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

• You have no right to keep a portion of my pay back.
  你无权扣发我的一部分工资。
• 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。
• Pay back the money you borrowed.
  偿还你所借的钱。
• 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。
• He engaged himself to pay back the money.
  他保证还钱。
• Let me pay back a little every month.
  让我每个月都还点。
• One day I'll pay back that boy who broke my bike!
  总有一天我得对弄坏我自行车的那个男孩报复一下！
• It's our pay back time.
  是该我们回报的时候了。
• I must do something to pay back his help.
  我必须做点什么去报答他的帮助。
• You have to pay back sooner or later if you count on someone else.
  你要是老指着别人混，早晚都得还。