[] to give sb money for work, goods, services, etc. 付（款）；支付◆How much are people willing to pay for your product? 人们愿意出多少钱买你的产品？◆Are you paying in cash or by credit card? 你付现金还是刷卡？◆My company pays well (= pays high salaries). 我的公司支付的薪水很高。◆Last year they paid $16m in cash bonuses to staff. 去年他们向员工发放了 1 600 万元的奖金。◆I'm paid $100 a day. 我日薪 100 元。◆She is paid by the hour. 她按小时收费。◆I don't pay you to sit around all day doing nothing! 我花钱雇你来不是让你整天坐着不干事！◆The service now has about 2.2 million paying customers. 这项服务现有大约 220 万付费客户。➡low-paid , prepay
[] to give sb money that you owe them 偿还；偿付◆We don't have enough money to pay our bills. 我们没有足够的钱付账。◆Have you paid her what you owe her? 欠她的钱你还了吗？◆No dividend has been paid for several years. 已经有好几年没有分红了。
[] (about a business, etc.) to produce a profit （企业等）赢利◆Training is a growth area—with the right skills you could make it pay. 培训是一个增长领域 ── 拥有适当的技能就能赚钱。◆They have turned their website into a paying proposition. 他们把网站变成了赚钱的生意。
[] to result in some advantage or profit for sb 受益；划得来◆It would probably pay you to hire an accountant. 或许雇用一名会计更划算。◆It pays to keep up to date with your work. 跟上工作节奏是值得的。
●pay ˈdividendsto produce great advantages or profits 产生收益；有大收获◆He insisted that the money invested in e-commerce would pay dividends. 他坚持认为投资於电子商务的资金会赚大钱。●pay for itˈself(about a new system, sth you have bought, etc.) to save as much money as it cost （新系统、所买的东西等）够本；损益相当◆The software paid for itself within 90 days. 这个软件 90 天之内即可收回成本。●pay its ˈway(about a business, etc.) to make enough money to pay what it costs to keep it going （企业等）收支平衡；赢利运作◆Our website is now paying its way. 我们的网站目前收支相抵。●pay/spend over the ˈodds () () to pay more than you would normally expect 买贵了◆The bank paid over the odds to get into the American market. 这家银行进入美国市场的代价高昂。●pay through the ˈnose (for sth) () to pay much too much money for sth 被敲诈；付出太多的钱◆We paid through the nose for the repairs. 我们修东西被敲了一笔。●pay your ˈwayto pay for everything yourself without having to rely on anyone else's money 自食其力◆She had to pay her way through college. 她上大学期间不得不自食其力。 ●ˌpay sb ˈback (sth)●ˌpay sth ˈback (to sb)to return money that you borrowed from sb 偿还◆I'll pay you back next week. 我下周把钱还给你。◆You can pay back the loan over a period of three years. 你可以在三年内还清贷款。➡payback ●ˌpay ˈdown sth () () to reduce the amount of a debt by paying some of the money 部分偿还；偿还部分债务◆The money will be used to pay down their $2.4 bn debt. 这笔资金将用於偿还他们 24 亿元债务的一部分。➡paydown HELP A noun follows down but a pronoun must come between the verb and down. 名词放在 down 之後，但代词须在动词和 down 之间。●ˌpay sth ˈdown () to give an amount of money as the first payment for sth 支付订金◆You can pay $200 down and the rest in 12 monthly instalments. 你可以先付 200 元订金，其余款项 12 个月分期付清。➡down payment ●ˌpay sth ˈin●ˌpay sth ˈinto sthto put money into a bank account 存入银行账户；存款◆I paid in a cheque this morning. 今天上午我存入了一张支票。◆I'd like to pay some money into my account. 我想往我的账户里存点钱。●ˌpay ˈoff () (about a plan or an action) to be successful and bring good results （计划或行动）成功◆Our efforts to improve quality and speed up delivery have paid off and profits have doubled. 我们提高质量和加快交货速度的努力取得了成功，同时利润翻了一番。➡pay-off ●ˌpay sb ˈoffto pay sb what they have earned and tell them to leave their job 遣散某人；付清工资後解雇某人◆The crew were paid off as soon as the ship docked. 轮船靠岸後，船员结清工钱後被立即遣散。➡pay-off ●ˌpay sth ˈoffto finish paying money owed for sth 还清；偿清◆We paid off our mortgage after fifteen years. 我们在 15 年之後还清了抵押贷款。●ˌpay ˈout●ˌpay sth ˈoutto pay a large amount of money for sth 支付巨款◆The company has paid out $1.5 bn in bonuses for the year. 公司支付了 15 亿元的巨额年度奖金。➡payout ●ˌpay ˈupto pay all the money that you owe to sb, especially when you do not want to or when the payment is late （不情愿地）付清；还清（债务）◆I had a hard time getting the insurers to pay up. 我费尽周折让保险人付清赔偿金。
