Pay up
公共 Public全部付清, 按时付款, (在勒索下)出钱\\n[经] 付清, 缴清(股款等)
📝 例句
We asked him to pay up.
我们要求他把钱付清。
You will have to pay up.
你必须付款。
What happens with customers who don't pay up on the due date?
对那些到期不来结账的客户怎么办？
The gangsters used threats of violence to force the Morrises to pay up.
歹徒们用武力威胁，企图迫使莫里斯家拿出钱来。
My goods have vanished and the insurance company will have to pay up.
我的货物已荡然无存，保险公司得赔偿损失。
📖 牛津释义
pay up
pay in full money that is owed for sth 付清全部欠款
I'll take you to court unless you pay up immediately. 除非马上还清欠款, 否则我和你打官司.
🧩 词语组成解析
pay
[pe]
vt.& vi. 付款;偿还;补偿;（对…）有利;
vt. 给予;支付;
n. 工资;薪水;报答;
adj. 收费的;需付费的;
pac-, peac-, peas- 表”和平的,平静的”#词根助记：古英语payen,表示”和解,取悦,付酬”,源自古法语paier和拉丁语pacare
up
[ʌp]
adv. 在上面，在高处;起床，起来;向上;由低到高;
adj. 向上的;上升的;竖立的，垂直的;举起的;
vt.& vi. 增加;加速;提高;举起，拿起;
prep. 在…的上端;向高处;沿…而去;向…上游;
n. 上升，升高;兴旺，繁荣;上坡;（价格等）上涨;
🗣️ 情景例句
Come in!
进来，
If he doesn't take care of him, I will.
如果他不，我将照顾他。
and, indeed, except when blindfold she lacked the ability to perceive things with her skin.
如果不蒙上双眼她的皮肤就不再具有识别物体的能力。这是千真万确的。