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Cách dùng động từ "pay" tiếng anh

November 3, 2021

I. Pay vừa là nội động từ, vừa là ngoại động từ

II. Cách dùng

1. Mang nghĩa "thanh toán, trả tiền"

=to give money in order to buy something / to give money to someone who does a job for you / to give a company, institution etc money that you owe them

IELTS TUTOR lưu ý:

  • �Với nghĩa này, pay vừa là ngoại động từ vừa là nội động từ 
  • pay for
  • pay someone for something
  • pay by
  • pay with
  • pay in dollars/pounds etc
  • pay (in) cash
  • pay someone for something
  • pay someone to do something
  • pay to have/get something done
  • pay someone for something

IELTS TUTOR xét ví dụ:

  • Let me pay for dinner.
  • Can I pay you for this?
  • Will you be paying by cash, cheque, or credit card?
  • I’d like to pay with my card.
  • Can I pay in dollars?
  • There’s a reduction if you pay cash.
  • Can I pay the bill, please?
  • she paid the blackmailer a ransom for her personal papers (IELTS TUTOR giải thích: bà ta nộp tiền cho tên tống tiền để chuộc lại giấy tờ tùy thân của bà ta)
  • We still haven’t paid them for the repairs to the roof.
  • We had to pay them over £100 to sort it out.
  • Now I’ll have to pay to get the car fixed.
  • We’ll probably pay more in tax this year. 
  • Did you pay the gas bill?
  • Some of the workers haven’t been paid for weeks.

2. Mang nghĩa "cho (lãi...), mang (lợi...)"

=if a job pays a particular amount of money, you get that amount for doing it / if a business pays, it earns money / to have a good result it pays to do something

IELTS TUTOR lưu ý:

  • �Với nghĩa này, pay vừa là ngoại động từ vừa là nội động từ 
  • it pays someone to do something
  • crime doesn’t pay

IELTS TUTOR xét ví dụ:

  • She was in a job paying over £60,000 a year. 
  • My new job pays well. 
  • the shop closed because it didn't pay (IELTS TUTOR giải thích: cửa hàng đóng cửa vì không có lời)
  • We have a lot of hard work ahead if we’re going to make the business pay.
  • It pays to cover the pool to keep out falling leaves. 
  • It would pay you to get it properly checked. 
  • The message you get from the film is simple: crime doesn’t pay.

3. Mang nghĩa "trả giá cho việc đã làm"

=to suffer because of something that you have done

IELTS TUTOR lưu ý:

  • �Với nghĩa này, pay là nội động từ 
  • pay for
  • pay dearly for something (=suffer a lot because of something)
  • make someone pay (for something)

IELTS TUTOR xét ví dụ:

  • It was an outrage, and somebody was going to pay. 
  • They had made him look like a fool and now they were going to pay for it. 
  • We may pay dearly for our arrogance. 
  • She had ruined his life and now he was going to make her pay.

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