cough up
英 [kɒf ʌp]
美 [kɔːf ʌp]
咯出(血或黏液); (常指勉强地)支付,给予(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
柯林斯词典
- See also:I'll have to cough up $10,000 a year for tuition...Will this be enough to persuade Congress to cough up?cough
英英释义
verb
- discharge (phlegm or sputum) from the lungs and out of the mouth
- give reluctantly
- He coughed up some money for his children's tuition
双语例句
- He owes us money, but he won't cough up.
他欠我们钱,却不愿还账。 - It may be logical for individual companies and remuneration committees to cough up multimillion rewards to executives.
个别公司和薪酬委员会向高管支付数百万美元薪酬的做法,或许是合理的。 - If this happens, it can become very difficult to cough up phlegm.
如果发生这种情况,它可以成为很困难的痰咳起来。 - Who is drying her hair? Come on, cough up: who did it?
谁正在弄干她的头发?好了,说出来,是谁干的? - We cough up very original hairballs.
我们咳出非常原始的毛团。 - You're gonna cough up a IittIe toiono, right?
你要去托罗诺,对吧? - He was eventually forced to cough up details of the crime.
他最后被迫供出犯罪细节。 - And after NASPI, patients easily cough up more phlegms.
而且NASPI治疗后患者咳痰增多且易咳出。 - I've just had to cough up$ 10 for a parking fine.
我刚刚不得不掏出10英镑作为停车罚款。 - Come on, cough up, who did it?
好了,说出来,是谁干的?