迷你对话学地道口语第161期:贿赂行贿

　　迷你对话：
A:It is time to butter him up.
我该去奉承奉承他了。
B:What do you have to do togrease the palm ofhim?
你得做些什么才能贿赂他呢？
A:I don’t know. Let me see.
我不知道，让我想想。
B:You can go and ask your father.
你可以去问问你的父亲。
地道表达：
grease¹ the palm of
解词释义：
grease作为动词，本义是指“用油脂涂”或“油脂弄脏”，在俚语中比喻为“给......贿赂或小费”，行贿的思想是肮脏的，这比喻是非常贴切的，那么习语grease the palm of比喻为“向......行贿，买通”。
拓展讲解：
grease the hand of意思是grease the palm of意思相同。
支持范例：
The offender² attempted togrease the palm ofthe judge.
罪犯企图贿赂法官。
We had togrease the palm ofthe waiter to get a table in the crowded restaurant.
我们得给招待员特别小费以便在客满的餐厅得到座位。
The driver was trying togrease the hand ofthe cop, but he was refused.
那个司机企图收买警察,却被警察拒绝了。
词海拾贝：
butter sb up：奉承某人，拍某人的马屁
Eg. It's a good idea tobutter a person upbefore asking them to do you a favor.
在要求别人帮你忙之前，最好先对他们说些好听的话。
Eg. He began tobutter upthe directorin hope of being given a better job.
他开始奉承主任，希望得到一份更好的工作。
Eg. If you canbutter upyour boss, he won't give you a hard time.
如果你能对老板说点好听的话，他将不会为难你。
Eg. If webutter our mother upa bit, she may let us go to cinema this afternoon.
如果我们对妈妈说点好话，她也许会让我们今天下午去看电影的。

1 grease   

n.动物脂，油脂，润滑脂；v.抹油，润滑

参考例句：

• He puts grease on his hair to make It'shiny.他往头发上擦油，使之发亮。
• You have a grease spot on your shirt.你的衬衣上有块油斑。

2 offender   

n.冒犯者，违反者，犯罪者

参考例句：

• They all sued out a pardon for an offender.他们请求法院赦免一名罪犯。
• The authorities often know that sex offenders will attack again when they are released.当局一般都知道性犯罪者在获释后往往会再次犯案。