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。 - Without strong government backing, the private sector was loth to fork out.
没了政府撑腰，私人企业掏起钱来心不甘情不愿。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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？ - Fortunately, you won't necessarily have to fork out$ 2000 to be guaranteed an early system.
所幸的是，你会不一定要交岔路口出2000美元，以保证尽早制度。