baksheesh
音标发音
- 英式音标 [bækˈʃiːʃ]
- 美式音标 [bækˈʃiːʃ]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- n.津貼；小費
英汉例句
- The porter expects baksheesh from you.
那腳夫期待你付小費。 - THE practice of slipping baksheesh into a well-placed palm is not a novel one.
將小費塞入伸好的掌中這一慣例竝非新生事物了。 - Baksheesh, originally a Persian word now found in many countries of the Middle East, can mean “tip”, “alms” and “bribe”.
“baksheesh[font=宋躰]”源自波斯語單詞，如今在中東地區許多國家都使用，意指“小費”、“施捨”或“行賄”。 - Having dodged that bullet myself I can tell you exactly how the baksheesh machine works.
FORBES: Infrastructure Follies: Railroads, Cleantech And Crony Capitalism - About 130 officials were fired for taking baksheesh, and the volume of tariff revenue that actually reached state coffers jumped by almost 50% in two years.
ECONOMIST: Maturing Mozambique The
雙語例句
權威例句
英英字典
- (especially in some Asian countries) a small amount of money or a present that is given to someone as a bribe, to persuade them to do something, sometimes something dishonest
- money given as a tip, a present, or alms
- to give such money to (a person)