pay a fine

　　交罚款

　　If you have broken a law that is not too dangerous, the police may ask you to pay a fine. This means that you have to pay a little bit of money to make up for the wrong thing that you did! This is usually an amount that is not small but is manageable for many people (such as $100 for parking in the wrong place).

　　如果你触犯了不太危险的法律，警察可能会要求你交罚款。这意味着你必须花一点钱来弥补你做的错事!这通常是一个不小的数额，但对许多人来说是可以管理的(例如，在错误的地方停车100美元)。

　　举个栗子~

　　I can’t believe I have to pay this fine! I didn’t do anything wrong.

　　我真不敢相信我要付这么多罚款!我没有做错什么。

　　Can you believe you have to pay a fine of $2,000 for smoking in a school zone?

　　你能相信在学校区域吸烟要交2000美元的罚款吗?

　　Pay for something

　　支 付

　　You can pay for the thing that you are getting in exchange for your money. Regardless of the method that you transferred money, you pay for something to buy it!

　　你可以用得到的东西来换取你的钱。不管你用什么方法转账，你都得花钱买东西!

　　举个栗子~

　　You don’t have to pay for dinner every time we meet up, you know!

　　你不必每次我们见面都付钱吃饭，你知道的!

　　Did you pay for that ice cream before you left the coffee shop?

　　你离开咖啡店前付了冰淇淋的钱吗?

　　If you ask your parents to pay for something, they may see it as an opportunity to hold more control and authority over you.

　　如果你要求你的父母为某事付出代价，他们可能会认为这是一个对你拥有更多控制权和权威的机会。

　　Equal pay

　　同工同酬

　　This is a term that is almost always used to refer to the pay gap (the difference in payment) for gender. In many countries, women earn a significantly less amount of money than men, even if they do the same work.

　　这是一个几乎总是用来指性别的工资差距(工资差距)。在许多国家，即使做同样的工作，妇女挣的钱也比男子少得多。

　　Men who work under women can make more money than their female bosses as well! When people earn the same amount of money for the same amount of work, this is known as equal pay. This phrase is well-used in areas such as politics nowadays.

　　在女人手下工作的男人也能比她们的女老板赚更多的钱!当人们为同样的工作挣同样的钱时，这就是所谓的同工同酬。这句话现在在政治等领域使用得很好。