paid off

动词 pay off:

1. yield a profit or result
   同义词：pay off
2. eliminate by paying off (debts)
   同义词：liquidate, pay off
3. pay off (loans or promissory notes)
   同义词：redeem, pay off
4. do or give something to somebody in return
   同义词：pay, pay off, make up, compensate
5. pay someone with influence in order to receive a favor
   同义词：buy off, pay off
6. take vengeance on or get even
   同义词：pay back, pay off, get, fix

1. In the old West people paid off a score with bullets.
   在昔日的西部，人们用子弹来进行复仇。
2. The shop owner paid off the terrorists so that they would not come to wreck his shop.
   店主向那些恐怖分子行了贿，免得他们来糟蹋他的店铺。
3. I was paid off yesterday.
   我昨天发了工资。
4. The gamble paid off.
   赌赢了。