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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。