pay
1）vt.支付,付；償還,補償
I must pay her.我應該付她錢.
If you do not pay the
rent,the landlord will kick you out.
如果妳不付房租,房東就會把妳攆出去.
The sale of the
house should fetch in enough to pay our
debts.
出售這棟房子足以付清欠我們的債.
2）vi.付款；償還
I'll settle with you,you have to pay
for your insulting.
我早晚要找妳算這筆賬的,妳得為妳的侮辱行為付出代價.
3）n.工資,薪水；付款
Part of
their pay is taken out in houses.他們的部分工資是以住房償付的.
2.pay off,付清,還清(債務)
Pay
off your credit cards.還清妳的信用卡欠款.
Though it still takes time to pay off your
debts,you begin to see results almost
immediately.
雖然這依舊要花很多時間去償還妳的債務,但妳很快就會看到結果.
3.pay back償還,報復
Some day
I'll pay you back for this!
總有壹天我會為此報復妳的!
pay的基本用法是：?
(1) pay (sb.) money for sth. 付錢（給某人）買……。例：I have to pay them 20
pounds for this room each month. 我每個月要付20英磅的房租。
(2)pay for sth. 付……的錢。例：I haveto pay for the book lost. 我不得不賠丟失的書款。?
(3)pay for sb. 替某人付錢。例：Don?蒺t
worry!I'll pay for you. 別擔心， 我會給妳付錢的。?
(4)pay sb. 付錢給某人。 例: They pay us
every month.他們每月給我們報酬。
（5）pay money back 還錢。例：May I borrow 12 yuan from you?
I'll pay it back next week. 妳能借給我12塊錢嗎？下周還妳。
（ 6）pay off one's
money還清錢
cost 和pay的區別
spend，cost，take和pay都可以表示“花費”，但用法卻不盡相同。
spend的主語必須是人， 常用於以下結構：(1) spend
time ／money on sth. 在……上花費時間（金錢）。例：I spent two hours on this maths problem.
這道數學題花了我兩個小時。(2) spend time ／ money (in) doing sth. 花費時間（金錢）做某事。例：They spent two
years (in) building this bridge. 造這座橋花了他們兩年時間。(3)spend money for sth.
花錢買……。例：His money was spent for books. 他的錢用來買書了。
cost的主語是物或某種活動，
還可以表示“值”， 常見用法如下：(1)sth. costs (sb.) ＋金錢,某物花了（某人）多少錢。例：A new computer costs a
lot of money. 買壹臺新電腦要花壹大筆錢。(2) (doing) sth. costs (sb.)
＋時間,某物（做某事）花了（某人）多少時間。例：Remembering these new words cost him a lot of time.
他花了大量時間才記住了這些單詞。
註意：cost的過去式及過去分詞都是cost,並且不能用於被動句。
take後面常跟雙賓語，
常見用法有以下幾種：
(1) It takes sb. ＋時間＋to do sth. 做某事花了某人多少時間。例：It took them three years
to build this road. 他們用了三年時間修完了這條路。
(2)doing sth. takes sb.
＋時間,做某事花了某人多少時間。例：Repairing this car took him the whole afternoon. 他花了壹下午修車。 ?