cough up
US /kɔf ʌp/
・UK /kɔf ʌp/
A1 初級
phr. v.片語動詞被迫支付
The company had to cough up a lot of money in fines.
phr. v.片語動詞供出
The police wanted him to cough up the names of his accomplices.
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11個英文討論金錢的「片語動詞」教學！讓你輕鬆聊錢話題！ (11 PHRASAL VERBS for talking about MONEY in English)
- "Cough up". When I say: "I have to cough up $10", think of a cat: "Meow, meow." They get
「咳出來」。當我說：「我必須咳出 10 美元」時，想想一隻貓：「喵，喵。」牠們得到
- For us, when we say: "Oh, man, do I have to cough up another $20?" It means pay, and I
對我們來說，當我們說：「喔，天啊，我必須再咳出 20 美元嗎？」這意味著付錢，而我
CNN被迫承認 Keir Starmer 的民調數字「糟透了」！ (CNN forced to admit Keir Starmer’s poll numbers are ‘absolutely atrocious’)
- But there's some more bad news because now the taxpayer has to cough up 63 million quid to help these local councils who have now got just a matter of weeks to get ready for local elections.
但還有個壞消息，因為現在納稅人必須拿出 6300 萬英鎊，來幫助這些地方議會，這些議會現在只剩下幾週的時間來準備地方選舉。
- But there's some more bad news because now the taxpayer has to cough up 63 million quid to help these local councils who have now got just a matter of weeks to get ready for local elections.
這件事還有另一個有趣的轉折，因為安吉拉·雷納，她曾經是副首相，在她被解職，轟動一時地被趕下臺之前。
如何談判薪水！ (How to Negotiate a Salary)
- The ensuing—and uncomfortable—silence just might prompt them to cough up some more dough.
隨之而來的令人不適的沉默，或許會促使他們多給一些錢。
「我憑什麼寫這個？」如何克服新手作家症候群！ (“Who Am I To Write This?” How To Shake Your Newbie Writer’s Nerves)
- You got a smurf you need to cough up?
你有需要吐出來的藍色小精靈嗎？
AI 代理最終可能革新信用卡的原因！ (Why AI Agents Could Finally Reinvent the Credit Card)
- And so the second we sort of understood the very beginnings of that notion, we turned it right around into a sales campaign and very quickly found a bunch of small-ish brands, primarily direct-to-consumers, who could not care whether we charged them 1%, 5%, or 12%, because they were trying to grow their top line and telling their shoppers that, hey, you could pay for this over time instead of having to cough up the cash right now.
所以當我們稍微理解了這個概念的雛形時，我們立刻把它轉化為銷售活動，並很快地找到了一群規模較小的品牌，主要是直接面對消費者的類型，他們根本不在乎我們收的是 1%、5% 還是 12%，因為他們當時正努力衝刺營收，並告訴顧客說，嘿，你可以選擇分期付款，不需要現在就一次付清。