老外最常用的英文短语 第776期:get paid

 get paid¹ 得到支付，拿到薪水

We're not leaving until² we get paid! 如果我们拿不到钱，就绝对不会离开！

We work. We get paid. You don't owe³ me anything. 我们工作就有薪水，你没有欠我什么。

Some guys⁴ get paid a great deal⁵ of money for it. 有些人因为这件事得到了一大笔钱。

If you ask me, we aren't getting paid enough. 要我说的话，我们拿到的薪水肯定不够。

That's true⁶, but we don't have a choice⁷. 没错，不过我们也没有别的选择了。

1 paid   

adj.有报酬的；领取报酬的；领钱的；付费的v.付给( pay的过去式)；付款；有利可图；（对…）有利

参考例句：

• You can be paid in cash weekly or by cheque monthly; those are the two alternatives. 你的工资可以按周以现金支取，或按月以支票支取。二者可选其一。
• My salary is paid directly into my bank. 我的工资直接拨到我的银行。

2 until   

prep.直到...为止；conj.直到...时才...

参考例句：

• He arrived home until midnight.他直到半夜才到家。
• She didn't sleep until midnight.她直到半夜才睡。

3 owe   

vt./vi.欠（债等）；感激；把……归功于某人

参考例句：

• We still owe one hundred dollars for the car.为这部车我们还欠着100美元。
• We owe it to society to make our country a better place.把国家建设得更美好是我们对社会应尽的责任。

4 guys   

n.家伙，伙计( guy的名词复数 )；（架设天线、支撑帐篷等用的）牵索；[复数]各位；一群男人（或女人）

参考例句：

• Sorry, guys. I goofed. 对不起，各位。我搞砸了。
• A few of our guys were thinking about going over the hill. 我们的人中有几个在开小差。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 deal   

n.交易，协定，份量；v.(dealt,dealt[delt])处理，应付，分配

参考例句：

• Be careful. She is very difficult to deal with.可得当心，她很难对付。
• Deal with a man as he deals with you.以其人之道，还治其人之身。

6 true   

a.真实，不假的；忠实，可靠的；正确无误的

参考例句：

• He who doesn't reach the Great Wall is not a true man.不到长城非好汉。
• I will come and see if it is true.我要来了解一下，是否真有其事。

7 choice   

n.选择，抉择；精选品

参考例句：

• There are many books you can make a choice.有许多书你可以任意选择。
• He went abroad at his own choice.他出国是自愿选择的。