"pay your dues" 怎么发音

expression

US

PAY-yer-DOOZ or PAY-yer-DYOOS

UK

PAY-yaw-DYOOS

释义

To work hard and gain experience, often by doing difficult or unpleasant tasks, before achieving success or respect. It means you have earned your position by putting in the necessary effort.

IPA 音标

美式英语

ˈpeɪ/ /ˈjɔɹ/, /ˈjʊɹ/ /ˈduz

英式英语

pˈeɪ/ /jˈɔː/ /djˈuːz

简化发音

美式

PAY-yer-DOOZ or PAY-yer-DYOOS

英式

PAY-yaw-DYOOS

语境中听

You have to pay your dues before you become a manager.

New employees must pay their dues and learn the basics.

Before you get the good jobs, you need to pay your dues.

I spent years making coffee at the front desk—I definitely paid my dues.