1·She has told us that when she goes back to stay with her family, they make her pay rent. We could not believe such a thing.
她告诉过我们，当她回去和家人一起住时，他们让她付租金。我们不能相信这样的事。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
2·Sarina Harper, a 19-year-old student at Virginia Tech, was faced with a tough dilemma when she first started college in 2015—pay rent or pay to turn in her chemistry homework.
19岁的萨琳娜·哈珀是弗吉尼亚理工大学的一名学生。在2015年刚开始上大学的时候，她面临着一个两难的困境：要么交房租，要么花钱交化学作业。
3·Sarina Harper, a 19-year-old student at Virginia Tech, was faced with a tough dilemma when she first started college in 2015 — pay rent or pay to turn in her chemistry homework.
19岁的萨琳娜·哈珀是弗吉尼亚理工大学的一名学生。2015年，她刚开始上大学的时候，面临着一个两难的选择：要么交房租，要么花钱交化学作业。
4·No, of course not. Tenants pay rent.
当然不是，租客付的是租金，我会为你做事情。
5·No. Carol, That's my roommate. And I pay rent to her parents.
不是，是我的室友卡罗免费住在这里，而我要付给她父母的房租。
6·I have to pay rent, and you're charging me $400 for a 30-minute consult.
我要付房租， 而对于一次30分钟的咨询你收取我400美元。
7·The student union has called for a rent strike(= a refusal to pay rent as a protest).
学生会呼吁拒缴房租.
8·They don't pay rent because the landlord, with other vacant shops, just wants the store occupied.
她们不支付租金，因为业主只希望这个商店不要空着。这名业主还有其他空置的店铺。
9·In the past few days he had requests for help to pay rent from those who had lost their jobs.
在过去的几天里，他曾请求帮助那些失业者支付房租。
10·Like most otaku, the majority of 2-d lovers go to work, pay rent, hang out with friends (some are even married).
和许多御宅族一样，大多数2d爱好者去上班，付房租，和朋友出去玩(有些甚至已经成家)。