| 释义 |
pay dearly1Obtain something at a high cost or great effort: his master must have paid dearly for such a magnificent beast...- The taxpayer has already paid dearly for the construction of these houses, which cost £78,000 each in 1984, he said.
- In other words you are paying dearly to maintain a loan while your ability to clear the debt is falling each year.
- But, I made her pay dearly for her purchases - $227 for four yearbooks and an old diploma and almost $150 for a collection of papers and photographs.
1.1Suffer for a misdemeanour or failure: they paid dearly for wasting goalscoring opportunities...- And over 100,000 Americans have paid dearly for this failure.
- In this case, they haven't, and now they're paying dearly for their candour.
- This was probably a mistake for which they would pay dearly.
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