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
- The age of34 is the time when Britons fork out most money, a survey has revealed.
一项调查显示，34岁是英国人最能挥霍金钱的年龄。 - He will have to fork out for private school fees for Nina
他得为尼娜付一大笔私立学校的学费。 - He would not fork out thousands of dollars for an expensive meal.
他是不会花好几千元吃一顿大餐的。 - Since consumers pay for this through their electricity bills, everyone would have to fork out to protect the views and house prices of a few people.
而消费者通过支付电费账单承担着这一笔费用，于是每个人都不得不掏腰包保护一部分人眼中的景色和房价。 - So you fork out all this money for cosmetic surgery, so what.
所以，你花钱买的整容所有的钱，有什么。 - 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。 - And Shadow Home Secretary Yvette Cooper told The Sunday Times: If the only way to avoid a nightmare queue is to fork out over 1,000 extra, Britain's reputation for travellers will be in shreds.
英国影子内政大臣伊薇特•库珀告诉《星期日泰晤士报》：如果避免噩梦般长队的唯一办法是要多花一千多英镑，那么英国在旅游者中的名声会变得很臭。 - Will you come if I can get the aunt to fork out twenty quid?
我要是能从姑妈身上挤出二十镑，你肯一道去吗？ - 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。