Pay dues
付出代价(经艰苦努力得到地位或权利)；(因某种行为)承受后果, 受到惩罚
🧩 词语组成解析
pay
[pe]
vt.& vi. 付款;偿还;补偿;（对…）有利;
vt. 给予;支付;
n. 工资;薪水;报答;
adj. 收费的;需付费的;
pac-, peac-, peas- 表”和平的,平静的”#词根助记：古英语payen,表示”和解,取悦,付酬”,源自古法语paier和拉丁语pacare
dues
[du:s]
n. 税，应付款，该缴之款;应有的权利，应得到的东西( due的名词复数 );应缴款（如俱乐部会费）;会费;
🗣️ 情景例句
Rolexes! Are you joking? That's far outside my price range!
劳力士？！别开玩笑了！那可远超过我的预算了。
His classical music is so quiet. I can't even hear it!
他的古典音乐幽静得听不见。
And then, when they were dead, the carnivores, like the sabre-toothed cats and the giant wolves, came out to feed and suffered exactly the same fate.
大象死后，一些食肉动物，如剑齿虎和大灰狼就来吃大象，结果遭到了同样的命运。