pay back

英 [peɪ bæk]

美 [peɪ bæk]

偿还; 报复; 惩罚

经济

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 偿还
  If youpay backsome money that you have borrowed or taken from someone, you give them an equal sum of money at a later time.
  1. He burst into tears, begging her to forgive him and swearing to pay back everything he had stolen...
     他突然大哭起来，求她原谅，并发誓偿还他偷的所有东西。
  2. I'll pay you back that two quid tomorrow.
     我明天还你那两英镑。
• PHRASAL VERB 报复；惩罚
  If youpaysomeoneback fordoing something unpleasant to you, you take your revenge on them or make them suffer for what they did.
  1. Some day I'll pay you back for this!
     总有一天我会为此报复你。

英英释义

verb

• take vengeance on or get even
  1. We'll get them!
  2. That'll fix him good!
  3. This time I got him
  Synonym:pay offgetfix
• act or give recompense in recognition of someone's behavior or actions
  Synonym:rewardrepay

双语例句

• Pay back the money you borrowed.
  偿还你所借的钱。
• First you pay back what you owe.
  先把你欠的还了。
• I'm trying to pay back the government.
  我要偿还欠政府的钱。
• After his restaurant failed, Bill couln't pay back the money he had borrowed from the bank.
  Bill开饭店失败了，但是他偿还不了从银行借来的钱。
• Although this isn't enough to pay back the love I've received.
  虽然这些不足以偿付我所接受的爱。
• Have you pay back the money for your new house?
  你还了购买新房的钱没有？
• Some day I'll pay you back for this!
  总有一天我会为此报复你。
• I'll work my fingers to the bone till I pay back all my debts.
  我要拼命地干活直到把欠款还清。
• You have no right to keep a portion of my pay back.
  你无权扣发我的一部分工资。
• It's all too easy to borrow money that you can't pay back.
  借还不起的钱真是太容易了。