underpay /ˌʌndɚˈpeɪ/ verb underpays; underpaid /-ˈpeɪd/ ; /ˌʌndɚˈpeɪd/; underpaying underpays; underpaid /-ˈpeɪd/ ; /ˌʌndɚˈpeɪd/; underpaying Learner's definition of UNDERPAY
: to pay too little for something支付过少的费用;给过低的报酬 [no object]
[+ object]
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He realized that he had underpaid the cashier.他意识到他少给了收银员钱。
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The company underpays its workers.这家公司给员工的报酬过低。
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They are underpaid for the work they do.他们干活只拿到了很少的报酬。
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underpaid workers所得报酬过低的工人
— opposite overpay
— underpayment
noun, plural underpayments [count, noncount]