hush money
保密费：为了让某人保守秘密而支付的钱款
常用释义
英音[ ˈhʌʃ mʌni ]
美音[ ˈhʌʃ mʌni ]
基本释义
- 保密费：为了让某人保守秘密而支付的钱款，也可以指一个人为了掩盖某事而支付给他人的钱款。
例句
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1·Why not pay him some hush money?你何不付他一些封口钱呢？
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2·He got a large sum of hush money.他拿了一大笔封口费。
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3·They are bribing the reporters with hush money.他们用封口费贿赂记者。
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4·Taking hush money from a gangster is dangerous.拿来自一个黑社会人士的封口费是很危险的。
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5·The thieves paid Fred hush money to keep their whereabouts secret.那些窃贼们给费雷德一笔贿赂钱，让他对他们的行踪保密。
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6·Taking hush money from the underworld gang, the witness kept his mouth shut about what he saw.从黑社会那里拿到了封口费以后，证人就对所看到的一切都闭口不谈。
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7·Taking hush money from a gangster to keep your mouth shut about something you saw him do is dangerous.这句话翻到中文的意思就是：一个歹徒为了不让你揭露你看到他做的事而给你一笔钱。接受这笔钱是很危险的。
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8·China has started to probe dozens of self-claimed "journalists" who asked for hush money from a colliery in ShanXi Province.国家已开始调查数十名真假记者在山西排队领取矿难“封口费”的丑闻。
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9·That was apparently out of an innocent intention, for the court could not find that his purpose was to force the company to pay him hush money.这一举动很明显是用意不轨，因为法庭也找不到他迫使那家公司向他支付金钱的意图。