Unit 7 At the Restaurant 练习(5)
偿付:例如:工资,债务,赎金等。
—Can you lend me some money? —I can pay you back tomorrow.
你能借给我点儿钱吗?我明天就可以还给你。
Have I paid you back the $20 you lent me? 你借给我的二十美元我还给你了吗?
pay the penalty 交罚金 pay workers 给工人发工资
3)to be profitable or worth while 生利;有……收益;值得(麻烦);合算
It pays me to keep that stock. 持有那种股票对我有利。
It will pay to read a dictionary if you have time.
如果你有时间,翻翻词典是值得的。
It wouldn’t pay me to take that job. 做那个工作对我没好处。
n.
1)wages 薪水, 工资
in the pay of 被收买的;被豢养的;当狗腿子的
This man is in the pay of the enemy. 此人是被敌人收买的。
pay back
1) 报复 (= pay off, pay out, serve out)
I’ll certainly pay you back for what you did to me!
你那样对待我,我一定要回敬你的!
2) 偿还;偿付
How can I pay you back for all your kindness? 你的这番好意我该怎么报答呢?
pay one’s respects to 向……致敬 pay attention to 注意, 留心
2. restroom
要点:
n. 公共卫生间,公共厕所
知识拓展:rest(n.休息) + room (n. 房间)
3. paper
要点:
n.
1)纸
a sheet of paper 一张纸
All difficulties are also paper tigers.一切困难也都是纸老虎。
2)纸制品
a paper plate 纸盘子
3)报纸
Have you seen today’s paper? 你看到今天的报纸了吗?
4)试卷;考卷
a history paper 一份历史试卷
“The history paper was really easy, so was the biology one.”