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
- He had to fork out some money again to have his watch repaired.
他又要花些钱去修表了。 - I've got to fork out a lot of money to the collector of Taxes this year.
今年，我必须付许多钱给税务征收员。 - People who fork out for the gym fortnightly rather than annually will turn up for workouts more often, according to new Australian research.
澳大利亚一项最新研究表明，与一次性付清年费的健身者相比，每两周预付一次健身费的人更经常去健身房锻鍊。 - 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。 - 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？ - 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？ - 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。 - My companion had no money to pay his car fare, so I had to fork out for both of us.
我的同伴没有钱付车费，所以我要付两个人的钱。 - 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。 - Britons fork out more than a billion pounds a year on toys.
英国人每年花在玩具上的钱超过10亿英镑。