/peɪ ||; pe/verb (
past tense past participle paid)
1 [I,T] pay (sb) (for sth);pay (sb) sth (for sth) to give sb money for work, goods, services, etc 付钱；支付: She is very well paid. 她薪金优厚。The work's finished but we haven't paid for it yet. 工作完成了，但我们还没有付钱呢。We paid the dealer £3000 for the car. 我们付给汽车商3000英镑买这辆汽车。
2 [T] pay sth (to sb) to give the money that you owe for sth 缴付: Have you paid her the rent yet? 你付给她房租了没有？to pay a bill/fine 付账单；付罚金
3 [I,T] to make a profit; to be worth doing 赚钱；值得做；划算 · It would pay you to get professional advice before making a decision. 做决定之前，征询一下专业人士的意见会有好处。
4 [I] pay (for sth) to suffer or be punished because of your beliefs or actions （因信仰或行为而）受罪，受惩罚: You'll pay for that remark! 你会为说那种话而受惩罚！
be paid in arrears→
ARREARS to listen carefully to or to take notice of sb/sth 用心聆听；留意；注意
pay sb a compliment;pay a compliment to sb to say that you like sth about sb 赞美（某人）
pay your respects (to sb)(
formal 正式) to visit sb as a sign of respect 拜访（某人）以示敬意:
Hundreds came to pay their last respects to her (= to go to her funeral). 有几百人来参加她的葬礼。 pay tribute to sb/sth to say good things about sb/sth and show your respect for sb/sth 对某人或某事物表示称赞及敬意
put paid to sth to destroy or finish sth 毁灭；结束:
The bad weather put paid to our picnic. 恶劣的天气把我们的野餐搞砸了。 pay sth back (to sb) to give money back to sb that you borrowed from him/her 把钱还给某人:
Can you lend me £5? I'll pay you back/I'll pay it back to you on Friday. 你可以借5英镑给我吗？我星期五还给你。 pay sb back (for sth) to punish sb for making you or sb else suffer 报复:
What a mean trick! I'll pay you back one day. 多么卑劣的花招！终有一天我会回敬你的。 pay off(
informal 非正式) to be successful 取得成功；得到好结果:
All her hard work has paid off! She passed her exam. 她的辛勤努力已得到回报！她考及格了。 pay sth off to pay all the money that you owe for sth 还清，偿清（债务）:
to pay off a debt/mortgage 还清债务╱抵押贷款 pay up(
informal 非正式) to pay the money that you owe 还清欠款:
If you don't pay up, we'll take you to court. 如果你不清还欠款，我们就告你。