stump up

英 [stʌmp ʌp]

美 [stʌmp ʌp]

（常指不情愿地）付钱，掏腰包

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB (常指不情愿地)付钱，掏腰包
  If youstump upa sum of money, you pay it, often unwillingly.
  1. Customers do not have to stump up any cash for at least four weeks.
     顾客们至少四周内都不必付钱。

双语例句

• He's visited six of the world's seven continents at least twice, and would stump across Antarctica if the penguins anted up.
  他访问过世界7个大洲中的6个洲。如果企鹅愿意付钱的话，他会到南极洲去作巡回政治演讲。
• Whenever Frank gets into trouble his father has to stump up the money for a fine to get him out.
  每当弗兰克闯了祸，他父亲就得拿出钱来付罚金，把他领出来。
• He was helped through university by the wealthy widow of Cyrus McCormick, inventor of the combine harvester, who had been persuaded by father Luce to stump up for his China mission.
  他在联合收割机发明者塞勒斯·麦考密克的遗孀帮助下读完大学。她曾在卢斯神父的劝说下掏钱赞助他前往中国。
• Customers do not have to stump up any cash for at least four weeks.
  顾客们至少四周内都不必付钱。
• Only when the government unveils its full plans for the sector will these companies stump up for new plants.
  只有在英国政府将能源产业相关所有计划都公布之后，这些公司才肯为兴建新型发电厂掏腰包。
• The ECAs have been asked to stump up additional cover.
  出口信贷机构已经被要求提供额外的保险。
• I'm always being asked to stump up for school outings.
  总是要求我为学校郊游付钱。
• China, which is being asked to stump up more money for the IMF, would also like to ensure that it is not bankrolling a has-been institution.
  外界正要求中国为IMF提供更多资金，中国也想确保，它不是在为一个过时的机构掏腰包。
• The first point has led to quiet grumbling among UBS shareholders who have complained that they too might have been willing to stump up money to purchase convertible bonds.
  第一点已经让瑞士银行的股东心存不满，他们抱怨称，他们也想出资购买可转换债券。
• But, again, France has given in to Germany's insistence that it is for governments, first and foremost, to stump up for their banks.
  但又一次，法国屈服于了德国的坚持，即银行倒闭所造成的损失应主要由其国家政府来承担。