"fee for membership," 1660s, from plural of due (n.). To pay (one's) dues in the figurative sense is from 1943. "Giue them their due though they were diuels" [1589].
雙語(yǔ)例句
1. He went round the various offices to collect the dues.
他到各個(gè)辦公室去收會(huì)費(fèi).
來(lái)自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》
2. Jim's dues were checked off every week.
吉姆的工會(huì)會(huì)費(fèi)每星期從工資中扣除.
來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
3. Only 18 of the UN's 180 members had paid their dues by the January deadline.