ONE PHRASE, IN CONTEXT

pay off

还清（债务）；付清

电影阅读动词结构口语

类型主题插画

GET TO KNOW THE MEANING

同一个表达，不同的语境。

2 个义项

还清（债务）；付清

IN A SENTENCE

They paid off the car loan early after saving a little from every paycheck.
他们每次发工资都存下一点钱，最后提前还清了车贷。

来源：Expression V2 原创例句 · Expression V2段 pay-off example 1Expression V2 创作

取得成效；带来回报

IN A SENTENCE

Investing in routine maintenance can pay off by preventing costly emergency repairs.
投资于日常维护可以避免代价高昂的紧急维修，从而带来回报。

来源：Expression Original Learning Examples — 阅读必备库 — batch15 · Expression Editorial Team段 editorial-base-pay-offOriginal English example and Chinese translation written for Expression; no third-party sentence text is reproduced.

I know it's higher effort, but these things pay off, and they compound long term too.
我知道这需要付出更多努力，但这些事情会有回报，而且从长远来看也会不断累积。

来源：The AI Hiring Doom Loop: Applications Up 239%, Hires Down 75% | Daniel Chait, Greenhouse · Chain of Thought — host and credited guests章 t-86段 sentence:7afea411ec525775b22c42b9Chain of Thought — chainofthought.show; https://chainofthought.show/podcast/58-the-ai-hiring-doom-loop-applications-up-239-hires-down-75/; CC BY 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ; selection/segmentation by SharedEnglishCorpus. Audio not licensed.