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
- 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。 - 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。 - I had to fork out 20 dollars to have the bike repaired.
我只好出二十元把自行车修了。 - I had to fork out sixty bucks for a tow truck when my car broke down on the highway.
我的车子在高速公路上抛锚了，害我不甘愿地付了六十元美金拖吊费。 - And Shadow Home Secretary Yvette Cooper told The Sunday Times: If the only way to avoid a nightmare queue is to fork out over 1,000 extra, Britain's reputation for travellers will be in shreds.
英国影子内政大臣伊薇特•库珀告诉《星期日泰晤士报》：如果避免噩梦般长队的唯一办法是要多花一千多英镑，那么英国在旅游者中的名声会变得很臭。 - The age of34 is the time when Britons fork out most money, a survey has revealed.
一项调查显示，34岁是英国人最能挥霍金钱的年龄。 - 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。 - So you fork out all this money for cosmetic surgery, so what.
所以，你花钱买的整容所有的钱，有什么。 - 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。