baksheesh
音標(biāo)發(fā)音
- 英式音標(biāo) [b?k??i??]
- 美式音標(biāo) [b?k??i??]
- 英式發(fā)音
- 美式發(fā)音
基本解釋
- n.津貼；小費(fèi)
英漢例句
- The porter expects baksheesh from you.
那腳夫期待你付小費(fèi)。 - THE practice of slipping baksheesh into a well-placed palm is not a novel one.
將小費(fèi)塞入伸好的掌中這一慣例并非新生事物了。 - Baksheesh, originally a Persian word now found in many countries of the Middle East, can mean “tip”, “alms” and “bribe”.
“baksheesh[font=宋體]”源自波斯語(yǔ)單詞，如今在中東地區(qū)許多國(guó)家都使用，意指“小費(fèi)”、“施舍”或“行賄”。 - Having dodged that bullet myself I can tell you exactly how the baksheesh machine works.
FORBES: Infrastructure Follies: Railroads, Cleantech And Crony Capitalism - About 130 officials were fired for taking baksheesh, and the volume of tariff revenue that actually reached state coffers jumped by almost 50% in two years.
ECONOMIST: Maturing Mozambique The
雙語(yǔ)例句
權(quán)威例句
英英字典
- (especially in some Asian countries) a small amount of money or a present that is given to someone as a bribe, to persuade them to do something, sometimes something dishonest
- money given as a tip, a present, or alms
- to give such money to (a person)