He would offer himself as a cook or servant, in payment of his passage and meals.

他希望能到船上当一名厨师或侍者。他不要报酬，只要许他白坐船，又管饭就行。

Burch had taken him in payment of a debt, and he constantly entertained the hope that his master would redeem him—a hope that was subsequently realized.

伯奇带他去还债，他一直抱有希望， 希望他的主人能救赎他——这个希望后来实现了。

Other new sources of revenue included debasing the coinage, which caused inflation so bad that the government would not accept its own Roman money in payment of Roman taxes.

其它的政府收入来源包括将货币贬值，造成严重的通货膨胀，以至于政府都不愿意接受以罗马货币缴纳的税款。

On top of that, Greece must make a payment of 3.5 billion euros to the European Central Bank in three weeks. Failure to pay that has far swifter repercussions.

除此之外，希腊还必须在三周内向欧洲央行偿还35亿欧元的贷款，未能即使还款将立即导致后果。

Men of substance longed for some power that would forbid states to issue bills of credit, to make paper money legal tender in payment of debts, or to impair the obligation of contracts.

有实力的人渴望获得某种权力， 以禁止各州发行信用证， 禁止纸币成为法定货币来偿还债务，或削弱合同义务。