pay off

偿清(欠款等)；贿赂；取得成功；有报偿，得到回报

Long-term stock investments can pay off.(长期的股票投资能有所回报。)

Sensible to pay off Somali pirates.(向索马里海盗支付赎金是明智的。)

Pay off all debts.(还清所有债务。)

Pay off your credit CARDS.(还清你的信用卡欠款。)

But an investment is supposed to generate income to pay off the loans.(但是一项投资应该产生收入以偿还贷款。)

The studying is starting to pay off at work.(学习的成效在工作中逐渐体现。)

You can't have it both ways. If you can afford to go out all the time, you can afford to pay off some of your debts.(你不可能做到两全其美。如果你有钱整天外出玩乐，就能还掉一部分债。)

They doubted whether all this work would pay off.(他们怀疑这样干是否划得来。)

It would take him the rest of his life to pay off that loan.(还清那笔贷款将花费他的余生。)

But their fight might never pay off.(但是他们的抗争也许永远不会有结果。)

verb

1. take vengeance on or get even

e.g. We'll get them!
That'll fix him good!
This time I got him

Synonym: pay backgetfix

2. do or give something to somebody in return

e.g. Does she pay you for the work you are doing?

Synonym: paymake upcompensate

3. pay off (loans or promissory notes)

Synonym: redeem

4. pay someone with influence in order to receive a favor

Synonym: buy off

5. yield a profit or result

e.g. His efforts finally paid off

6. eliminate by paying off (debts)

Synonym: liquidate

1. 偿清，还清（债务）
If you pay off a debt, you give someone all the money that you owe them.

e.g. It would take him the rest of his life to pay off that loan.
他得用余生来还清那笔贷款。

2. 还清债务；用钱打发
If you pay off someone, you give them the amount of money that you owe them or that they are asking for, so that they will not take action against you or cause you any trouble.

pay off的翻译

e.g. ...his bid to raise funds to pay off his creditors...
他为还清债款而努力筹集资金
e.g. In societies where corruption is endemic, decision-making is slowed as more politicians and officials have to be paid off.
在腐败泛滥的社会中，由于要花钱打点更多的政客和官员，决策的制定会被拖慢。

3. 成功；赢利
If an action pays off, it is successful or profitable after a period of time.

e.g. Sandra was determined to become a doctor and her persistence paid off.
桑德拉决心成为医生，她的坚持取得了成功。

4. see also: payoff