Quid pro quo
报酬, 交换物, 替代物
📖 牛津释义
quid pro quo
n
(pl quid pro quos) thing given in return for sth else 补偿物; 交换物
Please accept the use of our cottage as a quid pro quo for lending us your car. 请尽管使用我们的村舍, 以酬谢借给我们汽车之事.
🧩 词语组成解析
quid
[[kwid]]
n. 一镑金币, 一镑, 咀嚼物
pro
[prəu]
n. 赞成者;赞成的意见;赞成票，投赞成票者;
adv. 赞成地;肯定地;
vt. [古]说
🗣️ 情景例句
Are these the terms that we agreed on?
这些是我们同意的条件吗？
Salt water and absence wash away love.
远离久别爱情淡。久别情淡？
If there had not been a hard layer of rock beneath the soil, they would have completed the job in a few hours.
如果不是因为土壤下面有一层坚硬的岩石，他们的营救工作仅用几个小时就可以完成了。