pay

n. 薪资, 付款, 补偿
vt. 支付, 付清, 补偿, 偿还, 对...有利, 为...涂防水物
vi. 付款, 付出代价, 偿还, 得到报应, 获得好处
【化】 工资
相关词组:
pay in advance
pay by instalments
pay on delivery
pay in kind
in the pay of
pay as you go
pay sb back blow for blow
pay down
pay for
pay home
pay off
pay sb off
pay sth out
pay the debt of nature
pay one's debt to nature
pay up
pay a visit
pay a compliment
pay one's respects
pay one's way
pay attention to
pay sb to do sth

动词过去式:paid 过去分词:paid 现在分词:paying 第三人称单数:pays 

pay

v.（动词）
paid[p3d] pay.ing,pays
v.tr.（及物动词）
To give money to in return for goods or services rendered:
支付，付款：因所提供的服务或商品而付给钱：
例句：
pay the cashier.
向出纳员付款

To give (money) in exchange for goods or services:
花费，偿付：为商品或服务而支付（钱）：
例句：
paid three dollars for a hamburger; paid an hourly wage.
花三美元买了一个汉堡包；支付一小时的工酬

To discharge or settle (a debt or an obligation):
偿还，还清：偿付或结清（债务或责任）：
例句：
paying taxes; paid the bill.
交纳税款；付帐单



To give recompense for; requite:
回报：给予报酬；报答：
例句：
a kindness that cannot be paid back.
无法报答的和善

To give recompense to; reward or punish:
以牙还牙，回报：给予报偿；报复或惩罚：
例句：
I`ll pay him back for his insults.
对他的侮辱我要报复

To bear (a cost or penalty, for example) in recompense:
受报应，付代价：忍受（代价，罪等）以作为赔偿：
例句：
She paid the price for her unpopular opinions.
她为自己不受欢迎的观点付出了代价

To yield as a return:
酬劳：作为回报给予：
例句：
a savings plan that paid 2 percent interest.
支付百分之十二利率的储蓄计划

To afford an advantage to; profit:
有利于：给…以好处；有益于：
例句：
It paid us to be generous.
慷慨对我们有好处

To give or bestow:
给，予：
例句：
paying compliments; paying attention.
称赞；给予关注

To make (a visit or call).
做（拜访）或打（电话）
past tense and past participle paid or payed [p3d] To let out (a line or cable) by slackening.
【过去时态与过去分词】 paid 或 payed [p3d] 慢慢放松：通过松开使（绳索或缆绳）脱出
v.intr.（不及物动词）
To give money in exchange for goods or services.
付款：为商品或服务而付款
To discharge a debt or an obligation.
偿清：偿还债务或责任
To bear a cost or penalty in recompense:
付代价，得到报应：承受费用或刑罚作为偿还：
例句：
You`ll pay for this mischief!
你会因恶作剧而受惩罚

To be profitable or worthwhile:
有利，值得：
例句：
It doesn`t pay to get angry.
不值得生气

adj.（形容词）
Of, relating to, giving, or receiving payments.
付款的，收款的：支付的、与支付有关的、给予或获得支付的
Requiring payment to use or operate:
需交费的：需要交纳使用或运作费用的：
例句：
a pay telephone.
交费电话

Yielding valuable metal in mining:
有开采价值的：通过开采能产生有价值金属的：
例句：
a pay streak.
含有开采价值的矿层

n.（名词）
The act of paying or state of being paid.
付款，收款：付报酬或得报酬的行为或状态
Money given in return for work done; salary; wages.
酬金，工资：做工作而获得的报酬；工资；周薪


Recompense or reward:
报酬，酬劳：
例句：
Your thanks are pay enough.
你的谢意已足够了

Retribution or punishment.
报复，惩罚
Paid employment:
雇佣：支付费用的雇佣：
例句：
the workers in our pay.
我们雇佣的工人

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：被认为是在还债方面守信或可靠的人

<常用词组>pay off
To pay the full amount on (a debt).
偿清（债务）：支付（债务）的全部数额
To effect profit:
带来利益：
例句：
a bet that paid off poorly.
没有多大利息的赌注

To get revenge for or on; requite.
报复：为…或向…报复；报复
To pay the wages due to (an employee) upon discharge.
结算工资：由于要解雇（雇员）支付工资
Informal To bribe.
【非正式用语】 贿赂
Nautical To turn or cause to turn (a vessel) to leeward.
【航海】 使（船首）转向下风：转向或使（船）转向下风
pay out
To give (money) out; spend.
把（钱）花掉；花费
To let out (a line or rope) by slackening.
缓缓放松：通过放松使（绳或索）放出
pay up
To give over the full monetary amount demanded.
付清全部款项：缴清所要求的全部资金数额
<习惯用语>pay (one`s) dues
To earn a given right or position through hard work, long-term experience, or suffering:
获得自己应得的：通过艰苦工作、长期的经验或痛苦而获得应得的权利或地位：
例句：
She paid her dues in small-town theaters before getting a part in a Broadway play.
她通过在小城镇的戏剧院出名后才在纽约百老汇戏剧娱乐业获得了一席之地

pay (one`s) way
To contribute one`s own share; pay for oneself.
付出，出钱：捐献出自己的一份；为自己支付
pay the piper
To bear the consequences of something.
承担某事的后果
pay through the nose【非正式用语】
To pay excessively.
付出过高的代价
来源：
Middle English paien
中古英语 paien
from Old French paiier
源自 古法语 paiier
from Late Latin [to appease]
源自 后期拉丁语 [缓和，使平静]
from Latin p3c3re [to pacify]
源自 拉丁语 p3c3re [安抚，平息]
from p3x p3c- [peace] * see pag-
源自 p3x p3c- [和平] *参见 pag-

<注释>Given the unpeaceful feelings one often has in paying bills or income taxes,it is difficult to believe that the wordpay ultimately derives from the Latin word p3x, .peace.. However, it is not the peace of the one who pays that is involved in this development of meaning.Fromp3x, meaning .peace. and also .a settlement of hostilities,. was derived the word p3c3re, .to impose a settlement on peoples or territories.. In Late Latinp3c3re was extended in sense to mean .to appease.. The Old French wordpaiier that developed from Latin p3c3re came to have the specific application .to pacify or satisfy a creditor,.a sense that came into Middle English along with the wordpaien (first recorded around the beginning of the 3th century), the ancestor of our wordpay.
人常常在支付帐单或收入调节税时有不安之感情，因而很难令人相信单词pay 来源于拉丁词语 pax .和平.。 但是，并不是支付人内心的平和与这个词意义的延伸意有关连。因为意思是.和平.和.敌视的和解.的单词pax 源于 pacare .给人民或领土以安宁.。 在后拉丁语中pacare 的意义被引申为.抚慰，使缓和。. 古法语单词paiier 来源于拉丁语 pacave， 后来开始具有.缓和、平息或使债主满意.这个具体用意，这种意思随同单词paien （大约在3世纪初首次记录）进入中世纪英语， 这个词就是单词pay 的前身

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v.tr.（及物动词）
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…上涂柏油：用防水材料如沥清或柏油涂在（如船缝上）

来源：
Obsolete French peier
已废法语 peier
from Old French
源自 古法语
from Latin pic3re
源自 拉丁语 pic3re
from pix pic- [pitch]
源自 pix pic- [沥青，柏油]