n. 薪资, 付款, 补偿vt. 支付, 付清, 补偿, 偿还, 对...有利, 为...涂防水物vi. 付款, 付出代价, 偿还, 得到报应, 获得好处【化】 工资相关词组: pay in advance pay by instalments pay on delivery pay in kind in the pay of pay as you go pay sb back blow for blow pay down pay for pay home pay off pay sb off pay sth out pay the debt of nature pay one's debt to nature pay up pay a visit pay a compliment pay one's respects pay one's way pay attention to pay sb to do sth
一、辨主语
虽然三者均可表示“花费”，但所用主语不同：cost 的主语通常是事或物(包括形式主语 it)，不能是人;spend 的主语只能是人，不能是事或物;take 的主语可以是事或物(包括形式主语 it)，也可以是人。如：
The computer cost (me) $2000. 这台电脑花了(我) 2000 美元。
It costs $1000 a year to run a car. 使用一辆车每年要花1000美元。
I have spent all day looking for you. 我花了一整天找你。
It took me an hour to write the letter. 我写这封信花了一个小时。
The letter took me an hour (to write). (译文同上)
I took an hour to write the letter. (译文同上)
单词：pay的近义词、反义词、形近词辨析
salary/pay
He accepted,but asked for a very small salary.他接受了（这一邀请），但他要求的薪水很低。
You won't have to worry about rank or pay.你不必担心军衔或薪金。
<辨析>这两个名词都有“薪金”的意思。salary 一般指从事脑力劳动者，如教员、律师、记者、医生及管理人员的薪金，一般一月付一次。pay 尤指军饷及政府部门工作人员的薪饷。
与单词：pay 相关的例句或者名人名言
The boss pays me minimum wage; I wish he would pay me more!
老板给我发了最低薪水，我希望他能多付我点。
Customers pay money at the counter.
顾客在柜台付钱。
The straightforward employee asked his boss for a pay rise.
那个直率的员工直接向老板提出加工资。
Could you lend me some money? I will pay you back later.
你能借我一些钱吗？我以后会还给你。
You pay credit card or pay cash?
你是刷卡还是付现金?
※No artist of performer can entirely escape the lure of fame and its promise of endless admiration and respect, but there is a heavy price one must pay for it.——Howads Mesvin, American essayist没有一位艺术家或表演家能完全逃避荣誉的引诱， 荣誉给他们带来无穷的赞扬和崇敬，但他们要付出的代价也是非常昂贵的。美国散文家 麦尔文.H.
※Words pay no debts. 空言无补。
※To pay a person in his own way. 以其人之道还治其人之身。
