英语词汇“to pay for”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

1. intransitive. Of a person: to give (money or other equivalent) for goods or services; to bear (the cost of something); to recompense (labour, etc.). Of a fund or amount of money, etc.: to produce or provide (resources sufficient for a purchase, expense, etc.).

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > payment > pay [verb (intransitive)]

payc1387

to pay for——c1387

to come off?1544

settle1788

spring1906

pester1936

c1387–95 G. Chaucer Canterbury Tales Prol. 834 Who so be rebel to my iuggement Shal paye for al that by the wey is spent.

c1400 (a1376) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Trin. Cambr. R.3.14) (1960) A. iii. 126 (MED) She..letiþ passe prisoners & paieþ [v.rr. payet, payȝeth, pays] for hem ofte, And ȝiueþ þe gaileris gold.

a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll.) 191 There shall no golde undir God pay for youre raunsom.

1522 in Hereford Munic. MSS (transcript) (O.E.D. Archive) I. ii. 171 Whiche passed agaynst yo[u]r orator wrongfully And now by favo[u]r entendith to have Judgement awarded therupon wrongfully and so to have yo[u]r orator to pay for the said Cowe and Calfe.

1620 tr. G. Boccaccio Decameron II. xi. v. f. 122 At diuers close and sodain meetings, they made him pay for many dinners & suppers, amounting to indifferent charges.

1678 J. Bunyan Pilgrim's Progress 191 If a man runs an 100 l. into the Shop-keepers debt, and after that shall pay for all that he shall fetch, yet his old debt stands still in the Book uncrossed.

1722 D. Defoe Moll Flanders 336 I offer'd him to pay for the two Peices whatever the value was, tho' I had not got them.

1765 J. Dickinson Late Regulations Brit. Colonies i These remittances are not sufficient to pay for those things we want from home.

1848 A. Brontë Tenant of Wildfell Hall I. viii. 146 ‘I'm sorry to offend you, Mr Markham,’ said she, ‘but unless I pay for the book, I cannot take it.’

1880 Harper's Mag. June 28/2 The price paid for the making of chemises by the dozen..is a dollar and twenty cents.

1915 J. Buchan Thirty-nine Steps iii. 75 They paid for their drinks with half-a-sovereign.

1991 Boston Globe 22 Sept. (Mag.) 19/2 Their first-class sleeper car was paid for by the Jewish Agency for Israel.

2. intransitive. figurative. To make amends or atone for a crime, sin, etc.; to suffer or be punished for any fault or act of wrongdoing. Frequently with dear(ly).Cf. sense 13b.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > virtue > righteousness or rectitude > reform, amendment, or correction > atonement > atone for [verb (transitive)]

beetc897

i-bye10..

abyelOE

answer?a1300

buya1300

amendc1300

mendc1330

forbuy1340

redressa1387

answera1400

byea1400

filla1400

peasea1400

ransoma1400

to pay for——c1400

recompense?a1439

abidea1450

satisfyc1460

redeema1464

repaira1513

syth1513

reconcile1535

acquit1567

dispense1590

assoil1596

propitiate1610

expiatea1626

atone1661

retrievea1679

society > authority > punishment > [verb (intransitive)] > receive punishment

shendc897

drinka1340

sufferc1380

to kiss the roda1586

to pay for——a1593

to give, get goss1840

to come in for it1841

to cop it1884

c1400 (?a1387) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Huntington HM 137) (1873) C. xvii. 31 Operis satisfactio..for synnes payeth.

1533 J. Gau tr. C. Pedersen Richt Vay 69 God..laid al our sinnis apone hime and he payit for thayme.

1573 T. Tusser Fiue Hundreth Points Good Husbandry (new ed.) f. 10^v The riche it compelleth, to pay for his pride, the poore, it vndoeth on euery side.

a1593 C. Marlowe Edward II (1594) sig. K4^v Yet he that is the cause of Edwards death, Is sure to pay for it when his sonne is of age.

1612 Bp. J. Hall Contempl. I. O.T. ii. 145 Lot paies deere for his rashnesse.

1620 tr. G. Boccaccio Decameron I. iii. viii. f. 106^v It was now thought high time, that Ferando should be..set free from the paines of Purgatory, as hauing payed for his iealousie dearely.

1688 J. Bunyan Pilgrim's Progress (ed. 11) 18-19 (caption) When Christians unto carnal men give ear, Out of their way they go, and pay for't dear.

1707 E. Ward Wooden World Dissected 94 He's resolv'd never to be a Rogue where he's sure to pay for it.

1722 D. Defoe Moll Flanders 17 He..had too much Judgment of things to pay too dear for his Pleasures.

1826 J. F. Cooper Last of Mohicans I. xvi. 249 Dearly did she pay for the blessing she bestowed.

1868 J. Blackwood Let. 1 Apr. in George Eliot's Lett. (1956) IV. 427 Even here it is positively warm... We shall probably pay for it with a snow storm in..May.

1900 London Let. 23 Feb. 286/2 An attendant.., who wantonly prodded it with a fork..paid for his cruelty, as he was knocked down, trampled upon, and ripped open by the elephant.

1974 Sunday Punch (Port of Spain) 2 June 9 Recently one feller was made to pay for his mouth, after he alleged that a schoolgirl was pregnant.

1984 S. Steward & S. Garratt Signed, Sealed, & Delivered i. 16/2 Other women, however, are not so lucky—and pay dearly for breaking the rules.

3. intransitive (reflexive). Of a purchase, investment, venture, etc.: to earn or save enough money to cover its own costs; (of a business, etc.) to yield a profit.

ΚΠ

1725 J. Swift Let. 27 Aug. (1766) 220 I thank you for the purchase you have made of Bristow beer; it will soon pay for itself, by saving me many a bottle of wine.

1765 T. Smollett Contin. Hist. Eng. II. 195 Its patrons maintained..that the war had paid for itself.

1805 T. Jefferson Second Inaugural Addr. 4 Mar. in Writings (1984) 519 That extension may possibly pay for itself before we are called on, and in the meantime, may keep down the accruing interest.

1847 Commerc. Rev. South & West June 478 It is highly probable that..the construction of the road..[will] pay for itself in the precious metals laid bare by the excavation.

1871 E. J. Goodspeed Hist. Great Fires Chicago 108 They [sc. tunnels] were finished none too soon, for in the present distress they have paid for themselves.

1933 H. Belloc Characters of Reformation iii. 34 The cost of the administration of justice more than paid for itself by fines and fees.

1993 Macworld Dec. 20/3 More processing horsepower quickly pays for itself.

单词	to pay for
释义	> as lemmas to pay for—— to pay for—— 1. intransitive. Of a person: to give (money or other equivalent) for goods or services; to bear (the cost of something); to recompense (labour, etc.). Of a fund or amount of money, etc.: to produce or provide (resources sufficient for a purchase, expense, etc.). ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > payment > pay [verb (intransitive)] payc1387 to pay for——c1387 to come off?1544 settle1788 spring1906 pester1936 c1387–95 G. Chaucer Canterbury Tales Prol. 834 Who so be rebel to my iuggement Shal paye for al that by the wey is spent. c1400 (a1376) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Trin. Cambr. R.3.14) (1960) A. iii. 126 (MED) She..letiþ passe prisoners & paieþ [v.rr. payet, payȝeth, pays] for hem ofte, And ȝiueþ þe gaileris gold. a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll.) 191 There shall no golde undir God pay for youre raunsom. 1522 in Hereford Munic. MSS (transcript) (O.E.D. Archive) I. ii. 171 Whiche passed agaynst yo[u]r orator wrongfully And now by favo[u]r entendith to have Judgement awarded therupon wrongfully and so to have yo[u]r orator to pay for the said Cowe and Calfe. 1620 tr. G. Boccaccio Decameron II. xi. v. f. 122 At diuers close and sodain meetings, they made him pay for many dinners & suppers, amounting to indifferent charges. 1678 J. Bunyan Pilgrim's Progress 191 If a man runs an 100 l. into the Shop-keepers debt, and after that shall pay for all that he shall fetch, yet his old debt stands still in the Book uncrossed. View more context for this quotation 1722 D. Defoe Moll Flanders 336 I offer'd him to pay for the two Peices whatever the value was, tho' I had not got them. 1765 J. Dickinson Late Regulations Brit. Colonies i These remittances are not sufficient to pay for those things we want from home. 1848 A. Brontë Tenant of Wildfell Hall I. viii. 146 ‘I'm sorry to offend you, Mr Markham,’ said she, ‘but unless I pay for the book, I cannot take it.’ 1880 Harper's Mag. June 28/2 The price paid for the making of chemises by the dozen..is a dollar and twenty cents. 1915 J. Buchan Thirty-nine Steps iii. 75 They paid for their drinks with half-a-sovereign. 1991 Boston Globe 22 Sept. (Mag.) 19/2 Their first-class sleeper car was paid for by the Jewish Agency for Israel. 2. intransitive. figurative. To make amends or atone for a crime, sin, etc.; to suffer or be punished for any fault or act of wrongdoing. Frequently with dear(ly).Cf. sense 13b. ΘΚΠ society > morality > virtue > righteousness or rectitude > reform, amendment, or correction > atonement > atone for [verb (transitive)] beetc897 i-bye10.. abyelOE answer?a1300 buya1300 amendc1300 mendc1330 forbuy1340 redressa1387 answera1400 byea1400 filla1400 peasea1400 ransoma1400 to pay for——c1400 recompense?a1439 abidea1450 satisfyc1460 redeema1464 repaira1513 syth1513 reconcile1535 acquit1567 dispense1590 assoil1596 propitiate1610 expiatea1626 atone1661 retrievea1679 society > authority > punishment > [verb (intransitive)] > receive punishment shendc897 drinka1340 sufferc1380 to kiss the roda1586 to pay for——a1593 to give, get goss1840 to come in for it1841 to cop it1884 c1400 (?a1387) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Huntington HM 137) (1873) C. xvii. 31 Operis satisfactio..for synnes payeth. 1533 J. Gau tr. C. Pedersen Richt Vay 69 God..laid al our sinnis apone hime and he payit for thayme. 1573 T. Tusser Fiue Hundreth Points Good Husbandry (new ed.) f. 10^v The riche it compelleth, to pay for his pride, the poore, it vndoeth on euery side. a1593 C. Marlowe Edward II (1594) sig. K4^v Yet he that is the cause of Edwards death, Is sure to pay for it when his sonne is of age. 1612 Bp. J. Hall Contempl. I. O.T. ii. 145 Lot paies deere for his rashnesse. 1620 tr. G. Boccaccio Decameron I. iii. viii. f. 106^v It was now thought high time, that Ferando should be..set free from the paines of Purgatory, as hauing payed for his iealousie dearely. 1688 J. Bunyan Pilgrim's Progress (ed. 11) 18-19 (caption) When Christians unto carnal men give ear, Out of their way they go, and pay for't dear. 1707 E. Ward Wooden World Dissected 94 He's resolv'd never to be a Rogue where he's sure to pay for it. 1722 D. Defoe Moll Flanders 17 He..had too much Judgment of things to pay too dear for his Pleasures. 1826 J. F. Cooper Last of Mohicans I. xvi. 249 Dearly did she pay for the blessing she bestowed. 1868 J. Blackwood Let. 1 Apr. in George Eliot's Lett. (1956) IV. 427 Even here it is positively warm... We shall probably pay for it with a snow storm in..May. 1900 London Let. 23 Feb. 286/2 An attendant.., who wantonly prodded it with a fork..paid for his cruelty, as he was knocked down, trampled upon, and ripped open by the elephant. 1974 Sunday Punch (Port of Spain) 2 June 9 Recently one feller was made to pay for his mouth, after he alleged that a schoolgirl was pregnant. 1984 S. Steward & S. Garratt Signed, Sealed, & Delivered i. 16/2 Other women, however, are not so lucky—and pay dearly for breaking the rules. 3. intransitive (reflexive). Of a purchase, investment, venture, etc.: to earn or save enough money to cover its own costs; (of a business, etc.) to yield a profit. ΚΠ 1725 J. Swift Let. 27 Aug. (1766) 220 I thank you for the purchase you have made of Bristow beer; it will soon pay for itself, by saving me many a bottle of wine. 1765 T. Smollett Contin. Hist. Eng. II. 195 Its patrons maintained..that the war had paid for itself. 1805 T. Jefferson Second Inaugural Addr. 4 Mar. in Writings (1984) 519 That extension may possibly pay for itself before we are called on, and in the meantime, may keep down the accruing interest. 1847 Commerc. Rev. South & West June 478 It is highly probable that..the construction of the road..[will] pay for itself in the precious metals laid bare by the excavation. 1871 E. J. Goodspeed Hist. Great Fires Chicago 108 They [sc. tunnels] were finished none too soon, for in the present distress they have paid for themselves. 1933 H. Belloc Characters of Reformation iii. 34 The cost of the administration of justice more than paid for itself by fines and fees. 1993 Macworld Dec. 20/3 More processing horsepower quickly pays for itself. extracted from payv.¹ < as lemmas
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