pay
- IPA[peɪ]
英式
- give (someone) money that is due for work done, goods received, or a debt incurred；give (a sum of money) in exchange for goods or work done or to settle a debt
- the money paid to someone for regular work
verb: pay, 3rd person present: pays, gerund or present participle: paying, past tense: paid, past participle: paid
- 釋義
- 相關詞
- 片語
- v.動詞
- 1. give (someone) money that is due for work done, goods received, or a debt incurred:
the traveller paid a guide to show him across
I'll pay for your ticket
- 2. give (a sum of money) in exchange for goods or work done or to settle a debt:
the company was rumoured to have paid 450p a share
they paid him an annual retainer
- 3. hand over or transfer the amount due of (a debt, wages, etc.) to someone:
I always prefer to pay all my bills by cheque
- 4. (of work, an investment, etc.) provide someone with (a sum of money):
jobs that pay £5 an hour
- 5. (of a business, activity, or an attitude) be profitable or advantageous:
crime doesn't pay
it pays to choose varieties carefully
- 6. suffer a misfortune as a consequence of an action:
the destroyer would have to pay with his life
- 7. give what is due or deserved to:
‘I'll pay you for that,’ he snarled
it was his way of paying out Maguire for giving him the push
- 8. give (attention, respect, or a compliment) to (someone):
no one paid them any attention
- 9. make (a visit or call) to (someone):
she has been prevailed upon to pay us a visit
- n.名詞
- 1. the money paid to someone for regular work:
an entitlement to sickness pay
- past and past participle of pay
- adj.(of work or leave) for or during which one receives pay:
- a one-month paid vacation
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- v.past and past participle of pay
- adj.(of work or leave) for or during which one receives pay:
- five weeks paid holiday a year
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n. a payment made to someone, especially as a bribe or on leaving a job:
he left the company with an £800,000 pay-off
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n. an envelope containing an employee's wages; a pay packet.
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n. ground containing ore in sufficient quantity to be profitably extracted.
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n. a salary or wages cheque made out to an employee.
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片語
- he who pays the piper calls the tune
- in the pay of
- pay dearly
- pay for itself
- pay it forward
- pay one's last respects
- pay one's respects
- pay one's way
- pay through the nose
- you pays your money and you takes your choice
- pay someone back
- pay something back
- pay something in
- pay off
- pay someone off
- pay something off
- pay something out (or pay out)
- pay up (or pay something up)
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- IPA[pā]
美式
- v.give (someone) money that is due for work done, goods received, or a debt incurred:
- he paid the locals to pick his coffee beans
TV licenses can be paid for by direct debit
- n.the money paid to someone for regular work:
- those working on contract may receive higher rates of pay
showing up and collecting your pay
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- IPA[pā]
美式
- v.seal (the deck or hull seams of a wooden ship) with pitch or tar to prevent leakage:
- an open groove between the planks had to be payed by running in hot pitch from a special ladle
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- IPA[peɪ]
英式
- v.seal (the deck or seams of a wooden ship) with pitch or tar to prevent leakage:
- an open groove between the planks had to be payed by running in hot pitch from a special ladle
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知識+
可以告訴我pay這個字的詳細用法嗎?
Pay KK: [pe] DJ: [pei] vt. (及物動詞 transitive verb) 付,支付;付款給[O1][(+for/to)] She paid the money to me. 她將錢付給了我。 He... went on strike for higher pay. 礦工舉行罷工,要求增加工資。 報償;懲罰
pay for的用法
It is your turn to pay for dinner. = To pay for dinner is your turn. 兩句的動詞都是...習慣。文法上稱這個後移的主詞為delayed subject Crime doesn't pay.=犯罪花不來。 This stock pays poorly.=這檔股票不合算（因為賺得...
pay 用法
人＋pay＋錢＋for＋物 這邊的for的確可以解釋成「為了」 某人為了某物而付錢 若想要表達我付錢給某人，介係詞應該用to 主詞＋pay＋錢＋to＋人 I pay 200 dollars to the storekeeper for the book. 我付200塊給店長，是要買那本書。