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get payback (for sth)
get payback 为非正式用语，表示“进行报复”。
She got payback for the insult.
她为那次侮辱报了仇。
报复；复仇
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报复；复仇
An act of revenge or retaliation.
She got payback for the insult.
她为那次侮辱报了仇。
报复行为
An act of revenge.
财务回报或奖励(尤其等于初始投资的回报)
financial return or reward (especially returns equal to the initial investment)
好处、报答或补偿
A benefit, reward, a form of recompense.
复仇行为(对他人所做的有害行为进行报复)特别是在来世
the act of taking revenge (harming someone in retaliation for something harmful that they have done) especially in the next life; --Romans 12:19; --James Garfield
After months of bullying, the student finally got his payback by winning the school debate.
在被欺负了几个月后，这名学生终于通过赢得校辩论赛报了仇。
They considered the lawsuit pure payback for the company's broken promise.
他们认为这起诉讼纯粹是对公司违背承诺的报复。
She described the practical joke as harmless payback for the trick he had played on her.
她把这个恶作剧描述为对他跟她开的那个玩笑的无伤大雅的报复。
get payback 为非正式用语，表示“进行报复”。
She got payback for the insult.
她为那次侮辱报了仇。
be payback for 用于说明某事是对另一件事的报复或报应。
This is payback for what you did.
这是对你所作所为的报复。
在金融语境中，payback on 常指投资所得的回报。
The payback on the investment was higher than expected.
这项投资的回报比预期更高。
in payback for 是较正式的短语，可表示“作为报答、作为回报”，不一定指报复。
He donated the money in payback for the community that raised him.
他捐出这笔钱，以报答抚养他的社区。
Not this
I will payback you for what you did.
Use this
I will get payback on you for what you did.
“payback”是名词，不能像动词一样直接跟宾语；表示“报复”要用“get payback on”，或改作动词短语“pay...back”。
Not this
The payback of the loan is due next month.
Use this
The repayment of the loan is due next month.
“payback”表示“报复”或“投资回报”，不指偿还贷款；还贷款应用“repayment”或动词短语“pay back the loan”。
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回收期；投资回收期
The payback period for the new equipment is about three years.
新设备的回收期大约为三年。
报应的时候；清算的时候
After years of lying, it's payback time.
撒了这么多年谎，现在是报应的时候了。
痛快的报复；快意的复仇
Beating their top team was sweet payback for our earlier defeat.
击败他们的顶尖队伍是我们对早先失利的痛快报复。
报复；报仇
She got payback by embarrassing him in front of everyone.
她当众让他出丑，以此进行报复。
作为对……的报复
He sent her a terrible gift as payback for her prank.
他送了她一件糟糕的礼物，作为对她恶作剧的报复。
报应的时候；算账的时候
After years of bullying, it's payback time for him.
多年的霸凌之后，现在轮到他遭报应了。
报应真不好受；报复是件麻烦事
He never expected to lose his job, but payback is a bitch.
他从没想过会丢掉工作，但报应就是这么残酷。
甜蜜的报复；大快人心的报复
Beating their old rival in the final was sweet payback.
在决赛中击败老对手真是大快人心的报复。
报复可不是闹着玩的。（电影《危险人物》的标语）
She planned her payback carefully.
她仔细地计划着她的报复。
是时候算账了。（1984年电影《捉鬼敢死队》中彼得·文克曼的台词）
Getting the promotion was a nice payback for all his hard work.
获得晋升是对他辛苦工作的很好回报。
发长 /eɪ/ 音 (如 day, play)
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联想 pay back 字面“付回”：还钱是回报，把伤害还回去则是报复。
语域：mixed 常见场景：日常对话/影视剧情、商业/金融讨论 payback 作名词时，语体随含义变化：指“报复、报应”时多用于口语或非正式叙述；指“投资回报、收益”时常见于商业、金融语境，较为中性正式。请根据搭配和场景选择合适用法。
These words all share the final /-æk/ sound of payback's second syllable /bæk/, so they rhyme with 'payback' (/ˈpeɪˌbæk/). Watch out for lookalikes such as 'payment' (/ˈpeɪmənt/), 'daybreak' (/ˈdeɪbreɪk/), and 'backpack' (/ˈbæk.pæk/): they begin like 'payback' or contain 'back', but they do not rhyme with the '-back' ending.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.