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

• 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！
• If you can't pay back the money by next week.
  下个礼拜你没有还的话。
• You have no right to keep a portion of my pay back.
  你无权扣发我的一部分工资。
• He promised to pay back in two weeks.
  他说了两星期后还的。
• They were made to pay back the money.
  我让他们把我的钱还了。
• Have you pay back the money for your new house?
  你还了购买新房的钱没有？
• I'm trying to pay back the government.
  我要偿还欠政府的钱。
• So, I got to pay back everything I lost.
  这样说，我要偿还我失去的一切。
• 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。
• It's our pay back time.
  是该我们回报的时候了。