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
- The fortune I had already had to fork out on her education.
我为她受教育而不得不付出的那一大笔钱。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - How much am I prepared to fork out for these medical expenses?
有多少我准备交岔路口为这些医疗费用？ - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。