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

• This arrangement was a quid pro quo for credits given by G10 under the Basel Agreement.
  这项安排是个学分G10巴塞尔协议下的报偿。
• The quid pro quo for fiscal and financial reform in deficit countries must be deregulation of product, service and labour markets to boost incomes in surplus countries.
  作为财政与金融改革的交换条件，赤字国家必须放松对产品、服务和劳动力市场的监管，以增加盈余国家的收入。
• Such a quid pro quo was the basis for allowing foreign broadcasters their current toehold in the southern province of Guangdong, but the lack of any obvious desire for more Chinese TV among US viewers makes it commercially dubious.
  这种交换是目前允许外国广播电视公司在广东省立足的基础，但美国观众对收看更多中国电视节目的意愿并不明显，这使得上述交换在商业上是否可行还不确定。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Some suggest the ICBC decision may be tied to further opening to foreigners by the Chinese, but if so this quid pro quo will not be part of the formal regulatory framework, but part of a quiet political bargain.
  一些人士估计工商银行进入美国的选择或许意味着中国人对外国人的进一步开放，但如果真是这样的话，这点补偿费显然不是正式调整框架的一部分，顶多算是政治上的讨价还价。
• If the search market were competitive, then normal commercial negotiations would establish some sort of quid pro quo for the exchange.
  如果搜索市场是一个竞争性市场，那么，常规的商业谈判将会确立某种形式的交换补偿。
• 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。
• 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。