quid pro quo

英 [ˌkwɪd prəʊ ˈkwəʊ]

美 [ˌkwɪd proʊ ˈkwoʊ]

n.  报偿; 回报

牛津词典

noun

• 报偿；回报
  a thing given in return for sth else

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 回报;交换物；报酬
  Aquid pro quois a gift or advantage that is given to someone in return for something that they have done.
  1. The statement is emphatic in stating that there must be a quid pro quo...
     这项声明强调必须要有所补偿。
  2. They share a great deal of information on a quid pro quo basis.
     他们互通有无，共享大量信息。

英英释义

noun

• something for something
  Synonym:quid

双语例句

• His promotion may be regarded as the quid pro quo for his support.
  他的晋升可以视作是对他所给予的支持的报偿。
• He may regard informal influence over US foreign policy as his quid pro quo.
  他可能考虑把对美国外交政策的非正式影响力作为补偿。
• The quid pro quo had been an overgenerous and under-policed expenses system.
  作为补偿，就有了一套极其慷慨、且疏于监管的报销体系。
• The idea of a quid pro quo for supporting her government never entered his head, of course: I did not expect any help from her, nor did I ask for any.
  当然，支持撒切尔政府时，他的头脑中没有过获得回报的念头：我没有期待从她那里得到任何帮助，也没有向她寻求过帮助。
• I have this quid pro quo with my flatmate where I do his washing for him and he lets me use his computer for an hour a day.
  我与我舍友做了一个交换协议：我帮他洗衣服，他把他的电脑让我用一小时。
• The most efficient way to encourage the inventors to disclose his invention is to establish a system under which the inventors can achieve the economic benefits as the quid pro quo for the invention publicity.
  鼓励发明人公开其发明的最有效的办法就是通过一种制度给予发明人一定的经济利益作为交换的条件。
• In the panic, you would come under intense pressure ( Barack Obama would be on the line immediately) to concede debt mutualisation without getting the quid pro quo of fiscal control at a European level that you have been demanding.
  值此慌乱之际，您将面临巨大压力（巴拉克奥巴马可能马上就致电过来了）要您就债务共同化做出妥协，而无法实现您一直要求的欧洲层面上的财政监管。
• Let's make it a quid pro quo in which you contribute to our party's election fund and we give you a big government contract if we win the election.
  我们来做个交易吧：你在政党大选的时候投我们一票，如果我们当选了，我们就把政府的大订单给你们做。
• It would be folly to grant that increase without insisting on some quid pro quo.
  不坚持要些报酬就同意那项增长是愚蠢的。
• If successful, the government might elect to try another slice of the market* As long as the rule is unwritten and no one fights back, this sort of unilateral quid pro quo will continue.
  如果上述的一步成功实现，那么政府将进入下一步：因为可以有“不成文规定”，没有人会去反抗，这类合资外方的单方面让步妥协将会被继续下去。