pay

cost, expend, spend, take, pay

这些动词均含“花费”之意。
cost: 指花费时间、金钱、劳力等。其主语是物，而不能由人充当，也不用被动形式。
expend: 较正式用词，通常指为某一专门目的而花费大量金钱、时间或精力。
spend: 普通用词，与cost基本同义，但主语必须是人。
take: 普通用词，指需要占用空间、时间或精力等，其主语可以是人，也可以是一件事情。
pay: “付款、给……报酬”，它可作及物动词也可作不及物动词。pay常用于以下几种句型：①sb．pay（s）sb．money意为“某人付款给另一个人或某人给另一个人多少报酬”。

• he pays me fifty yuan a week．
  他每周给我五十元的报酬。

②pay for sth．意为“付……款、给……报酬”。

• he has paid for the meal．
  他已付了那顿饭的钱。

③pay money for sth．意为“花多少钱买某物”。

• my father paid 40 pounds for the desk．
  我父亲花了40英磅买了这张书桌。

名词 pay:

1. something that remunerates
   同义词：wage, earnings, remuneration, salary

动词 pay:

1. give money, usually in exchange for goods or services
2. convey, as of a compliment, regards, attention, etc.; bestow
   同义词：give
3. do or give something to somebody in return
   同义词：pay off, make up, compensate
4. bear (a cost or penalty), in recompense for some action
5. cancel or discharge a debt
   同义词：pay up, ante up
6. bring in
   同义词：yield, bear
7. render
8. be worth it
9. dedicate
   同义词：give, devote
10. discharge or settle
11. make a compensation for

1. She paid no heed to our warnings.
   她不把我们的警告放在心上。
2. He gets his pay each Friday.
   他每星期五领工资。
3. The manager wouldn't pay him his wages.
   经理不肯把工资付给他。

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]