baksheesh

常見例句

雙語例句

• 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并非新生事物了。
• Baksheesh, originally a Persian word now found in many countries of the Middle East, can mean “tip”, “alms” and “bribe”.
  “baksheesh[font=宋體]”源自波斯語單詞，如今在中東地區(qū)許多國家都使用，意指“小費”、“施舍”或“行賄”。

權(quán)威例句

• Having dodged that bullet myself I can tell you exactly how the baksheesh machine works.
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• 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.
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• For their part, Arab leaders have traditionally sought to buy peace at home by paying baksheesh to enable terrorist organizations to wage war against someone else — especially against the Israelis.
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