pay off

释义

1. 牛津电影里 70%

   付清；偿清

   to finish paying money owed for sth

2. 牛津电影里 25%

   成功；奏效；达到目的

   to be successful and bring good results

   He may be a slacker, but he makes business investments that pay off.

3. 牛津电影里 5%

   用钱封某人的口；买通某人

   to give sb money to prevent them from doing sth or talking about sth illegal or dishonest that you have done

电影里这样说 · 46 部

• So I worked all summer to pay off those debts and...There's Something About Mary1998
• ...we'll know the people who paid off the burglars.All the President's Men1976
• He may be a slacker, but he makes business investments that pay off.Atlas Shrugged: Part I2011
• Israel better pay off.World War Z2013
• to pay off that loan.Mary Poppins Returns2018
• A.I.G. has to pay off the swaps...Too Big to Fail2011
• It'll pay off. You'll see.The Holdovers2023
• is really starting to pay off.Zootopia2016

在完整场景里学

• 我为玛丽狂1998
  • 磕磕巴巴约她去舞会：hold someone to that（要你说话算数）
  • 约玛丽去毕业舞会：not all there（脑子不灵光）
  • 接人去舞会却闹翻天：busting chops（挤兑）
• 总统班底1976
  • 深夜闯民主党总部被捕：work the phones（挨个打电话找线索）
  • 电话一路追到白宫：under adjudication（正在审理中）
  • 新人拼抢水门选题：bust one's ass（拼了老命干活）
• 阿特拉斯耸耸肩2011
  • 拍板改用里尔登金属：right-hand man（最得力的助手）
  • 为加急钢轨谈成交易：squeeze every penny（榨干每一分钱）
  • 送金属礼物被嫌自私：toast of the town（全城红人）

同一词条的短语

• the devil to pay
• he who pays the piper calls the tune
• pay court to
• pay dividends
• pay for itself
• pay good money for
• pay its way
• pay the penalty
• pay your respects
• pay through the nose
• pay your way
• you pays your money and you takes your choice

短语动词频道里接下来

• throw up
• fall for
• eat out
• break out
• run into
• log in
• breathe out
• drop by
• look into
• mess with
• fall behind
• come out of