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单词 repay
释义
repay
verb[T]
uk
/rɪˈpeɪ/us
/rɪˈpeɪ/
repaid|repaid
B2
topayback or torewardsomeone or something:
付还，偿还；酬报，报答
He had tosellhiscarto repay thebankloan.他不得不卖了车还银行贷款。
She repaid theloantohermother.她还了从妈妈那儿借的钱。
[+ two objects]She repaid hermothertheloan.她还了从妈妈手里借的钱。
How can Ieverrepay youforallyourkindness?你对我这么好，我怎么才能报答你呢？
More examples
  • Theloanmust be repaid within aspecifiedperiod.
  • They'vethreatenedtoharmhim if he doesn't repay themoney.
  • He said he'd repay themoneythe nextday, andtrueto his word , he gave it all back to me thefollowingmorning.
  • What are youabletoprovideas asuretythat you will repay theloan?
  • Thank you so much foryourhelp- IhopeonedayI'll beableto repay thecompliment.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Paying money
  • advance
  • ante up (something)
  • balance
  • burn a hole insomeone'spocketidiom
  • chargeable
  • co-finance
  • compensate
  • congestion charge
  • cough
  • foot
  • lash
  • pay top dollaridiom
  • payer
  • ransom
  • settle up
  • shortchange
  • sink intosomething
  • spender
  • splash out(something)
  • spring forsomething
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Idiom

repaysomeone'seffort, time, attention, etc.
(Definition ofrepayfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

repay| American Dictionary

repay
verb[T]
us
/rɪˈpeɪ/
past tense and past participlerepaidus/rɪˈpeɪd/
topaysomeonemoneythat wasborrowed, or toreward(someone):
How can Ieverrepay you foryourkindness?

repayment

noun[C/U]us
/riˈpeɪ·mənt/
[U]Theyexpectrepayment of theloanover threeyears.
(Definition ofrepayfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

repay| Business English

repay
verb[T]
uk
/ˌriːˈpeɪ/us
repaying|repaid|repaid
FINANCE,BANKING
topaybackmoneythat you haveborrowed:
repay a loan/debt/mortgageStudentsgenerallyhave 10yearsto repaytheirloans.
We were told we would have to repay $32 amonth.
Investors should beawarethat anytaxtheysaveinyearone has tobe repaid infull.
(Definition ofrepayfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofrepay

repay
The collection - unsur pr isingly, g iven the subject matter - makes for a rather depressing read, but one that certainly repays the effort.
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The legislation repays closer study, because the debate around its various parts enshrined many of the attitudes and preconceptions of colonial forest science.
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The book makes demands on the reader, but it repays the effort in full measure.
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The recipient may avoid this obligation either by refusing the gift or by repaying it immediately.
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After consumption takes place, the consumer repays bt to the bank.
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The patron thereby signalled his acceptance of a kind of indebtedness, which would then be repaid over time, by something resembling a salary.
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During the prosperous years up to 1999, pension fund governors applied serious cuts in the contribution rate or even repaid formerly paid contributions.
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An individual bank might want to do that but, when they repaid, some other bank would borrow.
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However, the work of following the close textual analysis is amply repaid for those with enough interest in the historiographical issues to make the effort.
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When interest rates fall again, the value of bonds rises and the policy holder sells the bonds and repays the loan.
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You would have known right off that the debt was never to be repaid ' ' (40).
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The following years he voluntarily repaid his creditors' losses and continued his business as before.
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In other words, he repaid to his accuser all the costs of his own prosecution.
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Table 3 shows that labourers were mainly repaid with loans of capital goods.
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Even with this linguistic challenge, the volume more than repays the reader.
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