shell out

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  • (不情愿地)为…花费一大笔钱;<计>调用
shell outshell out

These words all mean to give money to pay for goods or services.以上各词均含用钱、花钱之义。

to give money to pay for goods or services 指用钱、花钱:

She spent £100 on a new dress.

她花100英镑买了一条新连衣裙。

(of an organization or a government) to spend money on sth in order to make it better or more successful 指(机构或政府)投资:

The government has invested heavily in public transport.

政府已对公共交通投入了大量资金。

to pay a lot of money for sth or to sb 指为某事或向某人付巨款:

The company pays out a large share of its profits in dividends.

该公司将很大一部分利润用作红利。

( rather informal ) to pay all the money that you owe to sb, especially when you do not want to or when the payment is late 指总算付清全部欠款:

I had a hard time getting him to pay up.

我好不容易让他还清了全部欠款。

( informal ) to pay or give money unwillingly 指勉强付出或交出(钱):

She finally coughed up the money she owed.

她最终勉强归还了她的欠款。

You can cough up money that you or sb else owes. You cannot pay up for sb else's debts, only your own. Pay up does not take an object.

( informal ) to spend a lot of money on sth, especially unwillingly 尤指不情愿地大量花钱、大把掏钱:

We've forked out a small fortune on home improvements over the years.

这些年来我们花了许多钱做房屋装修。

( informal ) to spend a lot of money on sth指大量花钱、大把掏钱

You fork out for sth more unwillingly than you shell out for sth.

shell out

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    为…花费一大笔钱
    If you shell out for something, you spend a lot of money on it.

    You won't have to shell out a fortune for it...

    你不必为它花一大笔钱。

verb

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administer or bestow, as in small portions
administer critical remarks to everyone present
dole out some money
shell out pocket money for the children
deal a blow to someone
the machine dispenses soft drinks
Synonym: distribute administer mete out deal parcel out lot dispense deal out dish out allot dole out

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  1. He had to shell out for a new car .

    他只好拿出钱买辆新车。

  2. I was the one who had to shell out for the food .

    我是该为食物付款者之一。

  3. I shall be expected to shell out for the party .

    这次聚会可能要让我花钱。

  4. How much did you have to shell out ?

    结果你得掏腰包付多少钱?

  5. We had to shell out $ 315 to get our car fixed .

    我们得为修理我们的车支付315美元。

  6. The good doctor will shell out $ 100 for finding him a first date .

    如果你给他介绍的女孩同意第一次约会,那医生将付给你100美元。

  7. We agree to share the cost but later he will not shell out .

    我们原先同意均摊费用,但后来他却不肯付钱。

  8. I had to shell out $ 54 for a taxi to get home .

    我不得不花54美元乘出租车回家。

  9. He wouldn 't shell out for his share of the meal .

    他不肯掏腰包付他自己所吃那份饭的钱。

  10. How much did you shell out for that calculator ?

    你花多少钱买了这个计算器?

  11. And do you shell out major coin for them ?

    你是原价购买它们吗?

  12. UK soccer fans to shell out on World Cup apologies .

    英球迷为看世界杯买礼物安抚女友。

  13. Had to shell out $ 500 in car repairs .

    必须付出500美元的修车费。

  14. That reflects a very British disinclination to shell out on management training .

    这反映出英国人非常不喜欢花钱进行管理培训。

  15. Shell out a large sum as requested

    按照请求捐赠大笔款子

  16. Advertisers are willing to shell out a lot of money for this targeting .

    广告商愿意为这种更具针对性的形式付更多广告费。

  17. When I go out with friends , I do not want to shell out or pay a lot of money .

    当我和朋友出去,我不想掏出或支付了很多钱。

  18. Seriously , how can they expect people to just shell out more cash for a Master 's degree ?

    说真的,他们怎么能指望人们给研究生多付钱呢?

  19. If you plan to stay awhile , be ready to shell out some cash .

    如果你想在迪拜住酒店,那么最好准备点现金。

  20. After all , there are only so many companies able to shell out $ 300,000 for a videoconferencing system .

    舍得花300000美元安装视频会议系统的公司毕竟数量有限。

  21. Or , like ham , you can shell out five or six figures in online auctions .

    或者像韩一样,在线线拍卖那里,你能用上5或6个马甲。

  22. I guess you don 't have to shell out much cash for either . Nope .

    我猜你也不会为此花太多钱吧。

  23. LL : Hey , Li Hua , how much money did you shell out to buy clothes today ?

    噢,toshelloutmoney就是花钱的意思,你是问我今天花了多少钱买这些衣服?其实每件衣服都打了折扣,所以我没花太多钱。

  24. So , I mean , there are students out there willing to shell out hundreds of dollars for papers .

    也就是说,有些学生愿意花数百元来买论文。

  25. No-one will ever shell out for a non-subsidised system & they wait for another to come along .

    没有人为非补贴项目出钱&他们等待着另一个补贴项目的到来。

  26. Without storefronts to lure in customers they shell out to buy ads linked to Google search results .

    他们没有实体店面来吸引顾客,不得不花重金购买谷歌搜索结果界面的广告。

  27. Oil giant BP will shell out 4.5 billion dollars to resolve charges related to the 2010 Gulf oil spill .

    石油巨头英国石油公司将支付45亿美元以应对2010年海湾石油泄漏的相关指控。

  28. Whether or not parents will actually shell out so much for a high-priced gadget remains to be seen .

    年轻的父母们是否愿意掏钱买这么昂贵的玩具,我们拭目以待。

  29. Many of their clients are now pinched for cash and unwilling to shell out for expensive consulting projects .

    它们的许多客户目前都缺乏现金,不愿意为昂贵的咨询项目掏钱。

  30. The agency has even promised to shell out $ 270 million to 48 research projects for study of the health risks of " vaping . "

    并计划拿出2亿七千万美元给48个研究机构,用于研究电子香烟存在的安全隐患。