cough up

英 [kɒf ʌp] 美 [kɔːf ʌp]

咯出(血或黏液); (常指勉强地)支付,给予(钱)



牛津词典

  1. 以上各词均含用钱、花钱之义。
    These words all mean to give money to pay for goods or services.
    1. 指用钱、花钱:
      to give money to pay for goods or services
      1. She spent £100 on a new dress.
        她花100英镑买了一条新连衣裙。
    2. 指(机构或政府)投资:
      (of an organization or a government) to spend money on sth in order to make it better or more successful
      1. The government has invested heavily in public transport.
        政府已对公共交通投入了大量资金。
    3. 指为某事或向某人付巨款:
      to pay a lot of money for sth or to sb
      1. The company pays out a large share of its profits in dividends.
        该公司将很大一部分利润用作红利。
    4. 指总算付清全部欠款:
      ( rather informal ) to pay all the money that you owe to sb, especially when you do not want to or when the payment is late
      1. I had a hard time getting him to pay up.
        我好不容易让他还清了全部欠款。
    5. 指勉强付出或交出(钱):
      ( informal ) to pay or give money unwillingly
      1. She finally coughed up the money she owed.
        她最终勉强归还了她的欠款。
    6. 尤指不情愿地大量花钱、大把掏钱:
      ( informal ) to spend a lot of money on sth, especially unwillingly
      1. We've forked out a small fortune on home improvements over the years.
        这些年来我们花了许多钱做房屋装修。
    7. 指大量花钱、大把掏钱
      ( informal ) to spend a lot of money on sth

      柯林斯词典


      双语例句

      1. I'll have to cough up$ 10,000 a year for tuition
        我每年将不得不付1万美元的学费。
      2. Will this be enough to persuade Congress to cough up?
        这能说服国会掏钱吗?
      3. She was shocked at the bill, but she had to cough up.
        她颤抖地拿着这张支票,但不得不交出。
      4. Come on, cough up, who did it?
        好了,说出来,是谁干的?
      5. He owes us money, but he won't cough up.
        他欠我们钱,却不愿还账。
      6. It is very uncommon to cough up cancer, but she did it.
        把癌症咳出来非常罕见,但是她做到了。
      7. Do you cough up any phlegm?
        您咳嗽时有痰吗?
      8. This is an objective, transparent policy framework that will make it harder for you to renege on your threats: if the black marks are there on the chart, you can hardly cough up the allowance at the end of the week.
        这是一个客观、透明的政策框架,使你更难以对自己的威胁食言:如果黑点就在图表上,你就几乎不可能在周末时掏出零用钱。
      9. You act. I'm the producer, I cough up.
        你扮演的,我是导演,我被迫付出。
      10. My attempt to speak is momentarily aborted as I cough up blood.
        当我交出血的时候,要说的我尝试暂时地被失败。
      11. Its difficult to watch your baby cough up blood and struggle to breathe.
        看著你的宝贝一边咳著血、一边挣扎著吸气,是相当难受的。
      12. I had to cough up for the medical bills.
        我不得不掏钱付医疗费。
      13. If MeerKAT succeeds, it might help persuade sceptical governments to cough up for the SKA.
        如果海猫成功了,可能能帮助说服那些持怀疑态度的政府为SKA出钱。
      14. It may be logical for individual companies and remuneration committees to cough up multimillion rewards to executives.
        个别公司和薪酬委员会向高管支付数百万美元薪酬的做法,或许是合理的。
      15. He had to cough up all he knew about it.
        他不是不说他所知道的有关那件事的全部情况。
      16. He was eventually forced to cough up details of the crime.
        他最后被迫供出犯罪细节。
      17. If you cough up blood, see your GP as soon as possible.
        如果你咳嗽了血,看到您的家庭医生尽快。
      18. Who is drying her hair? Come on, cough up: who did it?
        谁正在弄干她的头发?好了,说出来,是谁干的?
      19. And after NASPI, patients easily cough up more phlegms.
        而且NASPI治疗后患者咳痰增多且易咳出。
      20. They'll cough up something even as they beat you guys up.
        他们在打你的时候说不定会说出点什么?
      21. Cough up some of that Hollywood money.
        吐点好莱坞赚来的钱吧。
      22. They could cough up more than two tickets per student.
        他们可以给每个学生2张以上的礼券。
      23. If this happens, it can become very difficult to cough up phlegm.
        如果发生这种情况,它可以成为很困难的痰咳起来。
      24. I wonder if you cough up phlegm.
        我想问一下,您咳痰吗?
      25. I've just had to cough up$ 10 for a parking fine.
        我刚刚不得不掏出10英镑作为停车罚款。
      26. I don't think he'll cough up unless you put pressure on him.
        1我认为除非你对他施加压力,否则他是不会说出来的。
      27. Did you cough up much sputum?
        你咳出来的痰多吗?
      28. Come on, cough up, it's your turn to pay.
        掏钱吧,这回轮到你付了。
      29. We cough up very original hairballs.
        我们咳出非常原始的毛团。
      30. You're gonna cough up a IittIe toiono, right?
        你要去托罗诺,对吧?

      英英释义

      verb

      1. discharge (phlegm or sputum) from the lungs and out of the mouth

          Synonym:    expectoratecough outspit upspit out

        1. give reluctantly
          1. He coughed up some money for his children's tuition

          Synonym:    pony upspit up