vt.

付，支付；付款给[O1][（+for/to）]
She paid the money to me.
她将钱付给了我。
He didn't pay me anything.
他没有付给我任何报酬。
I paid a very high price for the house.
我出了很高的价钱买下了这房子。
偿还；补偿；向……报复[（+out）]
I've paid him out for the trick he played on me.
他作弄我，我已对他进行了报复。
Pay me the money you owe me.
把你欠的钱还我。
把（钱）存（银行）[（+in/into）]
对……有利
给予（注意）；致以（问候）；进行（访问）[（+to）]
We'll pay a visit to Japan this winter.
今年冬天我们要去访问日本。

vi.

付款；偿还债务
I'll pay by check.
我将用支票付款。
有利，划算
It will pay to be kind to others.
好心会有好报。
It pays to learn a foreign language.
学外语是值得的。
生利；（工作等）有报酬[Q]
This job pays well.
这工作报酬好。
付出代价；受到惩罚

n.[U]

薪俸；报酬
The miners went on strike for higher pay.
矿工举行罢工，要求增加工资。
报偿；惩罚

短语

in the pay of

被……收买
He was in the pay of the enemy.
他被敌人收买。

pay back

报答；偿还
How can we pay you back for your great help?
我们要怎么才能报答你的恩惠呢？

pay down

用现金支付
You can't use your check here; you'll have to pay down.
在这儿不能用支票，你得付现金。
（分期付款购物时）先付……，付定金
How much shall I pay down on the car?
我买这车得先付多少？

pay for

因……受到惩罚；为……付出代价
He'll have to pay for what he has done.
他将为自己所做的一切付出代价。

pay in

把……存入银行
He paid the cash in to his bank account.
他把现金存入银行帐户。

pay off

清偿债务
We will have more money to spend after we pay off our mortgage.
在付清贷款后，我们会有更多钱花。
He has paid off all his debts.
他已还清了所有的债务。
付清工资后解雇
The company has paid off some redundant employees.
公司在发放工资后解雇了一些多余的雇员。
取得成功；得到好结果
Two years of business school really paid off.
在商业学校就读两年真是很合算。
Did his plan pay off?
他的计划成功了吗？
贿赂

pay out

付钱；付费用
We'll have to pay out a lot on repairing the house.
我们将为修理这房子花很多钱。

pay up

付清钱款
If you don't pay up at once, we'll see you in court!
如果你不立即付清，我们就法庭上见！

派生

n.

payer

辨析

同义:

vt.付，支付；付款给

give remunerate compensate

反义:

vt.“支付；偿还；补偿”的反义词

owe

同义参见:

earnings wage¹ salary reward recompense compensation expiate

以上来源于：《英汉大辞典》

pay¹

v.

(past and past part. paid)

give (someone) money due for work, goods, or a debt incurred.
▸give (a sum of money) thus owed.

▸ (pay someone off) dismiss someone with a final payment.
be profitable or advantageous.
▸ (pay off) informal yield good results.
suffer a loss or misfortune as a consequence of an action.
▸give what is due or deserved to.

▸ (pay someone back) take revenge on someone.
give (attention, respect, or a compliment) to.
▸make (a visit or call) to.
(pay something out) let out a rope by slackening it.

n.

money paid to someone for work.

Phrase

in the pay of
employed by.
pay dearly
suffer for a misdemeanour or failure.
pay its (or one's) way
earn enough to cover its or one's costs.
pay one's last respects
show respect towards a dead person by attending their funeral.
pay one's respects
make a polite visit to someone.
pay through the nose
informal pay much more than a fair price.

Derivative

payee n.
payer n.

Etymology

ME (in the sense ‘pacify’): from OFr. paie (n.), payer (v.), from L. pacare ‘appease’, from pax, pac- ‘peace’.

pay²

v.

(past and past part. payed)

Nautical seal (the deck or seams of a wooden ship) with pitch or tar to prevent leakage.

Etymology

C17: from Old North. Fr. peier, from L. picare, from pix, pic- ‘pitch’.

以上来源于：《简明牛津英语词典》

短语

派生

辨析

pay1

Phrase

Derivative

Etymology

pay2

Etymology

pay¹

pay²