英语口语练习小对话 第161期:贿赂行贿

英语口语练习小对话 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：,grease 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 offender 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。