| 词汇 | pay somebody/something ↔ back |
| 释义 | pay somebody/something ↔ backpay somebody/something ↔ back phrasal verbphr v a) BFLPAY FORto give someone the money that you owe them 偿还〔欠款〕 SYN repay I’ll pay you back on Friday. 我星期五还你钱。 We’re paying back the loan over 15 years. 我们要在15年内还清贷款。 b) REVENGEto make someone suffer for doing something wrong or unpleasant 报复 pay somebody back for something I’ll pay Jenny back for what she did to me! 珍妮这样对待我，我要报复她！ Examples from the Corpus pay back• Did she think her father would bid for him, if he promised to pay Stanley back?• How can farmers and traders be sure of a pay - back?• Later, you can pay us back.• Some businessmen who benefited are paying Shishi back.• The djinn will always pay you back.• Was this his way of paying her back for trying to sneak Kirsty down to London?• He had to pay the money back from a lawful source.• He and Eng reasoned that box office receipts would help pay the way back to Los Angeles. pay somebody back for something• I daydream that I am going to pay my parents back for all the hardship I am causing them.• She would have liked to pay him back for his earlier tone by pretending a permanent disability.• If there is trouble for them they will find a way of paying me back for revealing their names.• I still haven't paid him back for the way he embarrassed me at the party.• I bet that you would demand money for this, to pay you back for this bet.• Was this his way of paying her back for trying to sneak Kirsty down to London? → pay somebody/something ↔ back at pay1(PHRASAL VERB) |
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