hush money

英音[ ˈhʌʃ mʌni ] 美音[ ˈhʌʃ mʌni ]
保密费:为了让某人保守秘密而支付的钱款
常用释义
保密费:为了让某人保守秘密而支付的钱款,也可以指一个人为了掩盖某事而支付给他人的钱款。

例句

1·Why not pay him some hush money?

你何不付他一些封口钱呢?

2·He got a large sum of hush money.

他拿了一大笔封口费。

3·They are bribing the reporters with hush money.

他们用封口费贿赂记者。

4·Taking hush money from a gangster is dangerous.

拿来自一个黑社会人士的封口费是很危险的。

5·The thieves paid Fred hush money to keep their whereabouts secret.

那些窃贼们给费雷德一笔贿赂钱,让他对他们的行踪保密。

6·Taking hush money from the underworld gang, the witness kept his mouth shut about what he saw.

从黑社会那里拿到了封口费以后,证人就对所看到的一切都闭口不谈。

7·Taking hush money from a gangster to keep your mouth shut about something you saw him do is dangerous.

这句话翻到中文的意思就是:一个歹徒为了不让你揭露你看到他做的事而给你一笔钱。接受这笔钱是很危险的。

8·China has started to probe dozens of self-claimed "journalists" who asked for hush money from a colliery in ShanXi Province.

国家已开始调查数十名真假记者在山西排队领取矿难“封口费”的丑闻。

9·That was apparently out of an innocent intention, for the court could not find that his purpose was to force the company to pay him hush money.

这一举动很明显是用意不轨,因为法庭也找不到他迫使那家公司向他支付金钱的意图。