overpay多益
多益新增字・持續校對中,發現問題歡迎用頁尾回報
多付錢;超額付款
多益核心字,職場情境常見
At the night market, he forgot to ask the price and overpaid for the phone case by two hundred dollars.

在夜市,他忘了先問價錢,手機殼多付了兩百元。

over- 是「過度」字首,overwork、oversleep 都同源,一秒看懂延伸義。

一個畫面:多塞一張鈔票

看標價先看清楚商品應付的金額
多塞鈔票手伸出比需要更多的錢
付超額付出的錢超過應付金額或實際價值

義項

多付懊悔B2verb多付錢;超額付款
She didn't check the price tag and overpaid for the umbrella by three hundred dollars.
她沒看價格標籤,多付了三百元買雨傘。
overpay for a serviceoverpay by mistake

片語

overpay for多掏一把 →為某物付太多錢
overpay by mistake算錯多付 →不小心多付了錢
willing to overpay甘願多付 →情願付出更多的錢

你會不會這樣說?

He didn't check the price and ___ for the ticket. (overpaid / overplayed)

看答案

overpaid

此處指沒查價後多付票錢;overpaid 是 overpay 的過去式。

'At the night market, he forgot to ask the price and overpaid for the phone case by two hundred dollars.' 這句中的 overpaid 最接近哪個意思?(A) 沒付錢 (B) 付了比合理價格更多的錢 (C) 打折買到

看答案

(B)

overpay 指付出超過合理或應付的金額,並非沒付錢或打折。

字族

overpaid 多付的;溢付的・overpayment 溢付款項;超額付款

順路看看

underpayoverpay 的反義詞,付太少

多益練習

本區為多益情境練習,與上方釋義獨立編寫

情境例句

辦公用品採購
We overpaid for the office chairs because we did not compare prices.
我們沒有比價,買辦公椅時付了太多錢。
核對付款
The accounting assistant noticed that we had overpaid the supplier by NT$500.
會計助理發現我們多付了供應商新臺幣五百元。

詞族

overpay 動詞原形 多付錢・overpaid 動詞過去式/過去分詞 多付了錢・overpayment 名詞 超額付款;多付的款項

四選一

Without checking the invoice total, the assistant might ____ the supplier.

  • overpaid
  • overpay
  • overpayment
  • overpaying
看答案

overpay

might 後須接動詞原形,因此選 overpay。overpaid 是過去式或過去分詞;overpayment 是名詞;overpaying 是 -ing 形式,三者都不能直接接在此處的 might 後構成謂語。

同義改寫

We overpaid for the printer. → We paid too much for the printer.
兩句都表示購買這台印表機時付了過高的價格。
The company overpaid the supplier by NT$500. → The company paid the supplier NT$500 more than required.
兩句都明確表示公司付給供應商的金額超出應付金額五百元。

延伸練習

回報這個字的錯誤