payoff

英 ['peɪˌɒf]

美 ['peɪˌɔf]

n.  报酬; 结清; 算清; 发工资; 结果; 结局

复数：payoffs　第三人称单数：payoffs　

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Collins.1 / BNC.27334 / COCA.7645

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 优势；收益；收效；回报
  Thepayoff froman action is the advantage or benefit that you get from it.
  1. If such materials became generally available to the optics industry the payoffs from such a breakthrough would be enormous...
     如果这些材料能够普遍用于光学产业，那么这一突破带来的收益将非常巨大。
  2. You're doing what you really love to do, which is making music — that's the payoff.
     你现在做着你真正喜欢做的事情，也就是音乐制作——这就是回报。
• N-COUNT （用于避免麻烦的）封口费，贿赂
  Apayoffis a payment which is made to someone, often secretly or illegally, so that they will not cause trouble.
  1. Soldiers in both countries supplement their incomes with payoffs from drugs exporters.
     两国士兵都用毒品走私贩的贿赂来贴补收入。
• N-COUNT 解约金；遣散费
  Apayoffis a large payment made to someone by their employer when the person has been forced to leave their job.
  1. The ousted chairman received a £1.5 million payoff from the loss-making oil company.
     被解职的主席从亏损的石油公司那里拿到了150万英镑的解约金。

英英释义

noun

• a recompense for worthy acts or retribution for wrongdoing
  1. the wages of sin is death
  2. virtue is its own reward
  Synonym:wagesreward
• the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property
  1. the average return was about 5%
  Synonym:returnissuetaketakingsproceedsyield
• payment made to a person in a position of trust to corrupt his judgment
  Synonym:bribe
• the final payment of a debt
  Synonym:final payment

双语例句

• This is a challenging task to achieve, but the long term payoff can be tremendous.
  这是一个极具挑战性的任务，但是长期回报是巨大的。
• Opportunities to get involved in investment groups will payoff.
  这段时间将有投资机遇。团体对你是有益的。
• Installing Web services front ends represent an extra development cost whose payoff is not immediate.
  安装Web服务前端代表了一种额外的开发成本，其回报并不能立即产生。
• If such materials became generally available to the optics industry the payoffs from such a breakthrough would be enormous
  如果这些材料能够普遍用于光学产业，那么这一突破带来的收益将非常巨大。
• However, the payoff from that system isn't expected to start materializing until later this year.
  但是，从该系统预计盈利不会一开始就实现，直到今年晚些时候。
• Have you spent on anything that you think has had a huge payoff in your career?
  你曾经把钱花在哪一项你认为对事业有巨大回报的东西上吗？
• The institutional framework dictates the kind of skills and knowledge perceived to have the maximum payoff.
  制度框架描述了被认为拥有最大收益的技能和知识。
• Two weeks ago, I wrote about the financial payoff of following your passion.
  两周前我写了一篇关于从激情中获得经济回报的文章。
• Like all of Groovy, the syntax was designed for a short learning curve and a big payoff.
  像所有Groovy一样，语法的设计目标是较短的学习曲线和较大的回报。
• "Payoff must invest", this policy had led to blind asset and equipment expansion.
  盈利就投资造成了资产设备的盲目扩张。