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  • Conjugation : past  repaid ; ing  repaying
  • Derivatives : n  repayment ; adj  repayable
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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

repay [riː'peɪ]
  1. 1. vt. [+loan] [ debt] [ person] 偿还
  2. 2. vt. [+favour] 报答
  3. 3. vt. [+sb's efforts] [ attention] 值得

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

repay [riːˈpeɪ]
  1. 1. vi. 偿还付还
    Money borrowed from a pawnbroker did not have to be repaid for fifteen months.
    当铺老板那里借的钱不必在15个月内归还
  2. 2. vt. 偿还付还
    All of the stolen money was repaid after the thief was caught.
    小偷被抓到之后所有被偷的钱都被归还了。
  3. 3. verb 报答回报报复
    She would never be able to repay the old man's kindness.
    永远无法报答这位老人善良
  4. 4. vt. 回嘴反驳

Collins English-English Dictionary

repay [rɪ'peɪ]
  1. 1. vb to pay back (money) to (a person); refund or reimburse
  2. 2. vb to make a return for (something) by way of compensation
    to repay kindness

Examples

How can I ever repay you?
我到底怎样报答你呢?
to repay kindness with interest
加倍报答好意
repay a kindness
报恩
repay a visit
回访
Mario has to do two part-time jobs to repay his student loan.
马里奥不得不做两份兼职工作来还助学贷款。
Bill had to lend money on security to repay his debts.
比尔不得不抵押东西借钱来还债。
It is time to repay your debt to the society.
是时候向社会回馈你的责任了。
He had failed to repay a large amount of the dirty money.
他未能偿还一大笔不义之财。
Whenever you cancel, we will repay any credit balance outstanding.
任何时候如果你取消,那么我们将返还所有存款结余。

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