;给…过高报酬;多付 If you overpay someone, or if you overpay for something, you pay more than is necessary or reasonable.
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Management has to make sure it does not overpay its staff...
管理层必须确保没有向员工支付过高工资。
The council is said to have been overpaying for repairs made by its housing department...
据说市政委员会一直在向其房管部支付过高的维修费。
The scheme will overpay some lawyers and underpay others.
该方案将使一些律师获得过高酬劳,而其他律师则报酬过低。
Oxford
over·pay/ˌəʊvəˈpeɪ; NAmEˌoʊvərˈpeɪ/verb(over·paid,over·paid/ˌəʊvəˈpeɪd; NAmEˌoʊvərˈpeɪd/)[usually passive ]overpaysb to pay sb too much; to pay sb more than their work is worth 付款过多;多付报酬OPP
overpayo‧ver‧pay /ˌəʊvəˈpeɪ $ ˌoʊvər-/ verb (past tense and past participle overpaid)
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1[transitive] to pay someone more money than they deserveOPP underpay: Most big companies continue to overpay their top executives.2[intransitive, transitive] to pay too much money for somethingOPP underpay: Try to recover any tax you have overpaid.—overpayment noun [countable, uncountable]
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overpay
[ˌəʊvəˈpeɪ]overpaid, overpaying, overpays
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overpaid[389]
多付(77%),多给报酬(23%)
vt.多付;多给报酬
vi.多付
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