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quid pro quo

/kwid proh -kwoh/US // ˈkwɪd proʊ ˈkwoʊ //

对价,对价交易,对价原则,对价协议

Related Words

equivalent相当于,相等的,等价物,相等eye for an eye以眼还眼,以牙还牙measure for measure措施对措施,衡量标准,衡量的标准,衡量尺度substitute替代,取代,代替,替代物tit for tat针锋相对,以牙还牙,以礼相待trade-off权衡利弊,权衡,权衡取舍,折衷

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural quid pro quos, quids pro quo.

    • : something that is given or taken in return for something else.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounsomething for something
Synonyms
equal exchange平等交流,平等交换,等价交换,平等的交流equal substitution等额替代,等额替换,等量代换,等量替代equivalent相当于,相等的,等价物,相等eye for an eye以眼还眼,以牙还牙like for like同等条件下,彼此相称,同等面积,同等条件measure for measure措施对措施,衡量标准,衡量的标准,衡量尺度something in return有所回报,有所收获,有回报,有回报的东西substitute替代,取代,代替,替代物tit for tat针锋相对,以牙还牙,以礼相待trade-off权衡利弊,权衡,权衡取舍,折衷

Examples

  • The government defends the law as necessary to prevent the appearance of quid pro quo corruption.

  • Washington can’t always tell folks beyond the Beltway what to do, but it can still get results through quid pro quo.

  • Similar accusations against the bloc of school board members were levied in the ethics reports, which accused them of steering contracts, doing political favors and engaging in a quid pro quo with a labor union.

  • The reports accuse a majority of elected school board members of a variety of offenses, including steering contracts, doing political favors and engaging in a quid pro quo with a labor union.

  • At worst, it opens the door to backroom quid pro quo to water down important legislation.

  • That Stone would slander the democratic, pro-Western, EuroMaidan revolution as a CIA coup is no surprise.

  • When the problem is already political, when the intolerable situation is the status quo?

  • Defenders of the status quo claim the old rules protect consumers.

  • But failing that, he advised pro-immigration reform Republican candidates such as former Gov. Jeb Bush to just skip the state.

  • How did you make the transition from pro surfer to modeling?

  • Postrem quid nobis effectum hactenus, seu potis quid attentatum sit ad diuinam gloriam.

  • In addition, the currency notes of the Government served in the place pro tanto of the Bank of England notes.

  • “Lecompton” constitution of Kansas was a pro-slavery document which Buchanan favoured.

  • Nos duo Societate tuguriolum habemus ligneum, in quo vix posit mens commouere nos possumus.

  • Nam Sacerdos ille, qui huc ante nos aduenerat, nostro statim adutu in Galliam sua ipse sponte & pro veteri desiderio remigrauit.

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