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pay¹[pei](paid)vt. 1 支付,付清;缴纳:How much did you pay for that book?你买那本书花了多少钱?pay a bill付账pay one's taxes纳税pay one's membership dues缴会费pay the penalty缴纳罚金 2 付钱给(某人),给…报酬;出钱雇:pay the taxi driver付钱给出租车司机pay sb. his wages付给某人工资be paid ninety dollars a week每周拿九十美元工资be paid by the piece(或hour)计件(或计时)取酬pay sb. to do sth.雇某人做某事 3 偿还,抵偿;补偿:Have you paid all your debts yet?你的债务全清了吗?His efforts were well paid in the end.他的努力终于得到了很好的结果. 4 对…有利,对…有好处:It pays one to be honest.老实人不吃亏. 5 产生…利润;(职位等)有(若干)报酬:an investment paying 5 percent能获利百分之五的投资jobs paying lower wages低薪工作 6 给予(注意等);致以(问候等);进行(访问等):pay one's respects to sb.向某人表示敬意pay a call on sb.拜访某人 7 把(钱)存入(或转入)(银行等) 8 [过去式和过去分词用payed]【海】放松(绳索等)(out)
vi. 1 付款,付清:pay in advance预付pay by instalments分期付款pay by cheque用支票支付pay on delivery【商】货到付款 2 偿还;付出代价;受到惩罚,得到报应(for):pay for the damage赔偿损坏a lesson paid for with blood用血换来的教训pay in kind以实物支付;<喻>以同样的东西(或手段)偿还 3 有利,值得:It will pay to read that book.读读那本书是值得的. 4 生利,(职位等)有报酬:a paying enterprise有收益的企业
n. 1 支付;受雇(状态) 2 报偿;报答;报应 3 雇用;工资,薪金(尤指军饷);津贴:equal pay for equal work同工同酬full(或half) pay全(或半)薪draw one's pay领薪水travel pay出差津贴 4 有支付能力的人;能按期付款的人 5 【矿】可采矿石;生产层,产油层
adj. 1 (含)富矿的;矿物丰富的:pay gravel含矿砾pay ore富矿石a pay bed(或horizon)产油层,生产层 2 <美>需付费的,收费的;有自动收费装置的:a pay audience(听演讲等)付费的听众a pay library收费图书馆a pay telephone自动收费公用电话 3 有关支付的:a pay clerk出纳员 |