重点词汇
1. pay paid, paid
要点：
v.
1.to give （money） in return for goods or services
支付，付钱：因所提供的服务或商品而付给钱：
pay the cashier. 向出纳员付款
He paid 5 yuan for the book. 他买这本书花了五元钱。
pay cash付现款 pay the taxi付出租汽车费 pay a bill for a room 付房租
2.to give what is owed, to hand over the amount of （wages, a debt, ransom, etc.）
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