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

• 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。
• Are you implying there was a quid pro quo here?
  你是说他俩在做交易？
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• 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。
• The management have agreed to begin pay talks as a quid pro quo for suspension of strike action.
  管理层已经同意进行工资谈判，作为暂停罢工的交换。
• 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。