job for you) 裁员补偿金 nWe invested our redundancy pay in a new business venture. full pay 全额工资,全薪 nThey were immediately suspended on full pay pending a full inquiry. half pay 半薪 pay + NOUNnIn 1822 he retired from the army as captain on half pay. a pay increase 加薪 Teachers will be awarded a 6% pay increase this year. 今年教师将得到6%的加薪作为奖励。 a pay rise British EnglishBrE, pay raise American EnglishAmE 加薪 If you get promoted, will you get a pay rise? 如果你升职了,会涨工资吗？ a pay cut 减薪 Staff were asked to take a 10% pay cut. 员工被要求接受10%的减薪。 a rate of pay (also a pay rate) (=the amount paid every hour, week etc) 工资率 Many workers in the catering industry are on low rates of pay. 饮食服务业的许多员工工资率较低。 a pay cheque British EnglishBrE, a paycheck American EnglishAmE (=the money you earn every week or month) 工资,薪金 nStretching your money until the next pay cheque arrives often becomes difficult. a pay freeze (=when no one’s pay is increased) 工资冻结 nMinisters have approved a public sector pay freeze. a pay claim British EnglishBrE (=official request for more pay) 加薪要求 nThe miners voted for strike action in support of their pay claim. a pay dispute (=disagreement between an employer and employees about pay) 工资纠纷 nMany flights were cancelled because of a pilots’ pay dispute. npay and conditions (=the conditions in which people work and the pay they get) The unions are demanding better pay and conditions. COMMON ERRORSDon’t say ‘the salary pay’. Just say the pay. 不要说 ‘the salary pay’. 而只需说 the pay. n THESAURUS income money that you receive from working, investments etc families on a low income salary the pay that professional people such as teachers or lawyers earn every year a salary of $65,000 a year wages the pay that someone earns every hour or every week Her wages barely cover the rent. bonus money added to someone’s pay, as a reward for good work or as a reward when the company does well The company pays an attendance bonus – if you go 30 days without being late or absent, you get the bonus. earnings all the money that you earn by working In a good year, a bonus can double an executive’s earnings. Examples from the Corpus pay• The new chief executive acknowledged he would be taking a pay cut.• Most of all, they need equal pay and comparable worth.• To raise his wage without raising his marginal productivity would be to put his pay above his contribution.• Staff unions and many councillors last year attacked large pay increases for senior staff in all departments.• The worst thing about being a nurse is the low pay.• Joe's been receiving sick pay since the accident.• If entitlements are exceeded, the system will issue the relevant warning message and stop pay.• For four years running, the Government's teachers' pay committee has reported that teachers' morale has never been lower.• "What's the pay?" "About $10 an hour."• For most fast-food workers, the pay is around $5 an hour.• If women were evenly distributed across the spectrum of employment, their pay levels would be much closer to those of men. From Longman Business Dictionary paypay1 /peɪ/ noun [uncountableU] the money someone receives for the job they do → back pay → callback pay → differential pay → free pay → holiday pay → maternity pay → paternity pay → performance-related pay → premium pay → reporting pay → sick pay → strike pay → take-home pay → vacation payShe got the job, but it meant a big pay cut. an increase in hourly pay All I want is a full day’s work for a full day’s pay. Thebasic pay (=the usual amount, without any extra) is so low you end up putting in overtime. → see also equal paypaypay2 verb (past tensepst and past participlepp paid) 1[intransitiveI, transitiveT] to give a person or company money for a product or service they have supplied How much can you afford to pay? GM won’t pay a Christmas bonus to salaried employees next year. pay for Farmers desperately need hard credit to pay for seed and fertilizer. The proportion of shoppers willing to pay more for special brands has fallen sharply. pay somebody for something United has agreed to pay Pan Am $290 million for its London routes. 2pay for itself if something you buy pays for itself, the money it saves over a period of time is as much as it cost Investment in energy efficiency will pay for itself in two years due to the amount of fuel saved. 3pay its wayCOMMERCE if a machine or business activity pays its way, it makes more money than it costs to run The SBS television channel is permitted to run limited advertising to help pay its way. 4pay through the nose (for something) informal to pay much more for something than it is really worth Finance people have paid through the nose for consultants in recent years. 5[transitiveT]FINANCE to give a person or company money you owe them Celutel has been trying to raise cash topay debt. The association has set up the loan fund to help its members pay fines. Shoppers in Newfoundlandpay 19%tax on purchases of goods and services. 6[intransitiveI, transitiveT] to give someone money for the job they do Cane cutters here are paid about $1.50 per ton. attempts by management not to pay employees overtime 7[transitiveT]FINANCE if investments pay a particular amount of money or rate of interest, the investors who own them will receive that amount of profit Our Gold Account is currently paying a 5.3%interest rate. All the current junk bonds pay cash interest. Under the current deal, BBDO stock is paying about 10 times last year’s earnings. 8[intransitiveI]COMMERCE if a shop or business pays, it makes a profit If the Chinese can ship this equipment 12,000 miles, how is it that British industry cannot make it pay? → pay somebody/something ↔ back → pay down something → pay something in → pay off → pay something ↔ out → pay up (1100-1200) Old French paier, from Latin pacere “to make calm or peaceful”, from pax; → PEACE →5 GRAMMAR1 →n GRAMMAR2 →COLLOCATIONS1 →n COLLOCATIONS2 →THESAURUS1 →PHRASAL VERBS1pay2 noun →COLLOCATIONS1 →n THESAURUS1 |
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