They did not pay any attention.关于里面的pay?

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They did not pay any attention.关于里面的pay?
They did not pay any attention.为什么要加上pay?pay的意思不是支付吗?和这里面有什么联系?

pay attention是固定搭配,意思是“注意、关注”就是说他们只能组合起来才能用?那直接就attention行吗?They did not any attention.当然不能!那这个句子就没有实际的谓语动词了。忽然好像有点懂了,这句子除了固定短语以外,pay还要作为他们的谓语动词是吗?