pay
英 [peɪ] 美 [pe]

vt.& vi.

付款；偿还；补偿；（对…）有利

vt.

给予；支付；

n.

工资；薪水；报答；

adj.

收费的；需付费的；

变形

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

双语释义

v.(动词)

1. vt. & vi. 付给; 付款 give sb money for goods, services, etc.
2. vt. 给予 give, e.g. attention, respect, etc. to

n.(名词)

1. [U]工资 money received for work

英英释义

pay

• n.something that remunerates

  "he wasted his pay on drink"

  同义词：wageearningsremunerationsalary

• v.
  • give money, usually in exchange for goods or services
  • convey, as of a compliment, regards, attention, etc.; bestow

    "Don't pay him any mind"; "pay attention"

    同义词：give

  • do or give something to somebody in return

    "Does she pay you for the work you are doing?"

    同义词：pay offmake upcompensate

  • bear (a cost or penalty), in recompense for some action

    "You'll pay for this!"; "She had to pay the penalty for speaking out rashly"; "You'll pay for this opinion later"

  • cancel or discharge a debt

    "pay up, please!"

    同义词：pay upante up

  • bring in

    "How much does this savings certificate pay annually?"

    同义词：yieldbear

  • render

    "pay a visit"; "pay a call"

  • be worth it

    "It pays to go through the trouble"

  • dedicate

    "pay attention to"

    同义词：givedevote

  • discharge or settle

    "pay a debt"; "pay an obligation"

  • make a compensation for

词汇搭配

用作动词 (v.)～+名词

• pay a bill付账
• pay a deposit付押金
• pay a price付出代价
• pay a visit访问
• pay an account付账
• pay cash付现款
• pay debt还债
• pay dues缴纳会费
• pay duties付关税
• pay homage向…致敬
• pay interest付利息
• pay money付款
• pay one's membership dues缴纳会费
• pay one's tailor付款给裁缝
• pay sb's wages付某人工资
• pay the doctor酬谢医生
• pay the fee缴会费
• pay the penalty缴纳罚金,受罚
• pay the rent付房租
• pay the taxes付税金
• pay the train fare支付火车票费用

～+副词

• pay adequately充分地给予
• pay annoyingly愤怒地给予
• pay annually每年一次地给予
• pay cheerfully兴高采烈地给予
• pay conscientiously诚心诚意地给予
• pay courteously有礼貌地给予
• pay curiously不寻常地给予
• pay deliberately有意地给予
• pay eagerly热心地给予
• pay exorbitantly极其过分地给予
• pay extemporaneously临时给予
• pay fairly公平地给予
• pay freely随意给予
• pay grudgingly勉强给予
• pay handsomely付钱慷慨,给钱很多
• pay heavily重重给予
• pay highly付钱慷慨,给钱很多
• pay incautiously轻易给予
• pay incessantly不断给予
• pay indiscriminately不加区分地给予
• pay ingeniously巧妙地给予
• pay irrelevantly不相关地给予
• pay logically情理之中地给予
• pay moderately适度地给予
• pay morally有道德地给予
• pay punctually准时给予
• pay regularly定期地给予
• pay reluctantly勉强给予
• pay roundly严厉地给予
• pay selectively有选择地给予
• pay seriously严肃地给予
• pay unanimously一致给予
• pay unconditionally无条件给予
• pay unhappily不愉快地给予
• pay unhesitatingly毫不犹豫地给予
• pay unkindly非善意地给予
• pay unnecessarily不必要地给予
• pay unreservedly爽快地给予
• pay untimely过早地给予
• pay away付掉
• pay back偿还,报答,向…报复
• pay back debt付清欠债
• pay down用现金支付,当场支付
• pay down debt即时付清欠债
• pay off付清,偿清
• pay off loan还清贷款
• pay sb off without notice未事先通知就解雇某人
• pay out付出,对(某人)进行报复
• pay up全部付清
• pay up debt付清欠债

～+介词

• pay at rate按利率支付
• pay by check用支票支付
• pay by installments分期付款
• pay by year拿年薪
• pay for articles付货款
• pay for book付书款
• pay for education支付某人的教育费用
• pay in advance预付
• pay in cash以现款支付
• pay in full全部付清
• pay in instalments分期付款
• pay in kind以实物支付
• pay in money付现款
• pay into存入…(账户)
• pay into pension fund把钱交入退休基金
• pay on delivery货到付款

用作名词 (n.)动词+～

• accept pay接受薪水
• advance pay预支薪水
• affect pay影响工资
• attach pay扣发薪金
• attain pay取得薪金
• back pay欠薪
• boost pay提高工资
• collect pay领工资
• cut down pay削减工资,降低工资
• deduct pay扣发工资
• distribute pay分发工资
• dock sb's pay扣(减)某人的工资
• draw pay支领薪水
• earn a pay挣工资
• freeze pay冻结工资
• get pay得到工资
• increase pay增加薪水
• live on pay靠薪金收入生活
• make pay挣工资
• negotiate pay协商薪金的数目
• offer pay提供薪水
• pay out the pay发薪水
• pull down pay拿薪水
• pull in pay拿薪水
• raise pay加薪
• receive pay支领薪水
• reduce pay减少工资
• refuse pay拒收工资
• seek higher pay想得到更高的工资
• stop pay停发工资
• take pay领工资

形容词+～

• adequate pay足够的工资
• annual pay年薪
• average pay平均工资
• bad pay低微的工资
• basic pay基本工资
• daily pay日薪,日工资
• decent pay相当不错的工资
• double pay双倍的工资
• fair pay相当金额的工资
• fixed pay固定工资
• floating pay浮动工资
• good pay高薪
• high pay高薪
• living pay能维持普通家庭生活的工资,最低生活工资
• low pay低薪,低工资
• lucrative pay容易赚的工资
• maximum pay法定最高限度工资
• meager pay微薄的工资
• minimum pay法定最低限度工资
• net pay净得工资
• nominal pay名义工资
• poor pay微薄的工资
• real pay实际工资
• reasonable pay合理的工资
• regular pay固定工资
• sick pay病假津贴
• subsistent pay维持最低生活的工资
• take-home pay实得的工资(指扣除税金等的余额)
• weekly pay周薪,周工资

名词+～

• board pay伙食工资
• overtime pay加班费
• severance pay遣散费
• starvation pay不够伙食开销的工资
• strike pay罢工津贴

～+名词

• pay freeze工资冻结
• pay scale工资等级
• pay system工资制度

介词+～

• at pay付款
• for pay为了报酬
• in pay of豢养下的,…御用下的,被…收买的
• on pay领薪
• under pay由谁付酬
• with pay带薪
• without pay无酬的,名誉的

～+介词

• pay for用于…的酬金

同近义词辨析

fee, earnings, wage, allowance, income, pay, salary

这组词都有“工资、收入”的意思，其区别是：

fee指提供某种服务收取的固定费用。

earnings多指通过劳动或投资等手段所得到的收入。

wage多用复数形式，指按小时、日或星期的报酬，通常指体力劳动者的工资。

allowance指收入中的补贴部分。

income与earnings含义很相近，但前者强调总收入。

pay是个通用词，可取代salary与wage.

salary指按年定下，按月或星期平均给予的报酬，指脑力劳动者的薪水。

wage, pay, salary

wage 工资，指定期支付给体力劳动者或临时工的工资，常用复数。如：He works at wages of ten dollars a week.(他每周工资10美元。)

pay 薪金，泛指对付出劳动给予的报酬，不分发放对象，只用单数，尤指军队的军饷。如：They are asking for equal pay for equal work.他们要求同工同酬。

salary 工资，指按月或年支付给脑力劳动者的工资。如：The family lives on his salary.(全家人靠他的工资生活。)

take, pay, cost, spend

take物做主语,花时间;

pay 人做主语,花钱,pay for;

cost物做主语,花钱

spend 人做主语,花钱,花时间; spend…on sth./in doing sth;

双语例句

用作动词(v.)

1. I'd like to pay with my credit card.
   我想用信用卡支付。
2. My firm pays well.
   我公司工酬优厚。
3. Let me pay for dinner.
   晚饭让我来付。
4. You've got to be able to make your business pay well.
   你得设法使你的生意赢利。
5. It would probably pay you to hire an accountant.
   聘一位会计师或许对你有好处。
6. They will pay for their arrogance!
   他们会为自大付出代价!
7. He'll have to pay for what he has done.
   他将为自己所做的一切付出代价。

用作名词(n.)

1. He doesn't like that job, but the pay is good.
   他不喜欢那工作,但薪水很高。
2. The workers in our pay work very hard.
   我们雇用的员工工作很努力。

用作形容词(adj.)

1. This is a pay telephone.
   这是缴费电话。
2. There is a pay streak here.
   这里有开采价值的矿层。

权威例句

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Compensation for a bad start: grow now, pay later?
Early experience with pay-for-performance: from concept to practice.
Does Entrepreneurship Pay? An Empirical Analysis of the Returns to Self‐Employment
Effects of Procedural and Distributive Justice on Reactions to Pay Raise Decisions
Money Matters: An Investigation of the Effects of Pay-To-Play Systems on Youth Soccer Diversity
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