It's great to see that all of our hard work has finally paid off.很高兴看到我们付出的所有努力终于得到回报。
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pay off (something)orpay (something) off:to give all of the money that you owe for (something that you pay for over a period of time)清偿;还清
It will take us 30 years to pay off our mortgage, but then the house will be ours.我们要30年才能还清房贷,不过到那时房子就是我们的了。
If I won the money, I'd use it to pay off all my credit cards.如果赢了钱,我将用来还清所有的信用卡花费。
paying off your debts还清债务
She finally got her car paid off. [=she finally paid all the money she had borrowed to buy her car]她最终还清了买车所借的钱。
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pay off (someone)orpay (someone) off
a :to give money to (someone) in order to make that person do something illegal or dishonest for you or to convince that person not to talk about something收买;买通;给封口费
He tried to pay off [=bribe] a police officer.他试图买通一位警官。
The company was accused of paying off its employees to keep them from talking about its illegal activities.公司被指控买通员工,使他们不谈论公司的非法行为。
b British:to stop employing (someone) after paying all of the money that was owed to that person付清工资后解雇(某人)
They paid off all their workers and then closed the factory.他们付清所有工人的工资后关闭了工厂。