Word · Frequency #27334
payoffs
贿赂
payoffs is the plural of payoff.
payment made to a person in a position of trust to corrupt their judgment
- 1.
payment made to a person in a position of trust to corrupt his judgment
贿赂
- 2.
the final payment of a debt
债务的最终偿付
- 3.
the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property
(出售土地等财产的)收益,利润
尾款；最后一笔还款；收益；利润；债务的最终偿付；(出售土地等财产的)收益,利润；发工资
In use
After making the final payoff, he officially owned the car.
The bank sent a statement confirming the payoff of the mortgage.
She saved up for months to make the final payoff on her student loan.
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。
the payoff (of sth)
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。
a payoff (to sb)
指贿赂某人。
the company made a secret payoff to the official.
Connections
Collocations
- cash payoff
- 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。
- political payoff
- 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。
- loan payoff
- 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。
- mortgage payoff
- 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。
- big payoff
- 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。
- long-term payoff
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想 pay off（付清）：付清债务后的收益，也指贿赂。
Context & Register
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。
Pronunciation & Spelling
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。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
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页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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