(paid, paid/peɪd/) [] to give sb money for work, goods, services, etc.付（款）；支付◆How much are people willing to pay for your product?人们愿意出多少钱买你的产品？◆Are you paying in cash or by credit card?你付现金还是刷卡？◆My company pays well (= pays high salaries).我的公司支付的薪水很高。◆Last year they paid $16m in cash bonuses to staff.去年他们向员工发放了 1 600 万元的奖金。◆I'm paid $100 a day.我日薪 100 元。◆She is paid by the hour.她按小时收费。◆I don't pay you to sit around all day doing nothing!我花钱雇你来不是让你整天坐着不干事！◆The service now has about 2.2 million paying customers.这项服务现有大约 220 万付费客户。➡low-paid , prepay [] to give sb money that you owe them偿还；偿付◆We don't have enough money to pay our bills.我们没有足够的钱付账。◆Have you paid her what you owe her?欠她的钱你还了吗？◆No dividend has been paid for several years.已经有好几年没有分红了。 [] (about a business, etc.) to produce a profit（企业等）赢利◆Training is a growth area—with the right skills you could make it pay.培训是一个增长领域 ── 拥有适当的技能就能赚钱。◆They have turned their website into a paying proposition.他们把网站变成了赚钱的生意。 [] to result in some advantage or profit for sb受益；划得来◆It would probably pay you to hire an accountant.或许雇用一名会计更划算。◆It pays to keep up to date with your work.跟上工作节奏是值得的。●pay ˈdividendsto produce great advantages or profits产生收益；有大收获◆He insisted that the money invested in e-commerce would pay dividends.他坚持认为投资于电子商务的资金会赚大钱。●pay for itˈself(about a new system, sth you have bought, etc.) to save as much money as it cost（新系统、所买的东西等）够本；损益相当◆The software paid for itself within 90 days.这个软件 90 天之内即可收回成本。●pay its ˈway(about a business, etc.) to make enough money to pay what it costs to keep it going（企业等）收支平衡；赢利运作◆Our website is now paying its way.我们的网站目前收支相抵。●pay/spend over the ˈodds () () to pay more than you would normally expect买贵了◆The bank paid over the odds to get into the American market.这家银行进入美国市场的代价高昂。●pay through the ˈnose (for sth) () to pay much too much money for sth被敲诈；付出太多的钱◆We paid through the nose for the repairs.我们修东西被敲了一笔。●pay your ˈwayto pay for everything yourself without having to rely on anyone else's money自食其力◆She had to pay her way through college.她上大学期间不得不自食其力。●ˌpay sb ˈback (sth)●ˌpay sth ˈback (to sb)to return money that you borrowed from sb偿还◆I'll pay you back next week.我下周把钱还给你。◆You can pay back the loan over a period of three years.你可以在三年内还清贷款。➡payback ●ˌpay ˈdown sth () () to reduce the amount of a debt by paying some of the money部分偿还；偿还部分债务◆The money will be used to pay down their $2.4 bn debt.这笔资金将用于偿还他们 24 亿元债务的一部分。➡paydown HELP A noun follows down but a pronoun must come between the verb and down.名词放在 down 之后，但代词须在动词和 down 之间。●ˌpay sth ˈdown () to give an amount of money as the first payment for sth支付订金◆You can pay $200 down and the rest in 12 monthly instalments.你可以先付 200 元订金，其余款项 12 个月分期付清。➡down payment ●ˌpay sth ˈin●ˌpay sth ˈinto sthto put money into a bank account存入银行账户；存款◆I paid in a cheque this morning.今天上午我存入了一张支票。◆I'd like to pay some money into my account.我想往我的账户里存点钱。●ˌpay ˈoff () (about a plan or an action) to be successful and bring good results（计划或行动）成功◆Our efforts to improve quality and speed up delivery have paid off and profits have doubled.我们提高质量和加快交货速度的努力取得了成功，同时利润翻了一番。➡pay-off ●ˌpay sb ˈoffto pay sb what they have earned and tell them to leave their job遣散某人；付清工资后解雇某人◆The crew were paid off as soon as the ship docked.轮船靠岸后，船员结清工钱后被立即遣散。➡pay-off ●ˌpay sth ˈoffto finish paying money owed for sth还清；偿清◆We paid off our mortgage after fifteen years.我们在 15 年之后还清了抵押贷款。●ˌpay ˈout●ˌpay sth ˈoutto pay a large amount of money for sth支付巨款◆The company has paid out $1.5 bn in bonuses for the year.公司支付了 15 亿元的巨额年度奖金。➡payout ●ˌpay ˈupto pay all the money that you owe to sb, especially when you do not want to or when the payment is late（不情愿地）付清；还清（债务）◆I had a hard time getting the insurers to pay up.我费尽周折让保险人付清赔偿金。