55 PAY: 付款，付錢(qián)，支付；償還；把…給…；表達(dá)；進(jìn)行

55 PAY: 付款，付錢(qián)，支付；償還；把…給…；表達(dá)；進(jìn)行

詞組講解

1. pay as you go ** 現(xiàn)購(gòu)現(xiàn)付；量入為出

解 習(xí)語(yǔ)；詞義溯源：在需要支付的時(shí)候支付

例 I don't use any kind of credit card. I think it's best to pay as you go.

2. pay attention to sb. or sth. ** 注意，關(guān)注

解 習(xí)語(yǔ)；詞義溯源：把［注意力（attention）］給某人或某物

例 Weren't you paying attention to it when I said this is a no-smoking area?

3. pay for sth. *** 付款；遭到懲罰；付出代價(jià)

解 短語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞；詞義溯源：為某物付錢(qián)

例 How would you like to pay for this, sir? Cash, check or credit card?

If you keep smoking, you're going to pay for it when you're old and dying of cancer.

4. pay in advance ** 提前支付

解 習(xí)語(yǔ)；詞義溯源：［提前、預(yù)先（in advance）］付款

例 Those wishing to partake in the banquet must pay in advance the $22 fee.

5. pay lip service to sth. ** 口頭上承認(rèn)；嘴上說(shuō)得好聽(tīng)

解 習(xí)語(yǔ)；詞義溯源：對(duì)某事表達(dá)［甜言蜜語(yǔ)、口頭上的好意（lip service）］

例 Japan pays lip service to free markets, but continues to support policies that keep their markets closed tight to foreign competition.

6. pay one's debt to society ** 向社會(huì)還債；蹲監(jiān)獄

解 習(xí)語(yǔ)；詞義溯源：向社會(huì)償還［債務(wù)（debt）］

例 Having spent 17 years in jail, the man has paid his debt to society.

7. pay one's dues ** 繳納會(huì)費(fèi)；盡責(zé)，盡職

解 〈口〉習(xí)語(yǔ)；詞義溯源：支付［會(huì)費(fèi)、手續(xù)費(fèi)（dues）］

例 Before we adjourn, let me remind our members it's time to pay your annual dues.

Many voters thought George Bush had paid his dues as Vice-president under Ronald Reagan for eight years.

8. pay one's way / pay one's own way ** 為…支付；自己負(fù)擔(dān)

解 習(xí)語(yǔ)；詞義溯源：為某人支付或用［自己的方式（one's own way）］支付

例 The Republican Party paid my way to the annual Young Leaders Conference.

9. pay sb. a compliment ** 稱贊，恭維

解 習(xí)語(yǔ)；詞義溯源：對(duì)某人表達(dá)［敬意、稱贊（compliment）］

例 Don't forget to pay your employees a compliment when they do something good.

10. pay sb. a left-handed compliment ** 似褒實(shí)貶地贊美；言不由衷地恭維

解 習(xí)語(yǔ)；詞義溯源：對(duì)某人表達(dá)［虛情假意的（left-handed）］［贊美、稱贊（compliment）］

例 He paid left-handed compliments so well, those who received them rarely figured out he was being sarcastic and criticizing them.

11. pay sb. a visit / pay a visit ** 拜訪

解 習(xí)語(yǔ)；詞義溯源：對(duì)某人進(jìn)行［拜訪（visit）］

例 The last time we met was when I paid him a visit at his office last September.

12. pay sb. or sth. off *** 賄賂；還清債務(wù)；付清工資解雇

解 短語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞；詞義溯源：某人［徹底地、完全地（off）］支付債務(wù)；參照buy sb. off

例 Everyone knew the drug dealers and gangs were paying the police off.

13. pay the piper 〔fiddler〕 ** 擔(dān)負(fù)費(fèi)用；自食其果

解 習(xí)語(yǔ)；詞義溯源：付錢(qián)給［吹笛子的人（piper）］或［拉小提琴的人（fiddler）］

例 I was a runner for over 30 years. Now I'm paying the piper with arthritis in my knees.

14. pay up *** 付清欠款

解 短語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞；詞義溯源：［徹底、全部（up）］支付

例 If you don't pay up, the man who lent you the money is going to kill you.

參考譯文

1. 我不用任何信用卡。我想最好是量入為出。

2. 我說(shuō)這是無(wú)煙區(qū)的時(shí)候，你沒(méi)有注意嗎？

3. 先生，您打算怎么付款？現(xiàn)金、支票還是信用卡？

如果你一直抽煙，等你老了并死于癌癥的時(shí)候就是為此付出的代價(jià)。

4. 想?yún)⒓友鐣?huì)的人必須預(yù)付22美元。

5. 日本口頭上承認(rèn)自由市場(chǎng)，但實(shí)際上他們?nèi)岳^續(xù)支持封閉市場(chǎng)的政策，避免國(guó)外競(jìng)爭(zhēng)。

6. 那個(gè)人在監(jiān)獄里待了17年，向社會(huì)還清了債務(wù)。

7. 在休會(huì)之前，我先提醒我們的會(huì)員該繳年費(fèi)了。

許多選民認(rèn)為，喬治·布什在羅納德·里根手下?lián)胃笨偨y(tǒng)的八年里盡職盡責(zé)。

8. 共和黨為我承擔(dān)了參加青年領(lǐng)袖大會(huì)的費(fèi)用。

9. 當(dāng)員工做得好的時(shí)候，別忘了稱贊他們。

10. 他很會(huì)說(shuō)言不由衷的恭維話。人們幾乎聽(tīng)不出他是在諷刺和批評(píng)他們。

11. 上次我們見(jiàn)面是在去年九月，我去他辦公室拜訪了他。

12. 所有人都知道毒販子和幫派賄賂警察。

13. 我當(dāng)了30多年的跑步運(yùn)動(dòng)員，現(xiàn)在我的膝蓋有關(guān)節(jié)炎，這是我付出的代價(jià)。

14. 如果你不全部還清，借錢(qián)給你的人會(huì)殺了你的。