喜樂美語

Picture handing over money to settle what is owed — you get something, you give money back, and the account is now even. That act of 'giving what is due to balance things out' is the heart of pay; from there it stretches to settling debts, paying the price for , giving attention or respect, and an action that 'pays off' by being worth it.

可以想成：你拿到一樣東西或一份服務，就遞出對等的錢，把這筆帳「結平」——一給一收，兩邊扯平了。pay 的核心畫面比較像這個「付出對等的東西，把帳結清」。從這裡延伸出去：還清債務、為錯事「付出代價」、致以注意或敬意，乃至一件事「划得來、值回付出」。

From the word’s history

From Latin 'pacare' = to pacify, satisfy, make peace — settling a debt was seen as making peace with the person you owed. That is why pay covers both giving money and 'paying the price' for a wrong.

源自拉丁文 pacare，意思是「使平息、使滿足、講和」——還清欠款，被想成是和對方「把帳講和、扯平」。這也是為什麼 pay 既能講給錢，也能講為錯事「付出代價」。

Online Etymology Dictionary (etymonline.com), entry 'pay'

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過去式 paid過去分詞 paid-ing paying三單 pays

原始詞典資料16 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

Payname

  • 1

    A diminutive of the unisex given name Payton.

  • 2

    A surname.

payverb詞源 1/peɪ/

  • 1

    To give money or other compensation to in exchange for goods or services.

    • pay cash or pay in cash, pay by credit/debit card
    • pay in dollars/euros, etc.
  • 2

    To deposit into an account.

    • I pay a portion of each paycheck into a savings account.
  • 3

    To discharge, as a debt or other obligation, by giving or doing what is due or required.

    • to pay compensation, to pay a fine
    • She offered to pay the bill.
  • 4

    To be profitable; to be worth it.

    • It didn't pay him to keep the store open any more.
    • Crime doesn’t pay.
  • 5

    To cover, as a cost.

    • Those investments paid for her college education.
  • 6

    To yield as a benefit.

    • to pay dividends; to pay interest
    • You will get paid from this investment yearly.
  • 7

    To give (something else than money).

    • to pay attention, to pay tribute, to pay a visit
    • not paying me a welcome
  • 8

    To suffer consequences, especially justly.

    • He paid for his fun in the sun with a terrible sunburn.
另外 1 個記錄的用法
  • 9

    To admit that a joke, punchline, etc., was funny.

    • Sutho took a pull at his Johnny Walker and Coke and laughed that trademark laugh of his and said: `Okay. I'll pay that all right.'

paynoun詞源 1/peɪ/

  • 1

    Money given in return for work; salary or wages.

    • Many employers have rules designed to keep employees from comparing their pays.
    • The skipper Mr. Cooke had hired at Far Harbor was a God-fearing man with a luke warm interest in his new billet and employer, and had only been prevailed upon to take charge of the yacht after the offer of an emolument equal to half a year's sea pay of an ensign in the navy.
  • 2

    rareA paying job; a paying concern.

    • "You can if you like. I'll drop in each day to see how she gets on." "Oh, will you? That's a relief. All the same, I wouldn't say she was a very good pay, if you spend too much time on her." "Oh, bad pays make up half a doctor's job."

payadj詞源 1/peɪ/

  • 1

    Operable or accessible on deposit of coins.

    • pay toilet
  • 2

    Pertaining to or requiring payment.

    • pay television

payverb詞源 2/peɪ/

  • 1

    nauticaltransportTo cover (the bottom of a vessel, a seam, a spar, etc.) with tar or pitch, or a waterproof composition of tallow, resin, etc.; to smear.

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