كيف تنطق "pay your debt to society"

expression

PAY-yer/yoor-DET-too/tuh/suh-SY-uh-tee

PAY-yaw-DET-TOO-suh-SY-uh-tee

التعريف

To accept punishment for a crime or wrongdoing, usually by serving time in prison, and thus make up for one's actions in the eyes of society.

الإنجليزية الأمريكية

ˈpeɪ/ /ˈjɔɹ/, /ˈjʊɹ/ /ˈdɛt/ /ˈtu/, /tə/, /tɪ/ /səˈsaɪəti

الإنجليزية البريطانية

pˈeɪ/ /jˈɔː/ /dˈɛt/ /tˈuː/ /səsˈaɪəti

أمريكي

PAY-yer/yoor-DET-too/tuh/suh-SY-uh-tee

بريطاني

PAY-yaw-DET-TOO-suh-SY-uh-tee

After ten years in prison, he has paid his debt to society.

You must pay your debt to society for what you did.

Serving your sentence is a way to pay your debt to society.

He's done his time and paid his debt to society—let him start fresh.