cough up
英 [kɒf ʌp]
美 [kɔːf ʌp]
咯出(血或黏液); (常指勉强地)支付,给予(钱)
牛津词典
- 以上各词均含用钱、花钱之义。
These words all mean to give money to pay for goods or services. - 指用钱、花钱:
to give money to pay for goods or services- She spent £100 on a new dress.
她花100英镑买了一条新连衣裙。
- She spent £100 on a new dress.
- 指(机构或政府)投资:
(of an organization or a government) to spend money on sth in order to make it better or more successful- The government has invested heavily in public transport.
政府已对公共交通投入了大量资金。
- The government has invested heavily in public transport.
- 指为某事或向某人付巨款:
to pay a lot of money for sth or to sb- 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。
- The company pays out a large share of its profits in dividends.
- 指总算付清全部欠款:
( 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- I had a hard time getting him to pay up.
我好不容易让他还清了全部欠款。
- I had a hard time getting him to pay up.
- 指勉强付出或交出(钱):
( informal ) to pay or give money unwillingly- She finally coughed up the money she owed.
她最终勉强归还了她的欠款。
- She finally coughed up the money she owed.
- 尤指不情愿地大量花钱、大把掏钱:
( informal ) to spend a lot of money on sth, especially unwillingly- 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。
- We've forked out a small fortune on home improvements over the years.
- 指大量花钱、大把掏钱
( informal ) to spend a lot of money on sth
柯林斯词典
- See also:I'll have to cough up $10,000 a year for tuition...Will this be enough to persuade Congress to cough up?cough
英英释义
verb
- discharge (phlegm or sputum) from the lungs and out of the mouth
- give reluctantly
- He coughed up some money for his children's tuition
双语例句
- My attempt to speak is momentarily aborted as I cough up blood.
当我交出血的时候,要说的我尝试暂时地被失败。 - And after NASPI, patients easily cough up more phlegms.
而且NASPI治疗后患者咳痰增多且易咳出。 - I'll have to cough up$ 10,000 a year for tuition
我每年将不得不付1万美元的学费。 - We cough up very original hairballs.
我们咳出非常原始的毛团。 - Come on, cough up, it's your turn to pay.
掏钱吧,这回轮到你付了。 - I don't think he'll cough up unless you put pressure on him.
1我认为除非你对他施加压力,否则他是不会说出来的。 - You're gonna cough up a IittIe toiono, right?
你要去托罗诺,对吧? - It is very uncommon to cough up cancer, but she did it.
把癌症咳出来非常罕见,但是她做到了。 - Cough up some of that Hollywood money.
吐点好莱坞赚来的钱吧。 - Come on, cough up, who did it?
好了,说出来,是谁干的?