fork out
英 [fɔːk aʊt]
美 [fɔːrk aʊt]
大把花钱
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
英英释义
verb
- to surrender someone or something to another
- the guard delivered the criminal to the police
- render up the prisoners
- render the town to the enemy
- fork over the money
双语例句
- They had to fork out$ 100 to get the lorry repaired!
他们不得不付了一百美元，才把卡车修好。 - I couldn't persuade him to fork out.
我没能劝服他付钱。 - It laughable if we weren't always having to fork out money far the police which ought to be spent on roads.
如果我们总是不情愿把用来修路的钱交给警察，那将是很可笑的。 - The fortune I had already had to fork out on her education.
我为她受教育而不得不付出的那一大笔钱。 - Traditionally, any self-respecting man could have been expected to fork out at least a month's salary to buy his beloved an engagement ring.
一般来说，任何一个有自尊的男士大概都愿意拿出至少一个月的薪水给自己心爱的人买个订婚戒指。 - You don't ask people to fork out every time they drive up the motorways
不能要求人们每次开车上高速公路都要交费。 - How many times have you had to fork out late fees when you forgot to pay your electricity bills or were too busy to pay your phone bills?
有多少次你不得不为了那些忘记付的电费或者电话费缴纳滞纳金？ - I had to fork out sixty bucks for a tow truck when my car broke down on the highway.
我的车子在高速公路上抛锚了，害我不甘愿地付了六十元美金拖吊费。 - It appears that while individuals will fork out to be there in person for pleasure, around the boardrooms, budgets for such junkets are being slashed.
看起来，尽管个人会为了亲临娱乐现场而掏钱，但是董事会上下正削减此类公费消遣的预算。 - I had to fork out 20 dollars to have the bike repaired.
我只好出二十元把自行车修了。