学个词Learn a Word 第1218期 broker

　　今天我们要学的词是broker¹。 Broker, 做为动词，是中介促成的意思。前埃及部长级官员因为涉嫌腐败而接受审判。 "A former Egyptian housing minister was involved in a corrupt² land deal which was allegedly brokered³ by an Emirate businessman," 埃及前住房部长参与了一项腐败的土地交易，这项交易据说是由一个阿拉伯联合酋长国的商人中介促成的。 "The company that brokered a deal for Britney Spear's fragrance⁴ line sued the singer for 10 million dollars," 做为中间人帮助歌手小甜甜布兰妮推出她个人香水品牌的公司对布兰妮提出起诉，索赔一千万美元。好的，今天我们学习的词是broker...

1 broker   

n.中间人，经纪人；v.作为中间人来安排

参考例句：

• He baited the broker by promises of higher commissions.他答应给更高的佣金来引诱那位经纪人。
• I'm a real estate broker.我是不动产经纪人。

2 corrupt   

v.贿赂，收买；adj.腐败的，贪污的

参考例句：

• The newspaper alleged the mayor's corrupt practices.那家报纸断言市长有舞弊行为。
• This judge is corrupt.这个法官贪污。

3 brokered   

adj.由权力经纪人安排（或控制）的v.做掮客（或中人等）( broker的过去式和过去分词 )；作为权力经纪人进行谈判；以中间人等身份安排…

参考例句：

• a peace plan brokered by the UN 由联合国出面协商的和平计划
• Your husband brokered the deal to go in, transfrer the assets and get our man out. 你丈夫后来插了一脚，把生意都抢了过去，我们的人也被挤了出来。 来自电影对白

4 fragrance   

n.芬芳，香味，香气

参考例句：

• The apple blossoms filled the air with their fragrance.苹果花使空气充满香味。
• The fragrance of lavender filled the room.房间里充满了薰衣草的香味。