学个词Learn a Word 第344期 Kickback

今天我们要学的词是kickback¹。 Kickback, 是回扣的意思。美国德克萨斯州的石油大亨奥斯卡.怀亚特被判处一年刑期。"He admitted that he paid kickbacks² to Saddam Hussein's government in 2001 to gain access to lucrative³ Iraqi oil contracts," 他承认为了拿到能赚大钱的伊拉克石油合同，2001年给萨达姆政府塞过回扣。"South Korea President Roh Moo-hyun denied the allegation that he received kickbacks from the Samsung Group after winning the 2002 election," 韩国总统卢武铉否认2002年赢得大选后接受过三星集团公司的回扣。好的，今天我们学习的词是kickback...

 

1 kickback   

n.酬金；佣金，回扣

参考例句：

• Mike got a kickback from a merchant.麦克从商人那里得到了回扣。
• The company had to kickback a lot to the corrupt officer.这家公司必须给腐败的政府官员很大一笔佣金。

2 kickbacks   

n.激烈反应( kickback的名词复数 )；佣金，回扣

参考例句：

• Everyone at City Hall is receiving kickbacks. It's the only way to get anything done there. 市政府里的每个人都收回扣，在那里只有送红包，事情才办得成。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• G raft or kickbacks paid to officials or law enforcem ent authorities. 暗中付给官员或执法人员的回扣。 来自互联网

3 lucrative   

adj.赚钱的，可获利的

参考例句：

• He decided to turn his hobby into a lucrative sideline.他决定把自己的爱好变成赚钱的副业。
• It was not a lucrative profession.那是一个没有多少油水的职业。