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

• Some day I'll pay you back for this!
  总有一天我会为此报复你。
• Let me pay back a little every month.
  让我每个月都还点。
• The European Commission ruled that British Aerospace should pay back tens of millions of pounds.
  欧洲委员会裁定英国航空航天公司应该偿还数千万英镑。
• So, I got to pay back everything I lost.
  这样说，我要偿还我失去的一切。
• I'm trying to pay back the government.
  我要偿还欠政府的钱。
• 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！
• I must do something to pay back his help.
  我必须做点什么去报答他的帮助。
• Just think of it as a pay back time for all the money you took from my kids.
  想想你该还你从我那弄的钱的时候了。
• He engaged himself to pay back the money.
  他保证还钱。
• 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。