英語(yǔ)口語(yǔ)練習(xí)小對(duì)話 第161期:賄賂行賄

迷你對(duì)話：
A:It is time to butter him up.
我該去奉承奉承他了。
B:What do you have to do togrease the palm ofhim?
你得做些什么才能賄賂他呢?
A:I don’t know. Let me see.
我不知道，讓我想想。
B:You can go and ask your father.
你可以去問(wèn)問(wèn)你的父親。
地道表達(dá)：
grease the palm of
解詞釋義：
grease作為動(dòng)詞，本義是指“用油脂涂”或“油脂弄臟”，在俚語(yǔ)中比喻為“給......賄賂或小費(fèi)”，行賄的思想是骯臟的，這比喻是非常貼切的，那么習(xí)語(yǔ)grease the palm of比喻為“向......行賄，買通”。
拓展講解：
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.
罪犯企圖賄賂法官。
We had togrease the palm ofthe waiter to get a table in the crowded restaurant.
我們得給招待員特別小費(fèi)以便在客滿的餐廳得到座位。
The driver was trying togrease the hand ofthe cop, but he was refused.
那個(gè)司機(jī)企圖收買警察,卻被警察拒絕了。
詞海拾貝：
butter sb up：奉承某人，拍某人的馬屁
Eg. It's a good idea tobutter a person upbefore asking them to do you a favor.
在要求別人幫你忙之前，最好先對(duì)他們說(shuō)些好聽(tīng)的話。
Eg. He began tobutter upthe directorin hope of being given a better job.
他開(kāi)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.
如果你能對(duì)老板說(shuō)點(diǎn)好聽(tīng)的話，他將不會(huì)為難你。
Eg. If webutter our mother upa bit, she may let us go to cinema this afternoon.
如果我們對(duì)媽媽說(shuō)點(diǎn)好話，她也許會(huì)讓我們今天下午去看電影的。