詞語：pay off
pay off是什麼意思
簡明英漢詞典
pay off
v.
還清(債務等)付清, 報復, 贏利
美國傳統詞典[雙解]
pay
pay 1
AHD:[p3]
D.J.[pei]
K.K.[pe]
v.（動詞）
paid[p3d] pay.ing， pays
v.tr.（及物動詞）
(1)To give money to in return for goods or services rendered:
支付，付款：因所提供的服務或商品而付給錢：
pay the cashier.
向出納員付款
(2)To give (money) in exchange for goods or services:
花費，償付：為商品或服務而支付（錢）：
paid three dollars for a hamburger; paid an hourly wage.
花三美元買了一個漢堡包；支付一小時的工酬
(3)To discharge or settle (a debt or an obligation):
償還，還清：償付或結清（債務或責任）：
paying taxes; paid the bill.
交納稅款；付帳單
(4)To give recompense for; requite:
回報：給予報酬；報答：
a kindness that cannot be paid back.
無法報答的和善
(5)To give recompense to; reward or punish:
以牙還牙，回報：給予報償；報復或懲罰：
I'll pay him back for his insults.
對他的侮辱我要報復
(6)To bear (a cost or penalty, for example) in recompense:
受報應，付代價：忍受（代價，罪等）以作為賠償：
She paid the price for her unpopular opinions.
她為自己不受歡迎的觀點付出了代價
(7)To yield as a return:
酬勞：作為回報給予：
a savings plan that paid 12 percent interest.
支付百分之十二利率的儲蓄計劃
(8)To afford an advantage to; profit:
有利於：給…以好處；有益於：
It paid us to be generous.
慷慨對我們有好處
(9)To give or bestow:
給，予：
paying compliments; paying attention.
稱讚；給予關注
(10)To make (a visit or call).
做（拜訪）或打（電話）
(11)past tense and past participle paidor payed [p3d] To let out (a line or cable) by slackening.
【過去時態與過去分詞】 paid或 payed [p3d] 慢慢放鬆：通過鬆開使（繩索或纜繩）脫出
v.intr.（不及物動詞）
(1)To give money in exchange for goods or services.
付款：為商品或服務而付款
(2)To discharge a debt or an obligation.
償清：償還債務或責任
(3)To bear a cost or penalty in recompense:
付代價，得到報應：承受費用或刑罰作為償還：
You'll pay for this mischief!
你會因惡作劇而受懲罰
(4)To be profitable or worthwhile:
有利，值得：
It doesn't pay to get angry.
不值得生氣
adj.（形容詞）
(1)Of, relating to, giving, or receiving payments.
付款的，收款的：支付的、與支付有關的、給予或獲得支付的
(2)Requiring payment to use or operate:
需交費的：需要交納使用或運作費用的：
a pay telephone.
交費電話
(3)Yielding valuable metal in mining:
有開採價值的：通過開採能產生有價值金屬的：
a pay streak.
含有開採價值的礦層
n.（名詞）
(1)The act of paying or state of being paid.
付款，收款：付報酬或得報酬的行為或狀態
(2)Money given in return for work done; salary; wages.
酬金，工資：做工作而獲得的報酬；工資；周薪
(3)Recompense or reward:
報酬，酬勞：
Your thanks are pay enough.
你的謝意已足夠了
(4)Retribution or punishment.
報復，懲罰
(5)Paid employment:
僱傭：支付費用的僱傭：
the workers in our pay.
我們僱傭的工人
(6)A person considered with regard to his or her credit or reliability in discharging debts.
有良好信用的人，有支付能力的人：被認為是在還債方面守信或可靠的人
常用詞組
pay off
(1)To pay the full amount on (a debt).
償清（債務） ：支付（債務）的全部數額
(2)To effect profit:
帶來利益：
a bet that paid off poorly.
沒有多大利息的賭注
(3)To get revenge for or on; requite.
報復：為…或向…報復；報復
(4)To pay the wages due to (an employee) upon discharge.
結算工資：由於要解雇（僱員）支付工資
(5)Informal To bribe.
【非正式用語】 賄賂
(6)Nautical To turn or cause to turn (a vessel) to leeward.
【航海】 使（船首）轉向下風：轉向或使（船）轉向下風
pay out
(1)To give (money) out; spend.
把（錢）花掉；花費
(2)To let out (a line or rope) by slackening.
緩緩放鬆：通過放鬆使（繩或索）放出
pay up
To give over the full monetary amount demanded.
付清全部款項：繳清所要求的全部資金數額
習慣用語
pay (one's) dues
To earn a given right or position through hard work, long-term experience, or suffering:
獲得自己應得的：通過艱苦工作、長期的經驗或痛苦而獲得應得的權利或地位：
She paid her dues in small-town theaters before getting a part in a Broadway play.
她通過在小城鎮的戲劇院出名後才在紐約百老匯戲劇娛樂業獲得了一席之地
pay (one's) way
To contribute one's own share; pay for oneself.
付出，出錢：捐獻出自己的一份；為自己支付
pay the piper
To bear the consequences of something.
承擔某事的後果
pay through the nose【非正式用語】
To pay excessively.
付出過高的代價
語源
(1)Middle English paien
中古英語 paien
(2)from Old French paiier
源自 古法語 paiier
(3)from Late Latin [to appease]
源自 後期拉丁語 [緩和，使平靜]
(4)from Latin p33re} [to pacify]
源自 拉丁語 p33re} [安撫，平息]
(5)from p3x p3c- [peace] * see pag-
源自 p3x p3c- [和平] *參見 pag-
註釋
Given the unpeaceful feelings one often has in paying bills or income taxes, it is difficult to believe that the word pay ultimately derives from the Latin word p3, 「peace.」 However, it is not the peace of the one who pays that is involved in this development of meaning. From p3, meaning 「peace」 and also 「a settlement of hostilities,」 was derived the word p33re,} 「to impose a settlement on peoples or territories.」 In Late Latin p33re} was extended in sense to mean 「to appease.」 The Old French word paiier that developed from Latin p33re} came to have the specific application 「to pacify or satisfy a creditor,」 a sense that came into Middle English along with the word paien (first recorded around the beginning of the 13th century), the ancestor of our word pay.
人常常在支付帳單或收入調節稅時有不安之感情，因而很難令人相信單詞pay 來源於拉丁詞語 pax 「和平」。 但是，並不是支付人內心的平和與這個詞意義的延伸意有關連。因為意思是「和平」和「敵視的和解」的單詞pax 源於 pacare 「給人民或領土以安寧」。 在後拉丁語中pacare 的意義被引申為「撫慰，使緩和。」 古法語單詞paiier 來源於拉丁語 pacave， 後來開始具有「緩和、平息或使債主滿意」這個具體用意，這種意思隨同單詞paien （大約在13世紀初首次記錄）進入中世紀英語， 這個詞就是單詞pay 的前身
基本詞義
pay
pay 2
AHD:[p3]
D.J.[pei]
K.K.[pe]
v.tr.（及物動詞）
payed或 paid [p3d] pay.ing， pays【航海】
To coat or cover (seams of a ship, for example) with waterproof material such as tar or asphalt.
在…上塗柏油：用防水材料如瀝清或柏油塗在（如船縫上）
語源
(1)Obsolete French peier
已廢法語 peier
(2)from Old French
源自 古法語
(3)from Latin pic3e
源自 拉丁語 pic3e
(4)from pix pic- [pitch]
源自 pix pic- [瀝青，柏油]
現代英漢詞典
pay
[peI]
vt., vi.
paid, paying
(1)付（款）；支付；繳納
He paid ￡5 for the book.
他買這本書花了五英鎊。
"I'd like to pay by cheque, please."
我想用支票支付。
I paid $150 for that walki-lookie.
我花了一百五十美元買了那台輕便電視攝影機。
"The international corporation paid $50,000 for the firm, and $2,000 for its goodwill."
"這家跨國公司用五萬美元買下了這家商號,兩千美元買下了它的信譽。"
(2)付清（賬單、債務）
Can you lend me some money - I can pay you back tomorrow.
你能借給我點兒錢嗎？我明天就可以還給你。
Have I paid you back the $20 you lent me?
你借給我的二十美元我還給你了嗎?
Have you paid the electricity bill for the last month yet?
你繳了上個月的電費了嗎?
(3)生利；有…收益；值得（麻煩）；合算
It pays me to keep that stock.
持有那種股票對我有利。
It will pay to read a dictionary if you have time.
"如果你有時間,翻翻詞典是值得的。"
It will pay in the long run if the setting off of firecrackers is effectively banned in the cities.
"從長遠來看,在城市裡真正有效地禁放鞭炮,是值得的。"
(4)做；致；說
pay a visit
訪問
pay a call
拜會
pay a compliment
致意
pay one's respects
致敬
The workers paid homage to the king when he came to the factory for a visit.
"當國王來到工廠參觀時,工人們向他致敬。"
(5)給；與
pay attention
注意
(6)遭受懲罰
She has paid the penalty for her theft.
她犯的偷竊罪已受到懲罰。
He paid dearly for his careless slip.
他為自己粗心的失誤付出了巨大的代價。
詞性變化
pay
n.
工資；薪金；津貼
習慣用語
in the pay of
被收買的；被豢養的；當狗腿子的
This man is in the pay of the enemy.
此人是被敵人收買的。
常用詞組
pay back
(1)報復 (= pay off, pay out, serve out)
I'll certainly pay you back for what you did to me!
"你那樣對待我,我一定要回敬你的!"
(2)償還；償付
How can I pay you back for all your kindness?
你的這番好意我該怎麼報答呢?
pay off
(1)還清；償清
(2)報復；償還
(3)結清工資解雇（某人）
(4)成功
Did your plan pay off?
你的計劃成功了嗎？
Our plan certainly paid off; it was a great idea.
"我們的計劃當然成功了,那是個很好的主意。"
pay out
(1)花費；支出
I paid out a lot of money for that car.
為了那輛汽車我花了不少錢。
(2)放鬆（繩子）；放出
pay up
（不情願地）付清；還清（債務）
美國傳統詞典
pay
pay 1
AHD:[p3]
D.J.[pei]
K.K.[pe]
v.
paid[p3d] pay.ing, pays
v.tr.
(1)To give money to in return for goods or services rendered:
pay the cashier.
(2)To give (money) in exchange for goods or services:
paid three dollars for a hamburger; paid an hourly wage.
(3)To discharge or settle (a debt or an obligation):
paying taxes; paid the bill.
(4)To give recompense for; requite:
a kindness that cannot be paid back.
(5)To give recompense to; reward or punish:
I'll pay him back for his insults.
(6)To bear (a cost or penalty, for example) in recompense:
She paid the price for her unpopular opinions.
(7)To yield as a return:
a savings plan that paid 12 percent interest.
(8)To afford an advantage to; profit:
It paid us to be generous.
(9)To give or bestow:
paying compliments; paying attention.
(10)To make (a visit or call).
(11)past tense and past participle paidor payed [p3d] To let out (a line or cable) by slackening.
v.intr.
(1)To give money in exchange for goods or services.
(2)To discharge a debt or an obligation.
(3)To bear a cost or penalty in recompense:
You'll pay for this mischief!
(4)To be profitable or worthwhile:
It doesn't pay to get angry.
adj.
(1)Of, relating to, giving, or receiving payments.
(2)Requiring payment to use or operate:
a pay telephone.
(3)Yielding valuable metal in mining:
a pay streak.
n.
(1)The act of paying or state of being paid.
(2)Money given in return for work done; salary; wages.
(3)Recompense or reward:
Your thanks are pay enough.
(4)Retribution or punishment.
(5)Paid employment:
the workers in our pay.
(6)A person considered with regard to his or her credit or reliability in discharging debts.
常用詞組
pay off
(1)To pay the full amount on (a debt).
(2)To effect profit:
a bet that paid off poorly.
(3)To get revenge for or on; requite.
(4)To pay the wages due to (an employee) upon discharge.
(5)Informal To bribe.
(6)Nautical To turn or cause to turn (a vessel) to leeward.
pay out
(1)To give (money) out; spend.
(2)To let out (a line or rope) by slackening.
pay up
To give over the full monetary amount demanded.
習慣用語
pay (one's) dues
To earn a given right or position through hard work, long-term experience, or suffering:
She paid her dues in small-town theaters before getting a part in a Broadway play.
pay (one's) way
To contribute one's own share; pay for oneself.
pay the piper
To bear the consequences of something.
pay through the noseInformal
To pay excessively.
語源
(1)Middle English paien
(2)from Old French paiier
(3)from Late Latin [to appease]
(4)from Latin p33re} [to pacify]
(5)from p3x p3c- [peace] * see pag-
註釋
Given the unpeaceful feelings one often has in paying bills or income taxes, it is difficult to believe that the word pay ultimately derives from the Latin word p3, 「peace.」 However, it is not the peace of the one who pays that is involved in this development of meaning. From p3, meaning 「peace」 and also 「a settlement of hostilities,」 was derived the word p33re,} 「to impose a settlement on peoples or territories.」 In Late Latin p33re} was extended in sense to mean 「to appease.」 The Old French word paiier that developed from Latin p33re} came to have the specific application 「to pacify or satisfy a creditor,」 a sense that came into Middle English along with the word paien (first recorded around the beginning of the 13th century), the ancestor of our word pay.
基本詞義
pay
pay 2
AHD:[p3]
D.J.[pei]
K.K.[pe]
v.tr.
payedor paid [p3d] pay.ing, paysNautical
To coat or cover (seams of a ship, for example) with waterproof material such as tar or asphalt.
語源
(1)Obsolete French peier
(2)from Old French
(3)from Latin pic3e
(4)from pix pic- [pitch]
英漢船舶大詞典
pay off
n.付清,開始產油,清償
英漢地質大詞典
pay off
n.開始出油,產油井
英漢法學大詞典
pay off
償清 ,付清,給薪解雇,進行報復
英漢紡織大詞典
pay off
n.松卷裝置,清算
英漢航海大詞典
pay off
vt.償還,付清
英漢化學大詞典
pay off
vt.付清,得到好處,賄賂
英漢海運大詞典
pay off
償還，收回
基本詞義
pay off
結帳，解雇，船頭偏離風向，偏航
基本詞義
pay off
結帳解僱船頭偏離風向偏航
基本詞義
pay off
償還，收回，結帳，解雇，船頭偏離風向，偏航
英漢經貿大詞典
pay off
n.付清
英漢計算機大詞典
pay off
vt.付清(得到好處,賄賂
英漢建築大詞典
pay off
n.送料,續料,開始出油,產油井
英漢冶金大詞典
pay off
n.放線裝置,松卷裝置