单词详解
1. v.
A. 支付；花费 ( to give sb money for work, goods, service, etc.)
I paid twenty yuan for the book. 我花费20元买那本书。
B. 偿还；补偿 ( to give sb. money that you own them )
Have you paid all your debt yet? 你的债务还清了吗？
C. 问候；访问 ( to visit sb.; to greet sb. )
He paid a visit to his friend last month. 上个月他拜访了一位朋友。
D. 付代价；遭受惩罚 ( to suffer or be punished for you beliefs or actions)
You’ll pay what you did one day! 总有一天你会为你所做的付出代价。
2. n. [U] 工资；薪水 (the money that sb gets for doing regular work)
Though the job is hard work, the pay is good. 尽管工作辛苦，但薪水不低。
相关词组
1. pay attention to 注意
You should pay attention to your health. 你应该注意你的身体。
2. pay back 偿还
He paid back the loan ten years later. 十年后他还清了贷款。
3. pay for sth. 花钱买某物
They paid a lot of money for the house. 她花了一大笔钱买房子。
4. pay off (the debts ) 还清 (欠款等) (give them the amount of money that you owe them or that they are asking for)
It would take him the rest of his life to pay off that loan. 他得用余生来还清那笔贷款。
5. pay in advance 预付
He paid one third of the money in advance. 他预付了三分之一的钱。
6. pay sb. a visit= pay a visit to sb. 访问某人
Li Yue usually pays his grandparents a visit on Sundays. 李月经常星期日去看望爷爷奶奶。
7. pay sb. sth. = pay sth. to sb. 付给某人某物（钱）
You will have to pay ten yuan to me for this pen. 你必须为这支笔付我十元钱。
8. pay the bill 付帐 =give money to
It will save trouble if you pay the bill now. 如果你现在付账就没事了。
相关单词
第三人称单数：pays
过去式：paid
过去分词：paid
现在分词：paying
近义词：salary,wage, income
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词语辨析：pay, salary, wage, income
词语辨析：pay, cost, spend, take (参见cost)
pay, salary, wage, income
n. 工资；薪水
pay: 非正式用法，指长久性的固定工资或泛指一切工资。
salary: 指白领工作人员如教师、高级技术人员所得到薪水。
wage: 通常指蓝领工人所得的按小时计算每周或各周的工钱。
income: 收入，收益，进款的统称。
词语详解
1. pay: 非正式用法，指长久性的固定工资或泛指一切工资。
The soldiers can get pay from last year. 从去年起士兵们能得到薪水。
2. salary: 指白领工作人员如教师、高级技术人员所得到薪水。
Teachers request to have their salary raised. 教师们要求涨工资。
3. wage: 通常指蓝领工人所得的按小时计算每周或各周的工钱。
Workers in this factory get their wages per week. 这个工厂的工人每周拿到工资。
4. income: 收入，收益，进款的统称。
Spend according to your income. 要依照你的收入去花钱。
