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。
• 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。
• 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。
• In his novels, Scott characterized Scotsmen as noble men so as to renew Scots cultural identity as a quid pro quo for which Scotland had lost politically and economically.
  司各特以满腔的热情描写了苏格兰人的高贵品质，试图在道德上和文化上找回苏格兰在政治上和经济上失去的身份，重新树立起苏格兰的民族形象。
• All parties have agreed to resolve the nuclear issue and concerns of all parties through the approaches of "coordinated steps" and "quid pro quo in words and acts".
  各方同意采取“协调一致的步骤”，以“口头对口头、行动对行动”的方式解决核问题和各方关切。
• 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。
• If Germany cannot deliver its side of this quid pro quo, it is not clear to me why anybody would accept a loss of sovereignty – which is effectively what policy co-ordination would imply.
  如果德国无法兑现自己的交换条件，我不明白为何还会有人接受主权的丧失，而主权丧失正是政策协调的题中之义。
• Are you implying there was a quid pro quo here?
  你是说他俩在做交易？
• Developing countries object to being leaned on and the US and other rich countries lack the political capacity to offer the quid pro quo.
  发展中国家反对被胁迫，而美国和其他富国缺少给予等价代偿的政治能力。