cough up

基本解释

• 咳出；勉强说出；被迫付出

同根派生

英汉例句

双语例句

• But these techniques can be stored up anyone's sleeves, not just those of salespeople, who want you to cough up your dough.
  然而这些技巧可能藏在任何人的袖子里，并非只有这些想说服你掏钱的销售人员知道而已。
• Mobile-phone firms have shown they can make profits from the poor. But can they persuade them to upgrade to smart-phones or cough up money for data services?
  手机运营商业已表明他们能够赚穷人的钱，但他们能够说服那些穷人把手机升级为智能手机或者出血购买数据服务吗？
• At times of duress, they can sound suspiciously like a mobster's “cough up or else” (“or else” meaning severe share-dilution).
  在被迫的情形下，增发听起来就像是一个罪犯“被逼供或类似”（“类似”意指严重稀释股权）。

权威例句

• The winner will cough up a fifth of its profits to the hedge fund operator.
  FORBES: Magazine Article
• Getting a court order forcing Jones to cough up his offshore assets was the next step.
  FORBES: Where Did the Money Go?
• The Gulf Arabs are loth to cough up the cash they promised to support the rebels.
  ECONOMIST: Libya

词组短语

短语

• cough sb up 勉强说出某事
• cough it up 付钱;勉强交出;不情愿地付钱
• Now Cough Them Up 现在交
• cough h up 咳出;认罪
• I cough up 我咳嗽了

英英字典

柯林斯英英字典

• If you cough up an amount of money, you pay or spend that amount, usually when you would prefer not to.
• &rarrsee also cough