aby
aby — 動詞
- abypresent simple I / you / we / they
- abies3rd person singular
- abying-ing form
- abiedpast simple
1. To suffer punishment or another painful result because of a wrong action.
付出代價
因做錯事而受罰或吃苦
To suffer punishment or another painful result because of a wrong action.
Christopher would aby his betrayal with ten years in prison.
Christopher 將因自己的背叛付出代價，坐十年牢。
aby + wrongdoing + with + punishment
Sayaka knew she must aby the lie with exile from the village.
Sayaka 知道自己得為那個謊言付出代價，被逐出村子。
aby + lie + with + consequence
The judge warned Karim he would aby the fraud with months in jail.
法官警告 Karim，他將因那場詐欺付出代價，坐上幾個月的牢。
Zuri feared she would aby one careless message with her job.
Zuri 害怕自己會因那則輕率的訊息付出代價，丟掉工作。
In the play, the king made Ari aby the mistake with his life.
在那齣戲裡，國王讓 Ari 為那個錯誤付出代價，賠上性命。
aby + mistake + with + one's life
- aby a betrayal
- aby a lie
- aby a crime
- aby with prison time
- aby with one's life
- pay for
the everyday choice for suffering the result of a bad action
- answer for
more formal and often stresses being held responsible
- atone
stresses trying to make the wrong right, not only suffering for it
文法句型
aby + wrongdoing
aby + wrongdoing + with + penalty
用法筆記
Mostly found in old or literary English, not in everyday speech. It usually takes the wrong act as its object and can add with + noun to show the punishment or loss.