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a payoff (for sth)
表示某事带来的好处或结果。
hard work often has a big payoff.
努力工作往往会有巨大的回报。
贿赂
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贿赂
payment made to a person in a position of trust to corrupt their judgment
hard work often has a big payoff.
努力工作往往会有巨大的回报。
贿赂
payment made to a person in a position of trust to corrupt his judgment
债务的最终偿付
the final payment of a debt
(出售土地等财产的)收益,利润
the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property
After making the final payoff, he officially owned the car.
付清最后一笔款项后，他正式拥有了这辆车。
The bank sent a statement confirming the payoff of the mortgage.
银行寄来一份对账单，确认抵押贷款已还清。
She saved up for months to make the final payoff on her student loan.
她攒了好几个月的钱，终于还清了学生贷款的最后一笔。
表示某事带来的好处或结果。
hard work often has a big payoff.
努力工作往往会有巨大的回报。
特指某事物的最终结果或收益。
the payoff of the investment was huge.
这笔投资的收益非常巨大。
指贿赂某人。
the company made a secret payoff to the official.
公司向官员秘密行贿。
Not this
He payoff the loan yesterday.
Use this
He paid off the loan yesterday.
错误地将名词“payoff”用作动词，正确动词短语应为“pay off”，注意动词短语需要分开写并使用时态变化。
Not this
I made a payoff on my credit card.
Use this
I made a payment on my credit card.
混淆了“payoff”和“payment”。“payoff”特指还清债务的最后一笔付款，而一般性还款应用“payment”。
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现金贿赂
The official was caught accepting a cash payoff from the contractor.
那名官员被发现在收受承包商的现金贿赂。
政治贿赂
The investigation uncovered political payoffs to several council members.
调查发现了向几名市议员支付的政治贿赂。
贷款清偿
She requested the loan payoff amount from the bank.
她向银行询问了贷款清偿金额。
还清抵押贷款
Their goal is mortgage payoff within ten years.
他们的目标是在十年内还清抵押贷款。
丰厚的回报
Years of hard work finally yielded a big payoff.
多年的努力终于带来了丰厚的回报。
长期收益
The training has a long-term payoff for the whole team.
这次培训对整个团队有长期收益。
最终回报；最终结果
After months of hard work, the payoff was a promotion.
经过几个月的努力，回报是升职。
到了收获回报的时刻
It's payoff time for all the money we invested.
现在到了我们所有投资得到回报的时候了。
成败攸关的关键球
With a full count, the pitcher delivered a payoff pitch and struck out the batter.
满球数时，投手投出关键一球，三振了击球手。
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联想 pay off（付清）：付清债务后的收益，也指贿赂。
语域：mixed 常见场景：新闻报道（指贿赂）、金融/债务结算（指最后一笔还款）、职场或商业讨论（指收益、回报） payoff 作名词时含义随语境变化：指‘贿赂’时多用于新闻报道，比较口语化；指‘最后一笔还款’时用于金融或债务语境，较为正式；指‘收益/回报’时常见于职场或一般讨论。整体正式程度不一，需根据搭配和场景判断。
这些词末尾都发 /ɒf/（美式常为 /ɔːf/），与 payoff 中的 -off 相同；但 payoff 的重音在第一个音节，所以它们并不与 payoff 整体押韵。注意 proof /pruːf/、roof /ruːf/、rough /rʌf/、through /θruː/ 等拼写或读音看似相近，实际发音不同。
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