payback
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UK payback n: (repayment)
SC 偿还 cháng huán
TC 償還
TC 償還
SC 偿付 cháng huán ，cháng fù
I'll loan you the money, but I need payback by Christmas.
payback n: (financial return)
SC 财政收益 cái zhèng shōu yì
TC 財政收益
TC 財政收益
SC 投资回报 cái zhèng shōu yì，tóu zī huí bào
SC 投资回收率 cái zhèng shōu yì，tóu zī huí shōu lǜ
The payback on this investment will be thousands of dollars.
payback n: figurative, informal (revenge) (比喻)
SC 报仇，报复，偿还 bào chóu ，bào fù，cháng huán
TC 報仇，報復，償還
TC 報仇，報復，償還
The waiter spit in the patron's food as payback for being rude.
pay [sth] back vtr phrasal sep: (return money)
SC 还…
I can't afford to pay back the fifty pounds he lent me.
我还不起他借给我的五十英镑。
pay [sb] back vtr phrasal sep: (return money to)
SC 还钱给
I will pay you back the £5 tomorrow.
明天我会还你5英磅。
pay [sb] back for [sth] v expr: (return money borrowed from [sb])
SC 还…钱给某人
I paid him back for the drinks he had bought us.
我将他请我们喝酒的钱还了。
pay [sb] back vtr phrasal sep: figurative, informal (take revenge on) (比喻)
SC 算账 suàn zhàng
SC 报复 suàn zhàng，bào fù
TC 報復
TC 報復
After John embarrassed Susan, she paid him back by playing a joke on him.
约翰让苏珊感到尴尬，她讲了一个玩笑报复他。
pay [sb] back for [sth] vtr phrasal sep: figurative, informal (take revenge for [sth])
SC 因为…报复…
How shall I pay him back for that dirty trick he played on me?
我应该怎么来回报他捉弄我的卑鄙行为？
pay [sb] back for doing [sth] vtr phrasal sep: figurative, informal (take revenge for [sth])
SC 因为…报复…
I still haven't paid you back for humiliating me in front of all my friends.
我还没有跟你算在我朋友面前羞辱我的账。
back pay n: (law: wages for previous work) (法律)
SC 拖欠工资，欠薪
pay [sb] back in his/her/their own coin v expr: figurative (behave toward [sb] in a like way)
SC 以其人之道，还以其人之身