We thought that even if we started educating girls today, we'd have to wait a generation for the pay off.

我们认为，即使我们今天开始教育女孩，我们也要等一代人的时间才能得到回报。

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It would take him the rest of his life to pay off that loan.

还清那笔贷款将花费他的余生。

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In order to keep him edging in the right direction this time, the pay-off was to be carefully sequenced as disarmament milestones were reached.

这一次，为了使其沿着正确的方向缓慢前进，回报的次序被精心安排：只有在裁军目标达到之后才会给他。

youdao

They will have to tell how long and how much it would take to pay off a card if the holder makes only the lowest monthly payment.

VOA: special.2009.05.22

Then if you fail to pay on the mortgage--pay off the debt -the lender can seize the property and sell it.

然而如果你无法偿还贷款,贷方可以没收这项财产并出售

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The Fed has these auctions but it auctions them off at what price the public will pay, so the Fed doesn't determine the term structure.

联储局公开拍卖债券,但只有当公众愿意以特定价格支付时,这些债券才能成交,所以联储局不能决定期限结构

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

Today MPs of all parties lined up to condemn the pay off to the former Director General of the BBC, George Entwistle.

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Neatly, she does not so we get all the benefit of anticipation and then the pay off is when Johnny later goes with the other woman to the same clinic, for the same check-up and meets the same doctor who keeps as near a straight face as she can.

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Organizations will need to segment the investments that will pay off in the longer term from those that will pay off in the coming 12 to 24 months.

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