1. | 本金返还;还本;投资的回收期the money that you receive back on money that you have invested (especially when this is equal to the amount that you invested to start with); the time that it takes to get your money back |
a 10-year payback 10 年的投资回收期 |
2. | 报偿;回报the advantage or reward that sb receives for sth they have done; the act of paying sth back |
His victory was seen as payback for all the hard work he'd put in during training. 他的胜利被视为训练期间所有辛苦努力的回报。 | |
It's payback time !(= a person will have to suffer for what they have done) 现在该遭到报应了! |