为什么课堂上老师没教过这11个与钱（Money）有关的英语短语动词？
1. Pay off：还清（欠款）
- Meaning: Finish paying money owed for something
- Example: We should be able to pay off the debt within two years.（我们应该能在两年内还清债务。）
2.Fork out：（尤指不情愿地）付钱
- Meaning: Spend a lot of money on something, especially unwillingly
- Example: I forked out ten quid for/on the ticket.（我不情愿地掏了10英镑买票。）
3.Run up：积欠（账款或债务）
- Meaning: Create lots of debt
- Example : She stayed two weeks at the hotel and ran up a bill that she couldn't pay.（她在宾馆住了两个星期，欠了宾馆一大笔账。）
4.Rip off：讹诈（某人）；敲（某人）竹杠
- Meaning: Charge too much
- Example: Bob's tickets cost much less than ours - I think we've been ripped off.(鲍勃买的票比我们的便宜多了——我觉得我们被人敲了竹杠。)
5.Save up：储蓄，存（钱）
- Meaning: Not spend money
- Example: It took me months to save up enough money to go travelling.（我用了几年的时间攒够了钱去旅游。）
6.Put aside：存（钱）
- Meaning: Save an amount of money Each month
- Example: I put aside a little every month for a deposit on a house.（我每月存一点钱支付房子的首付。）
7.Squirrel away：储藏，储存（尤指钱，供日后使用）
- Meaning: Put something away in a secret place, especially money
- Example: As soon as I get paid, I squirrel some money away so I won't be tempted to spend it.（我一发薪水，就存起来一部分，以免忍不住想花。）
8.Pay back：偿还（钱）；还（某人）钱
- Meaning: Give someone the same amount of money that you borrowed from them
- Example: Can you lend me a fiver? I'll pay you/it back tomorrow.（能借给我5块钱吗？我明天还你。）
9.Splash out：花大笔的钱（尤指购买不需要的东西）；挥霍
- Meaning: Buy something expensive
- Example: They splashed out £3,000 on a holiday.（他们一次度假就花了3000英镑。）
10.Put down：付（定金）
- Meaning: Pay part of the cost of something
- Example: I've put a deposit down on a new car.（我已经为新车支付了定金。）
11.Come into：继承（钱财、财产或头衔）
- Meaning: To be left money by somebody who has died
- Example: She came into a bit of money when her grandfather died.（祖父死后，她继承了一小笔钱。）
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