pay off
- 还清，偿清（债务）;成功，赢利;取得成功，奏效;用钱封住某人的嘴(使其对非法或不诚实的事情保持沉默)，付封口费;付清工资解雇某人;用钱打发
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PHRASAL VERB 偿清，还清（债务）
If you pay off a debt, you give someone all the money that you owe them.It would take him the rest of his life to pay off that loan.
他得用余生来还清那笔贷款。
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PHRASAL VERB 还清债务；用钱打发
If you pay off someone, you give them the amount of money that you owe them or that they are asking for, so that they will not take action against you or cause you any trouble....his bid to raise funds to pay off his creditors...
他为还清债款而努力筹集资金
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PHRASAL VERB 成功；赢利
If an action pays off, it is successful or profitable after a period of time.Sandra was determined to become a doctor and her persistence paid off.
桑德拉决心成为医生，她的坚持取得了成功。
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See also:payoff
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- take vengeance on or get even
- We'll get them!
- That'll fix him good!
- This time I got him
- Synonym: pay back get fix
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- do or give something to somebody in return
- Does she pay you for the work you are doing?
- Synonym: pay make up compensate
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- pay off (loans or promissory notes)
- Synonym: redeem
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- pay someone with influence in order to receive a favor
- Synonym: buy off
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- yield a profit or result
- His efforts finally paid off
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- eliminate by paying off (debts)
- Synonym: liquidate
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It would take him the rest of his life to pay off that loan .
他得用余生来还清那笔贷款。
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I can guarantee that he will pay off the debt .
我可以保证他会还清债务的。
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It is far better to pay off old debts steadily by living within your means .
量入为出地一步步偿还旧债，这个方法要好得多。
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No bank could ever pay off its creditors if they all demanded their money at once
如果所有的储户同时要求提取存款，没有哪家银行能办得到。
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He had struggled to pay off creditors but couldn 't fend them off any longer .
他曾想方设法还债主的钱，但却再也躲不过他们了。
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He made every endeavour to pay off the debt .
他尽一切努力还清债务。
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They doubted whether all this work would pay off .
他们怀疑这样干是否划得来。
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I 'll pay off my debt with this check .
我将用这张支票清偿欠债。
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I can 't seem to get it home to my son that extra time spent studying now will pay off in the future .
我似乎无法使儿子能明白，现在花在学习上的额外时间将来会有回报的。
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Henry 's company asked him to retire early but he was able to pay off his mortgage with the golden handshake they gave him .
亨利的公司要他提前退休，不过他能够用他们付给他的退休金归还抵押贷款。
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This work is starting to pay off ．
这项工作开始见效了。
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They have loans , bills , a mortgage to pay off , retirement to save for .
他们有贷款、账单、抵押贷款要还清，还要存退休金。
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The man was pressed to pay off his debt .
那人被逼还债。
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A smile will defeat someone 's life , a drop of tears will pay off one .
顾漫说：一个笑就击败了一辈子，一滴泪就还清了一个人。
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Many will be unable to pay off the loan and risk becoming “ zombie debtors “ .
许多人将无法付清贷款，有可能会沦为“僵尸贷款人”。
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A homedebtor is a homeowner with an extremely large mortgage , particularly one that he or she is unlikely to ever pay off .
Homedebtor指的是房贷数额特别巨大的人，有的大到这辈子也难以还清。
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Zombie debtor refers to someone who is unable to pay off the capital of the loan , and whose repayments2 only service the interest charge .
“僵尸负债人”是指无法偿还贷款本金，只能偿还利息费用的人。
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Article 41 At the time of divorce , debts incurred to pay off the debts or , the items of the property are in the separate possession , the two parties shall work out an agreement with regard to the payment .
第四十一条离婚时，原为夫妻共同生活所负的债务，应当共同偿还。共同财产不足清偿的，或财产归各自所有的，由双方协议清偿；
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Use this one to pay off this one , okay ?
用这笔来支付这一笔，好吗？
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It will pay off when you get to the next article .
这将对阅读下一篇文章有帮助。
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It took them one year to pay off the mortgage .
他们花了一年付清抵押贷款。
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I believe that hard work and determination pay off .
我相信勤奋和决心一定会得到回报。
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Still , the company expects its investment will pay off .
不过，该公司预计其投资将会取得回报。
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Be patient , it will pay off in the end .
耐心点，不久会有回报。
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He managed to pay off his debts in two years .
他设法在两年内还清了债务。
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Work a few years , pay off some debts .
工作个几年，还清债务。
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Our hard work didn 't pay off .
我们的努力工作并没有回报。
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There 's still money to pay off ?
但还有钱没还清吗？
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Pay off all high interest debt , such as credit cards .
把所有利息高的贷款还掉，比如信用卡。
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Did he pay off all the debts on time ?
他按时把债还清了吗？