| 单词 | repay |
| 释义 | repay (once / 403 pages) v When you give someone money that you owe them, you repay them. A bank may loan you money to buy a new car, but you'll have to repay the money, plus interest. You might repay a bank loan, or repay your brother the dollar you borrowed last week. You can also repay things other than money: "How will I ever repay your kindness and support?" Repay comes from the French repaier, with its "back" prefix re- and payer, "to pay." WORD FAMILYrepay: repaid, repayable, repaying, repayment, repays+/nonpayment: nonpayments/overpay: overpaid, overpaying, overpayment, overpays/overpayment: overpayments/pay: overpay, payable, payee, payer, paying, payment, pays, prepay, repay, underpay/payable: payables/payee: payees/payer: payers/paying: non-paying, payingest/payment: nonpayment, payments/prepay: prepaying, prepayment, prepays/prepayment: prepayments/repayment: repayments/underpay: underpaid, underpaying, underpayment, underpays/underpayment: underpayments USAGE EXAMPLESUnder California law, each of those parties on the supply chain is initially listed as being responsible to help repay the lost wages. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) Perhaps Mr. Obama wanted to repay Mr. Reid for blocking so much GOP legislation. Wall Street Journal(Dec 30, 2016) To the point where we can’t really afford to repay you. Los Angeles Times(Dec 28, 2016) 1v pay back Syn|Hypo|Hyper give back, refund, return reimburse pay back for some expense incurred restitute, restoregive or bring back pay give money, usually in exchange for goods or services 2v make repayment for or return something Syn|Hypo|Hyper requite pay make a compensation for give transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody 3v act or give recompense in recognition of someone's behavior or actions Syn|Hyper pay back, reward act, move perform an action, or work out or perform (an action) 4v answer back Syn|Hyper come back, rejoin, retort, return, riposte answer, reply, respond react verbally |
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