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You don't pay taxes - they take taxes.
你不交税,他们收税。
I pay my own bills. I feel my own pain.
我自己付账。我能感觉到自己的痛苦。
I get paid to work; I don't pay to work.
我拿工资工作;我不付工钱。
I would pay to do what I do if I had to.
如果有必要,我愿意花钱去做我该做的事。
Great men always pay deference to greater.
伟人总是尊重伟人。
We pay when old for the excesses of youth.
我们年老时为青春的挥霍付出代价。
Youth is given to us. Experience we pay for.
青春是给我们的。我们花钱买来的体验。
Age is a very high price to pay for maturity.
年龄是为成熟付出的高昂代价。
Price is what you pay. Value is what you get.
价格是你付出的代价。价值是你得到的。
There is no dispute that judges need a pay raise.
毫无疑问,法官需要加薪。
All I ever wanted to do was be able to pay my rent.
我一直想做的就是付得起房租。
The most successful war seldom pays for its losses.
最成功的战争很少能弥补它的损失。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题,再读几句。
Milos said, You're my first choice. From my point of view, that doesn't pay the rent. I said, Tell me what I have to do next because I'm busy painting my kitchen.
麦洛斯说,你是我的第一选择。在我看来,那付不起房租。我说,告诉我接下来要做什么,因为我正忙着粉刷我的厨房。
They don't pay you a million dollars for two-hand chest passes.
他们不会付你一百万美元买双手胸票。
We will cut programs, we will try to rein in the size of the bureaucracy. We will bring federal pay scales that have become so exaggerated into line with market rates.
我们将削减项目,我们将努力控制官僚机构的规模。我们将使被过分夸大的联邦工资标准与市场利率保持一致。
Winning the green jacket is great - I can pay for all the diapers I'm going to have to get.
赢得那件绿色的夹克太好了,我可以付得起买尿布的钱。
Compliments cost nothing, yet many pay dear for them.
赞美不需要花费什么,但许多人为此付出了高昂的代价。
Justice is the insurance which we have on our lives and property. Obedience is the premium which we pay for it.
正义是我们生命和财产的保险。服从是我们为之付出的代价。