| 单词 | pay off |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspay off a. So as to exhaust or finish; so as to leave none; to the end; entirely, completely, to a finish; as to clear off, drink off, finish off, pay off, polish off, work off, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > end or conclusion > [adverb] > to the end offeOE awayOE outc1175 the world > action or operation > completing > [adverb] offc1440 consummatively1614 completively1651 perfectively1818 eOE tr. Orosius Hist. (BL Add.) (1980) ii. v Hwær hie..wæteres [hæfden] þæt hie mehten him þurst of adrincan. OE Ælfric Gram. (St. John's Oxf.) 275 Ebibo, ic of adrince. c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 15118 To wasshenn offe þeȝȝre lic. c1440 (?a1400) St. John Evangelist (Thornton) 228 in G. G. Perry Relig. Pieces in Prose & Verse (1914) 104 (MED) Þou..saynede þe coppe owtely and suppede it off syne. 1567 J. Maplet Greene Forest f. 47 Socrates..compelled of malicious Iudges to take ye Cup,..and so to drink it off. 1660 A. Marvell Let. 17 Nov. in Poems & Lett. (1971) II. 2 Some seauenteen shipps to be payd of. 1732 J. Swift (title) A proposal to pay off the debt of the nation. 1861 Temple Bar 3 141 Read the Times..and get off by heart that portion..devoted to the news of the money-market. 1890 G. A. Smith Bk. Isaiah II. xii. 202 We do not..kill them off by gladiatorial combats. 1900 Westm. Gaz. 13 Dec. 2/3 What is known amongst breeders as ‘feeding off’ for table poultry is a thriving industry. 1992 I. Banks Crow Road xi. 267 I polished off the eclair..and started eyeing up a Danish pastry. 2000 Marie Claire (Johannesburg) Oct. 142/3 This look can be achieved by blowdrying the hair with a flat paddle brush and finished off with a straightening iron. to pay off to pay off 1. a. transitive. To settle in full (an account, etc.); to clear (a debt or claim) by making a payment or payments. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > payment > payment of debt > pay debt [verb (transitive)] quit?c1225 acquita1250 to pay up1434 satisfy1437 discharge1439 defease1480 persolve1548 solve1558 defray1576 affray1584 clear1600 to pay off1607 extinguish1630 to lay downa1640 wipe1668 settle1688 sink1694 retrieve1711 to clear up1726 balance1740 liquidate1755 to clear off1766 square1821 amortize1830 society > trade and finance > payment > pay money or things [verb (transitive)] > bear or defray the cost of quitc1275 maintaina1425 pay1446 fray1450 abye1503 price?a1513 be1520 to stand to ——1540 disburse1548 defray1581 discharge1587 reimburse1591 discount1647 to be at the charge(s of1655 to pay off1711 stand1808 pop1947 1607 T. Dekker Whore of Babylon sig. I4v All my sinnes are paid off. 1672 A. Marvell Rehearsal Transpos'd i. 4 The press hath ought him a shame a long time, and is but now beginning to pay off the debt. 1711 E. Budgell Spectator No. 150. ⁋9 I'll pay off your extravagant Bills once more. 1791 T. Paine Rights of Man i. 150 While Mr Burke has been talking of a general bankruptcy in France, the National Assembly has been paying off the capital of its debt. 1864 E. Morris How to get Farm (ed. 2) xiv. 311 From the butter he had sold he had soon paid off the loan of £5. 1885 Law Rep.: Chancery Div. 29 459 To enable the directors to pay off pressing liabilities. 1926 E. Waugh Jrnl. 2 Oct. in Diaries (1979) 266 I paid off all my debts in Oxford, marching from shop to shop. 2000 Reader's Digest Oct. 182/1 (advt.) You can make ‘overpayments’, which will help pay off your mortgage faster. b. transitive. To avenge (an insult, wrong, etc.); to settle (a grudge). Chiefly in to pay off old scores and variants (cf. score n. 11b). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > reciprocal treatment or return of an action > revenge > execute (vengeance) [verb (transitive)] > avenge (an injury or injured person) wreakc825 awreak1048 righta1275 wrackc1275 wrakec1275 venge1303 bewreakc1325 avenge1377 hevena1400 sella1400 revengec1425 countervenge1523 wrecka1593 redeem1598 vindicate1623 to pay off1749 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones III. ix. vi. 357 I don't question but he'll pay off some old Scores, upon my Account. View more context for this quotation 1815 J. H. Payne Trial without Jury iii. ii, in America's Lost Plays (1940) V. 53 What, you'll have to pay off your old scores at last, will ye? 1888 J. Hawthorne Tragic Myst. iii To pay off some grudge. 1918 L. Strachey Eminent Victorians 67 The old scores, they found, were not to be paid off, but to be wiped out. 1995 E. Toman Dancing in Limbo ii. 53 There is no such thing as a free lunch, they told themselves. A few old scores were paid off, of course, but on the whole they remained distinctly lukewarm about the whole project. 2. a. transitive. To pay and discharge (an employee); to make a full payment to (a creditor). Also: to hand over the full remuneration for or cost of (something). ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > lack of work > [verb (transitive)] > dismiss or discharge to put awaya1387 discharge1428 dismiss1477 to put out of wages1542 discard1589 to turn away1602 to put off1608 disemploy1619 to pay off1648 to pay off1651 to turn out1667 to turn off1676 quietus1688 strip1756 trundle1794 unshop1839 shopc1840 to lay off1841 sack1841 drop1845 to give (a person) the shoot1846 bag1848 swap1862 fire1879 to knock off1881 bounce1884 to give (a person) the pushc1886 to give (a person) the boot or the order of the boot1888 bump1899 spear1911 to strike (a medical practitioner, etc.) off the register1911 terminate1920 tramp1941 shitcan1961 pink slip1966 dehire1970 resize1975 to give a person his jotters1990 society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > payment for labour or service > [verb (intransitive)] > pay in full and discharge to pay up1647 to pay off1742 1648 Perfect Weekly Acct. 15 Oct.–1 Nov. 260 The Army being paid off from the 15. of Jan. [printed Jen.] last, the Generall is willing that free quarter be deducted. 1678–9 E. Conway Let. Feb. (1992) vii. 449 As soone as I come to Ragley I shall certainly pay off all the Servants and others. 1704 Boston News-let. 13 Nov. 2/1 Which Flyboat had on board..a great many Passengers, and a great Sum of Mony to pay off the Souldiers. 1710 R. Steele Tatler No. 143. ⁋1 I..desired her to pay off her Coach, for I had a great deal to talk to her. 1742 H. Fielding Joseph Andrews I. i. vi. 33 ‘As for Joseph, you may discard him too.’ ‘Would your Ladyship have him paid off immediately?’ cries Slipslop. View more context for this quotation 1792 C. Smith Desmond I. xxi The two executions..were paid off by I know not what means. 1863 C. Reade Hard Cash III. viii. 186 He paid off the cab in Pembroke Street. 1885 R. Jefferies After London ii. vi. 159 The old Prince, who, from his private resources, paid off the most pressing creditors. 1958 L. Uris Exodus i. i. 9 The taxi pulled to a stop. The bellboy gathered in Mark's luggage. Mark paid off his driver and looked about. 1989 W. McIlvanney Walking Wounded 103 It is perhaps a good thing that he no longer has his redundancy money. When he was paid off, he was offered £30 a month or a small lump sum. b. transitive. Nautical. To pay and discharge the crew of (a ship) upon completion of a commission; to decommission (a ship). ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > lack of work > [verb (transitive)] > dismiss or discharge to put awaya1387 discharge1428 dismiss1477 to put out of wages1542 discard1589 to turn away1602 to put off1608 disemploy1619 to pay off1648 to pay off1651 to turn out1667 to turn off1676 quietus1688 strip1756 trundle1794 unshop1839 shopc1840 to lay off1841 sack1841 drop1845 to give (a person) the shoot1846 bag1848 swap1862 fire1879 to knock off1881 bounce1884 to give (a person) the pushc1886 to give (a person) the boot or the order of the boot1888 bump1899 spear1911 to strike (a medical practitioner, etc.) off the register1911 terminate1920 tramp1941 shitcan1961 pink slip1966 dehire1970 resize1975 to give a person his jotters1990 1651 Severall Proc. Parl. No. 85. 1301 These are to give you to understand, that I being under sail comming homewards to Victuall and Tallow, and pay off my men. 1802 Naval Chron. 8 172 The Fisgard..was paid off all standing, directly recommissioned. 1836 F. Marryat Mr. Midshipman Easy I. xi. 161 The ship to which he had been appointed was paid off. 1978 Daily Tel. 28 Mar. 3 The cruiser Delhi, 7,800 tons, formerly the Achilles of River Plate fame, will be paid off at Bombay in May unless there is a move to save the 45-year-old ship as a museum. 2003 Daily Tel. 15 Jan. 23/4 Old ships are paid off well in advance (sometimes years) of new tonnage being delivered by the shipyard. c. intransitive. Nautical. Of a ship: to be decommissioned, to have its crew paid in full and discharged. Of a crew member: to leave a ship after receiving pay owed. ΚΠ 1858 Times 28 Aug. 10/6 The Agamemnon comes back to Portsmouth and pays off. 1896 Daily News 21 Aug. 2/5 The Meteor..is to pay off immediately and proceed to lay up. 1932 S. Knock Clear Lower Deck xx. 146 Finally, there were those to become blushing bridegrooms on the ship paying off. 1978 Navy News Oct. 2/5 H.M.S. Finwhale, the Porpoise-class patrol submarine launched in 1959, will pay off on November 6. 1990 J. McPhee Looking for Ship 46 When Ramsay pays off in Charleston, he rides Amtrak home to Delaware. 2003 Somerset & Dorset Notes & Queries Mar. 211 The Basilisk was on her way home and she eventually paid off in 1874. 3. transitive. To give (a person) what is due or deserved in respect of his or her faults, shortcomings, misbehaviour, etc.; to take revenge on.In quot. 1699: to beat, punish. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > reciprocal treatment or return of an action > revenge > execute (vengeance) [verb (transitive)] > pay (a person) back to quit or yield (one) his whilec1400 rewardc1400 pay?c1450 requite1534 to pay back1655 to pay off1699 to pay out1849 to get back at (also now less commonly on)1886 society > authority > punishment > retributive punishment > inflict (retributive punishment) [verb (transitive)] > for an offence or on an offender > inflict retributive punishment upon yieldc1380 putc1390 rewardc1400 pay?c1450 vengea1470 revenge?1526 avenge1633 to pay back1655 to pay off1699 to serve out1809 to pay out1849 1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Clapperclaw'd, beat soundly, or paid off in earnest. 1707 tr. P. Le Lorrain de Vallemont Curiosities in Husbandry & Gardening 242 He pays off Aristotle and his Followers with too violent a Zeal. 1711 Spectator No. 174 Sir Roger..thinks he has paid me off, and been very severe upon the merchant. 1778 F. Burney Let. 16–21 Sept. in Early Jrnls. & Lett. (1994) 154 Now she daintys us up..with all the meekness in the World,—but when we are away, I suppose she pays us off finely! 1845 Times 31 July 7/6 The latter observed, with a great oath, that ‘he owed Mr. Snell a kindness, for his son had sent him to prison, and he would pay him off’. 1884 'Tis all a Farce i. i. 3 I am paid off for all my tricks with a vengeance. 1935 Amer. Speech 10 12/1 To ante up, to even up a score against an enemy... Modern to pay off. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > make equal [verb (transitive)] > compensate or make up for restorea1325 to make good1389 boot1393 rewarda1398 supplya1398 to make up1472 upset1513 to fetch again1535 redeem1590 balance1594 pay1596 unpay1600 to make out1610 requitea1613 to pay home1625 encourage1628 compensate1646 compensate1656 reprise1662 to take up1662 to fetch up1665 to pay off1717 indemnify1750 to bring up arrears1788 equalize1866 reparate1956 1717 S. Centlivre Cruel Gift Epil. He thought he paid it off with being smart. 1738 J. Swift Compl. Coll. Genteel Conversat. 31 Miss says nothing; but I warrant she pays it off with Thinking. a1800 W. Cowper Wks. (1835–7) VIII. 16 Though he little said, He paid it off with thinking. 1821 T. Jefferson Autobiogr. in Writings (1984) 22 Paying off former crimes committed against the liberties of one people, with crimes which he urges them to commit against the lives of another. 5. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > use of wind > get into the current of the wind [verb (transitive)] > cause to fall off or to leeward pay1627 to pay off1790 1790 E. Riou Jrnl. 23 Feb. in Last Voy. of Guardian (1990) 110 But the SE..took the head sails and paid off the ship, by which means we very nearly ruined a Dutch India ship. 1801 Knight & Mason IV. 41 They were obliged to pay her head off. 1830 F. Marryat King's Own I. xiii. 193 The commander..payed his vessel off before the wind. 1896 Times 20 Aug. 5/3 If the Isolde had not paid her head off out of her course I should have got through clear. b. intransitive. Nautical. Of a ship or a ship's course: to turn to leeward. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > use of wind > avail oneself of a wind [verb (intransitive)] > fall off to leeward to fall offc1625 to pay away1625 pay1667 to pay off1801 to pay round1825 1801 Knight & Mason II. 28 When ship paid off suddenly. 1836 F. Marryat Mr. Midshipman Easy II. x. 291 The frigate flew round, describing a circle, as she payed off before the wind. 1899 F. T. Bullen Log of Sea-waif 213 There was a great bustle to get sail off her, but unfortunately she paid off rather smartly. 1904 J. London Sea-wolf xvii. 160 Wolf Larsen put the wheel hard up, to port, and we began to pay off. 1961 F. H. Burgess Dict. Sailing 151 Nothing off, helm order to keep her as close to the wind or as near on course as she is, and not let her pay off. 1996 Times 3 Feb. 23/8 The ship's head was paying off the whole time, making it extremely dangerous for the lifeboat. 6. transitive. Originally and chiefly U.S. To bribe; to buy off. Also intransitive: to pay a bribe. Cf. pay-off n. 4. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > illegal payment or exaction > [verb (transitive)] > bribe meedOE underorna1325 corrump1387 forbuy1393 hirec1400 wage1461 fee1487 under-arearc1503 bribe1528 grease1528 money1528 corrupt1548 budc1565 to feed with money1567 to put out a person's eyes with (a gift, bribe, etc.)1580 sweeten1594 to grease the fist or (one) in the fist1598 over-bribe1619 to buy off1629 palter1641 to take off1646 buy1652 overmoneya1661 bub1684 to speak to ——1687 to tickle in the palm1694 daub1699 overbuy1710 touch1752 palm1767 to get at ——1780 fix1790 subsidize1793 sop1837 to buy over1848 backsheesh1850 nobble1856 square1859 hippodrome1866 see1867 boodleize1883 boodle1886 to get to ——1901 reach1906 straighten1923 lubricate1928 to keep (someone) sweet1939 sling1939 to pay off1942 bung1950 1942 L. V. Berrey & M. Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang § 493/5 Bribe, pay off. 1952 J. Lait & L. Mortimer U.S.A. Confidential i. iii. 23 Bribes..and other funds which must be moved can be pushed over a crap or roulette table to make it look as if the remittee won the money, instead of being paid off. 1955 D. W. Maurer in Publ. Amer. Dial. Soc. No. 24. 145 Sometimes..there is an airtight arrangement under which the pickpockets who pay off are protected, while..those who do not may be arrested and framed. 1971 N.Y. Times 19 Oct. 47 The gamblers of the city paid off the policemen on a regular monthly basis after they had been placed on what is called ‘the pad’. 1991 J. Phillips You'll never eat Lunch in this Town Again (1992) 347 ‘Is Baba Sheek gonna have to pay someone off?’..‘Not yet. I'm determined to try the red-tape method.’ 7. intransitive. Of a plan, action, measure, etc.: to succeed; to be profitable or advantageous; to produce desired results. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > be advantageous or beneficial [verb (intransitive)] > result in (adequate) advantage to turn to accounta1632 pay1774 to bear fruit1889 to pay out1909 to pay off1946 1946 Liberty 1 June 77/1 The ‘soppy’..stuff just won't pay off much longer. 1953 J. Wain Hurry on Down iv. 73 Like a good many insane actions, it paid off. 1957 Listener 7 Nov. 757/1 Still, the cool piece of blackmail and bluff paid off. 1967 Technol. Week 23 Jan. 61/1 (advt.) Our aim is to make current space hardware and experience pay off for the national space program. 1978 T. Allbeury Lantern Network viii. 93 By mid-May the training had begun to pay off. 1992 Economist 11 Apr. 28/2 He took risks that mostly paid off. < as lemmas |
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