- [intransitive, transitive]
to give somebody money for work, goods, services, etc. 付费；付酬 Who's paying? 谁付款？ - pay for something
I'll pay for the tickets. 我来买票。 🔊🔊 You have to pay extra for a single room. 你要单人间就必须加钱。 Many consumers are willing to pay more for better service. 许多消费者愿意为更好的服务付费。 - pay somebody for something
Let me pay you for your time. 让我为您付出时间。 - pay for somebody to do something
Her parents paid for her to go to Canada. 她父母出钱送她去加拿大。 🔊🔊 - pay somebody
Would you mind paying the taxi driver? 您付出租车费好吗？ 🔊🔊 - pay somebody something
She's paid $200 a day. 她每天支付200美元。 - pay something
Let me pay the bill. 让我付帐。 - pay by something
Are you paying by card? 您是用卡付款吗？ - pay (in) something
to pay (in) cash 付现金 - pay something for something
She pays £200 a week for this apartment. 这套房子她每周要付租金 200 英镑。 🔊🔊 - pay somebody/something to do something
I don't pay you to sit around all day doing nothing! 我不是花钱雇你整天闲坐着的！ 🔊🔊 - pay somebody something to do something
I pay him £10 to clean the car. 我付给他10英镑清洗汽车。
Extra ExamplesTopics Moneya1, Shoppinga1How much did you pay for your new car? 你花多少钱买的新车？ I would gladly pay for the benefits such a tax would bring. 这一税种带来种种福利，我非常乐于为此付钱。 The revenue will be used to help pay for environmental improvements. 该收入将用于支付改善环境的部份费用。 Protesters against the tax carried banners reading ‘Can't pay! Won't pay!’ 反对这项税收的抗议者举“交不起！不愿交!”的标语。 You can expect to pay upwards of £200 a night at this exclusive hotel. 在这家高级酒店里，你可能要支付两百多英镑一晚。 There's a 5% discount if you pay cash. 付现金有5%的折扣。 She pays her workers very well. 她给工人的工资很高。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- handsomely
- well
- dearly
- …
- have to
- must
- be able to
- …
- for
- to
- ability to pay
- [transitive]
to give somebody money that you owe them 交纳；偿还 - pay something
to pay a fee/bill/fine/debt 支付费用/账单/罚款/债务 to pay your rent 付房租 Everyone has to pay their taxes. 每个人都必须纳税。 The union paid all her legal costs. 工会支付了她所有的法律费用。 - pay something to somebody
Membership fees should be paid to the secretary. 会员费应交给秘书。 🔊🔊 - pay somebody something
He still hasn't paid me the money he owes me. 他还没归还欠我的钱呢。 🔊🔊
Extra ExamplesTopics Moneya1He was made bankrupt for failing to pay debts of over £2 million. 他因未能偿还超过 200 万英镑的债务而被宣布破产。 The company was ordered to pay the five workers £5 000 in compensation each. 这家公司被勒令给予这5 名工人每人5,000 英镑的赔偿金。 It is for the courts to decide who is liable to pay damages. 应该有法庭决定谁有责任赔偿损失。 We pay £300 a week to our landlord. 我们每周向房东支付300英镑。 Have you paid him the rent yet? 你向他付房租了没有？ 🔊🔊
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- handsomely
- well
- dearly
- …
- have to
- must
- be able to
- …
- for
- to
- ability to pay
- pay something
- [intransitive, transitive] (of an employer or a job)
to give or provide a particular amount of money for the work that somebody does （使）花一大笔钱 Software firms generally pay well (= pay high salaries). 软件公司通常薪水高。 jobs that pay less than £10 an hour 时薪低于10英镑的工作 I need to get a job that pays better. 我需要一份薪水更高的工作。
- [transitive]
used with some nouns to show that you are giving or doing the thing mentioned （与某些名词结合使用，表示将要做或付出某事物） - pay something
Most of the students weren't paying attention. 大多数学生没有注意。 - pay something to something/somebody
The director paid tribute to all she had done for the charity. 董事赞扬她为慈善事业所做的一切。 🔊🔊 He paid a visit to Japan last year. 去年他访问了日本。 The film pays homage to classic Hollywood musicals. 这部电影向好莱坞经典音乐剧致敬。 - pay somebody something
I'll pay you a visit when I'm next in town. 当我下次在城里时，我会拜访您。 He's always paying me compliments. 他总是夸奖我。 🔊🔊
- pay something
- [intransitive, transitive]
to produce a profit; to result in some advantage for somebody 赢利；创收 It's hard to make farming pay. 种庄稼获利很不容易。 🔊🔊 Crime doesn't pay. 犯罪是划不来的。 🔊🔊 - it pays to do something
It pays to keep up to date with your work. 工作能跟上时代是有利的。 🔊🔊 - it pays somebody to do something
It would probably pay you to hire an accountant. 聘一名会计师或许对你有好处。 🔊🔊
Extra ExamplesTopics Moneyb2Sometimes, the film tells us, crime does pay. 这部电影告诉我们，犯罪有时是有偿的。 Doing business with the United States pays, and pays very well. 与美国做生意是有报酬的，而且报酬很高。 Learning pays in all sorts of ways—it can be the first step to a job or better job and to making new friends. 学习以各种方式获得报酬，这可能是工作或更好工作以及结交新朋友的第一步。
- [intransitive]
to suffer or be punished for your beliefs or actions 付代价；遭受惩罚
Word OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘pacify’): from Old French paie (noun), payer (verb), from Latin pacare ‘appease’, from pax, pac- ‘peace’. The notion of ‘payment’ arose from the sense of ‘pacifying’ a creditor.
Idioms
cost/pay an arm and a leg
- (informal)
to cost/pay a lot of money （使）花一大笔钱
the devil/hell to pay
give/pay heed (to somebody/something) | take heed (of somebody/something)
- (formal)
to pay careful attention to somebody/something 留心；注意；听从 They gave little heed to the rumours. 他们对流言蜚语不予理睬。 I paid no heed at the time but later I had cause to remember what he’d said. 我当时没在意，但后来的事让我想起了他的话。 Small businesses would be wise to take heed of the warnings contained in the Chancellor’s speech. 明智的做法是，小企业应注意总理讲话中的警告。 She took little heed of her surroundings. 她很少注意周围的环境。 They paid no heed to the advice. 他们不理会建议。
he who pays the piper calls the tune
- (saying)
the person who provides the money for something can also control how it is spent 花钱的人说了算；财大者气粗
not pay somebody/something any mind
- (North American English)
to give no attention to somebody/something 留心；注意；听从 People call him names sometimes, but he doesn't pay them any mind. 人们有时称他为名字，但他不介意。
pay court to somebody
- (old-fashioned)
to treat somebody with great respect in order to gain favour with them 献殷勤；奉迎；讨好
pay your dues
to work hard and gain experience, so that you deserve success or respect As a young actor, he paid his dues in small roles. 作为一个年轻的演员，他以小角色交了会费。 She is incredibly qualified and has paid her dues to become president. 她非常有资格，并且已经缴纳了成为总统的会费。
to do what is required or expected of you Vick paid his dues (= completed his punishment), and since being released from prison has been a model citizen. 维克缴纳了他的会费（完成了他的惩罚），自从出狱以来一直是模范公民。
pay for itself
pay good money for something
pay the/a penalty/price (for something/for doing something)
to suffer because of bad luck, a mistake or something you have done 因…受害／付代价 He looked terrible this morning. I think he's paying the penalty for all those late nights. 他今天上午脸色很不好，我想这是他一直熬夜造成的。 🔊🔊 They're now paying the price for past mistakes. 他们现在正为过去的错误付出代价。 🔊🔊 She thinks that any inconvenience is a price worth paying for living in such a beautiful place. 她认为，任何不便之处都是在如此美丽的地方生活所需要付出的代价。
Extra ExamplesHe's now paying the penalty for his misspent youth. 现在他要为虚度青春付出代价。 If Mac had killed Caroline, then he was going to make him pay the price. 如果马克杀了卡罗琳的话，他会让马克付出代价的。
pay your respects (to somebody)
pay through the nose (for something)
- (informal)
to pay too much money for something （为…）付过高的价
pay its way
pay your way
to pay for everything yourself without having to rely on anyone else’s money 独立偿付一切；自食其力
rob Peter to pay Paul
- (saying)
to borrow money from one person to pay back what you owe to another person; to take money from one thing to use for something else 借新债还旧账；拆东墙补西墙
you pays your money and you takes your choice
- (informal, especially British English)
used for saying that there is very little difference between two or more things that you can choose 如何选择由你做主（表示各种选择的分别不大）