payback
名詞
定義 payback 名詞
benefit(好處)
- Countable(可數名詞)Uncountable(不可數名詞)
a benefit or advantage gained from an action or investment, especially the profit from a financial investment.
回報；收益
The payback on the investment in this new technology should be realized within two years.
對這項新技術的投資回報應在兩年內實現。
The payback for training employees is higher productivity and better quality work.
培訓員工的回報是更高的生產力和更好的工作質量。
Despite the large initial investment, the long-term payback for this project is worthwhile.
儘管初期投資巨大，但該專案的長期回報是值得的。
consequence(後果)
- Countable(可數名詞)Uncountable(不可數名詞)
a negative experience or consequence that someone suffers as a result of their past actions.
（因過往錯誤而受到的）報應；懲罰
All the bad luck he's been having lately feels like payback for his past dishonest actions.
他最近遭遇的所有厄運感覺就像是對他過去不誠實行為的報應。
She decided to leave the company because she felt that the unfair treatment she received at work was a payback for her mistakes in earlier years.
她決定離開公司，因為她覺得在工作中受到的不公平待遇是對她早年錯誤的懲罰。
After years of neglect, the town is now facing the payback of an aging infrastructure.
多年忽視之後，這個城鎮現在正面臨老舊基礎設施的報應。
成語
- payback's a bitch
This idiom is used to express that a negative outcome has occurred as a result of previous actions. When someone says "payback's a bitch," it signifies that something bad has happened due to cause and effect.
報應是歸事（指做了壞事後會遭遇壞的報應）
• He used to bully his classmates a lot, and now he's experiencing being bullied himself; payback's a bitch.
他以前常常霸凌同學，現在他自己也遭遇霸凌；報應真是個婊子。