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
  1. She spent £100 on a new dress.
     她花100英镑买了一条新连衣裙。
• 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
  1. The government has invested heavily in public transport.
     政府已对公共交通投入了大量资金。
• 指为某事或向某人付巨款：
  to pay a lot of money for sth or to sb
  1. 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。
• 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
  1. I had a hard time getting him to pay up.
     我好不容易让他还清了全部欠款。
• 指勉强付出或交出（钱）：
  ( informal ) to pay or give money unwillingly
  1. She finally coughed up the money she owed.
     她最终勉强归还了她的欠款。
• 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
  1. 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。
• 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
  Synonym:expectoratecough outspit upspit out
• give reluctantly
  1. He coughed up some money for his children's tuition
  Synonym:pony upspit up

双语例句

• He was eventually forced to cough up details of the crime.
  他最后被迫供出犯罪细节。
• He owes us money, but he won't cough up.
  他欠我们钱，却不愿还账。
• Its difficult to watch your baby cough up blood and struggle to breathe.
  看著你的宝贝一边咳著血、一边挣扎著吸气，是相当难受的。
• I wonder if you cough up phlegm.
  我想问一下，您咳痰吗？
• Will this be enough to persuade Congress to cough up?
  这能说服国会掏钱吗？
• I've just had to cough up$ 10 for a parking fine.
  我刚刚不得不掏出10英镑作为停车罚款。
• Come on, cough up, who did it?
  好了，说出来，是谁干的？
• If this happens, it can become very difficult to cough up phlegm.
  如果发生这种情况，它可以成为很困难的痰咳起来。
• Do you cough up any phlegm?
  您咳嗽时有痰吗？
• It may be logical for individual companies and remuneration committees to cough up multimillion rewards to executives.
  个别公司和薪酬委员会向高管支付数百万美元薪酬的做法，或许是合理的。