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VERB
付；支付；偿还
When you pay an amount of money to someone, you give it to them because you are buying something from them or because you owe it to them. When you pay something such as a bill or a debt, you pay the amount that you owe.
例句
Accommodation is free — all you pay for is breakfast and dinner...
住宿免费——你只需付早餐和正餐的钱。
We paid £35 for each ticket...
我们每张票付了35英镑。
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VERB
给…付工资；给…付酬
When you are paid, you get your wages or salary from your employer.
例句
The lawyer was paid a huge salary...
那位律师薪酬很高。
I get paid monthly...
我按月领工资。
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N-UNCOUNT
工资；薪水
Your pay is the money that you get from your employer as wages or salary.
例句
...their complaints about their pay and conditions.
他们对薪水和工作条件的不满
...the workers' demand for a twenty per cent pay rise.
工人要求加薪20%
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VERB
（为获得帮助或服务）付钱给
If you are paid to do something, someone gives you some money so that you will help them or perform some service for them.
例句
Students were paid substantial sums of money to do nothing all day but lie in bed...
学生们得到了一大笔钱，而所要做的就是整天躺在床上什么也不做。
If you help me, I'll pay you anything.
如果你帮我，你要多少钱我都给。
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VERB
（政府或机构通过提高价格、税率等使某人）为…买单
If a government or organization makes someone pay for something, it makes them responsible for providing the money for it, for example by increasing prices or taxes.
例句
...a legally binding international treaty that establishes who must pay for environmental damage...
规定谁该为环境破坏买单的有法律约束力的国际条约
If you don't subsidize ballet and opera, seat prices will have to go up to pay for it.
如果你不为芭蕾和歌剧提供补贴，就得提高剧场票价来为此买单。
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VERB
（工作、交易或投资）有…报酬，产生…利润
If a job, deal, or investment pays a particular amount, it brings you that amount of money.
例句
We're stuck in jobs that don't pay very well...
我们深陷在工资低廉的工作中。
The account does not pay interest on a credit balance.
这个账户的贷方余额没有利息。
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VERB
（工作、交易或投资）有收益，盈利
If a job, deal, or investment pays, it brings you a profit or earns you some money.
例句
There are some agencies now specialising in helping older people to find jobs which pay...
现在有些机构专门帮助年龄较大的人找有报酬的工作。
They owned land; they made it pay.
他们拥有土地；他们让土地生钱。
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VERB
存（钱）；储蓄
When you pay money into a bank account, you put the money in the account.
例句
He paid £20 into his savings account...
他往自己的储蓄账户上存了20英镑。
There is nothing more annoying than queueing when you only want to pay in a few cheques.
没有比你只想存几张支票还得排队更令人恼火的了。
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VERB
有利；有好处；值得
If a course of action pays, it results in some advantage or benefit for you.
例句
It pays to invest in protective clothing...
在防护服上投资是值得的。
He talked of defending small nations, of ensuring that aggression does not pay.
他谈到了保卫小国家，绝不让侵略得逞。
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VERB
付出代价；受到惩罚
If you pay for something that you do or have, you suffer as a result of it.
例句
Britain was to pay dearly for its lack of resolve...
英国将为缺乏决心付出惨痛的代价。
Why should I pay the penalty for somebody else's mistake?...
为什么我要代人受过？
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VERB
（与某些名词连用，表示施予某物或做某事）进行（访问）/给予（注意）
You use pay with some nouns, for example in the expressions pay a visit and pay attention, to indicate that something is given or done.
例句
Do pay us a visit next time you're in Birmingham...
下次你来伯明翰一定要来看看我们。
He felt a heavy bump, but paid no attention to it...
他觉得起了个大包，但是没有理会。
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ADJ
（电视节目）付费的，收费的
Pay television consists of programmes and channels which are not part of a public broadcasting system, and for which people have to pay.
例句
The company has set up joint-venture pay-TV channels in Belgium, Spain, and Germany.
该公司已在比利时、西班牙和德国设立了合资付费电视频道。
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PHRASE
赚回成本
If something that you buy or invest in pays for itself after a period of time, the money you gain from it, or save because you have it, is greater than the amount you originally spent or invested.
例句
...investments in energy efficiency that would pay for themselves within five years.
将在5年内收回成本的能效投资
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PHRASE
受雇于；被…收买
If you say that someone is in the pay of a certain person or group, you disapprove of the fact that they are being paid by and are working for that person or group, often secretly or illegally.
例句
He was murdered at a presidential rally by gunmen in the pay of drug traffickers.
他在一场总统竞选集会上被毒品贩子雇用的枪手谋杀了。
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PHRASE
自食其力；养活自己
If you pay your way, you have or earn enough money to pay for what you need, without needing other people to give or lend you money.
例句
I went to college anyway, as a part-time student, paying my own way...
总之我上了大学，半工半读，自食其力。
The British film industry could not pay its way without a substantial export market.
没有广阔的出口市场，英国电影工业无以为继。