pay
英 [peɪ]
美 [peɪ]
- vt. 支付，付；偿还，补偿；给予
- vi. 付款；偿还
- n. 工资，薪水；付款；报答
- adj. 收费的；需付费的
使用频率:
中文词源
pay 支付
来自古法语paier,支付，来自拉丁语pacare,平息，安抚，使满意，来自pacis,和平，平静，词源同peace,pacify.
英语词源
- pay
-
pay: [12] Etymologically, to pay someone is to ‘quieten them down by giving them the money they are owed’. For the word is closely related to English peace. It comes via Old French payer from Latin pācāre ‘pacify’, a derivative of pāx ‘peace’. The notion of the irate creditor needing to be appeased by payment led to the verb being used in medieval Latin for ‘pay’. The original sense ‘pacify, please’ actually survived into English (‘Well he weened with this tiding for to pay David the king’, Cursor Mundi 1300), but by the beginning of the 16th century it had virtually died out, leaving ‘give money’ in sole possession.
=> pact, peace - pay (v.)
- c. 1200, "to appease, pacify, satisfy," from Old French paier "to pay, pay up" (12c., Modern French payer), from Latin pacare "to please, pacify, satisfy" (in Medieval Latin especially "satisfy a creditor"), literally "make peaceful," from pax (genitive pacis) "peace" (see peace). Meaning "to give what is due for goods or services" arose in Medieval Latin and was attested in English by early 13c.; sense of "please, pacify" died out in English by 1500. Sense of "suffer, endure" (a punishment, etc.) is first recorded late 14c. Related: Paid; paying.
- pay (n.)
- c. 1300, "satisfaction, liking, reward," from pay (v.), or else from Old French paie "payment, recompense," from paier. Meaning "money given for labor or services, wages" is from late 14c.
权威例句
- 1. You have to pay your outstanding bill before joining the scheme.
- 在参加该项目之前必须结清余账。
- 2. If they value these data, let them pay for them.
- 他们要是看重这些数据，就让他们出钱买。
- 3. You can pay to be upgraded to a business class seat.
- 你可以付费升级到商务舱。
- 4. I'll go home and pay an overdue visit to my mother.
- 我将回家看望母亲，其实我早该回去了。
- 5. There is no provision for funding performance-related pay rises.
- 没有为与业绩挂钩的加薪预作资金准备。
相关单词
广而告之
1一秒钟记单词小学英语单词记背神器英语一二三四五六年级人教版英语词汇汇总表单词记背神器 单词记忆书单词词汇速记强化训练
【推荐理由】赠运费险，热门商品
【现价】27.9
【下单链接】38￥ CZ3457 5OArdvEMFvn￥