pay

英 [peɪ] 美 [peɪ]

v.

支付;付费;交纳;偿还;付酬;赢利;创收;受益;付代价

n.

工资;薪水

adj.

需付费的;含贵重矿物的;矿藏丰富的;有关支付的

第三人称单数

pays

现在分词

paying

过去式

paid

过去分词

paid

牛津词典

verb

【不规则形式】 paid, paid

1

~ (***) (for sth)

付费；付酬

to give *** money for work, goods, services, etc.

[V] I'll pay for the tickets.

我来买票。

Are you paying in cash or by credit card ?

您付现金还是用信用卡？

Her parents paid for her to go to Canada.

她父母出钱送她去加拿大。

My company pays well (= pays high salaries) .

我公司给的工资很高。

[VN] to pay cash

付现金

Would you mind paying the taxi driver?

您付出租车费好吗？

She pays £200 a week for this apartment.

这套房子她每周要付租金200英镑。

[VNN] He still hasn't paid me the money he owes me.

他还没归还欠我的钱呢。

I'm paid $100 a day.

我每天工资100元。

[VN to inf] I don't pay you to sit around all day doing nothing!

我不是花钱雇你整天闲坐着的！

see also low-paid, pre-pay, well paid

2

~ sth (to ***) | ~ (***) sth

交纳；偿还

to give *** money that you owe them

[VN] Membership fees should be paid to the secretary.

会员费应交给秘书。

to pay a bill/debt/fine/ransom, etc.

缴付账单、债款、罚金、赎金等

[VNN] Have you paid him the rent yet?

你向他付房租了没有？

3

[V] (of a business, etc. 企业等) 赢利；创收

to produce a profit

It's hard to make farming pay.

种庄稼获利很不容易。

4

受益；划算

to result in some advantage or profit for ***

[V] Crime doesn't pay.

犯罪是划不来的。

[V to inf] It pays to keep up to date with your work.

工作能跟上时代是有利的。

[VN to inf] It would probably pay you to hire an accountant.

聘一名会计师或许对你有好处。