Pay earnest money
[经] 付定金, 付保证金
🧩 词语组成解析
pay
[pe]
vt.& vi. 付款;偿还;补偿;（对…）有利;
vt. 给予;支付;
n. 工资;薪水;报答;
adj. 收费的;需付费的;
pac-, peac-, peas- 表”和平的,平静的”#词根助记：古英语payen,表示”和解,取悦,付酬”,源自古法语paier和拉丁语pacare
earnest
['ɜːnɪst]
adj. 热心的;诚挚的，真挚的;重要的;
n. 热心;认真;定钱，保证金;诚挚;
money
['mʌni]
n. 钱;财富;薪水;款项;
🗣️ 情景例句
My parents paid my way through college.
我父母供我上大学。
Yes, we should try to contact more.
是的，我们应该联系多点。
Then a police inspector arrived with a constable and she told them of her discovery of the ransacked flat.
过了一会儿，一位巡官带着一名警察来了。她向他们讲述了发现公寓遭劫的经过。