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

• One* Tried to give me illegal payoff.
  有一个人想要给我非法的报酬。
• 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。
• An ambassadorship? That's my payoff?
  一个大使的职位？作为我的报酬？
• You could work harder if the payoff was truly exceptional.
  如果报酬真的很棒，你就能工作得更努力。
• 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。
• Property investments will payoff.
  物业投资会带来盈利。
• This paper discusses the mixed strategies and Nash Equilibrium of game theory with sequential payoff function.
  讨论了具有连续支付函数博弈的混合策略及其纳什均衡。
• Your hard work and dedication will payoff, so stick to your guns and do your job well.
  你的辛勤工作和奉献会得到回报，所以一定要坚持下去；
• 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。
• Since the loan has a payoff deadline, it makes you a better credit risk.
  因为贷款有一个偿还期限，这个期限会增加你的信用风险。