pay someone back repay a loan to someone 偿付(借款): a regular amount was deducted from my wages to pay her back. 从我工资中扣固定数额的钱还她。 ■ figurative take revenge on someone 〈喻〉报复: he had left him out to pay him back for stealing his wife. 他把他排除在外, 以报复他拐走自己的妻子。 |