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 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Are you implying there was a quid pro quo here?
  你是说他俩在做交易？