quid pro quo

noun

1. 报偿；回报
   a thing given in return for sth else

1. N-COUNT 回报;交换物；报酬
   A quid pro quo is a gift or advantage that is given to someone in return for something that they have done.
   1. The statement is emphatic in stating that there must be a quid pro quo...
      这项声明强调必须要有所补偿。
   2. They share a great deal of information on a quid pro quo basis.
      他们互通有无，共享大量信息。

1. The statement is emphatic in stating that there must be a quid pro quo
   这项声明强调必须要有所补偿。
2. They share a great deal of information on a quid pro quo basis.
   他们互通有无，共享大量信息。
3. I have this quid pro quo with my flatmate where I do his washing for him and he lets me use his computer for an hour a day.
   我与我舍友做了一个交换协议：我帮他洗衣服，他把他的电脑让我用一小时。
4. Let's make it a quid pro quo in which you contribute to our party's election fund and we give you a big government contract if we win the election.
   我们来做个交易吧：你在政党大选的时候投我们一票，如果我们当选了，我们就把政府的大订单给你们做。
5. Some suggest the ICBC decision may be tied to further opening to foreigners by the Chinese, but if so this quid pro quo will not be part of the formal regulatory framework, but part of a quiet political bargain.
   一些人士估计工商银行进入美国的选择或许意味着中国人对外国人的进一步开放，但如果真是这样的话，这点补偿费显然不是正式调整框架的一部分，顶多算是政治上的讨价还价。
6. Are you implying there was a quid pro quo here?
   你是说他俩在做交易？
7. This arrangement was a quid pro quo for credits given by G10 under the Basel Agreement.
   这项安排是个学分G10巴塞尔协议下的报偿。
8. Most importantly, including Japan in the TPP would open up opportunities for a range of less developed economies while reassuring advanced economies on standards. This kind of quid pro quo offers some of the largest direct gains from trade.
   最为重要的是，让日本加入TPP将给众多欠发达经济体带来机遇，同时让发达经济体对标准放心。这种交换会让各国从贸易中获得最大的直接好处。
9. If Germany cannot deliver its side of this quid pro quo, it is not clear to me why anybody would accept a loss of sovereignty – which is effectively what policy co-ordination would imply.
   如果德国无法兑现自己的交换条件，我不明白为何还会有人接受主权的丧失，而主权丧失正是政策协调的题中之义。
10. His promotion may be regarded as the quid pro quo for his support.
    他的晋升可以视作是对他所给予的支持的报偿。
11. The quid pro quo, though, might be the departure of Mr Albanese less than two years into his tenure. Fair enough; the blameless Mr Leng should not be the only one seeking new opportunities.
    不过，交换条件也许是艾尔巴尼斯在上任不到两年之际离职。这也没什么不公平：无可指责的吉姆·棱不应是唯一需要寻找新机遇的人。
12. If successful, the government might elect to try another slice of the market* As long as the rule is unwritten and no one fights back, this sort of unilateral quid pro quo will continue.
    如果上述的一步成功实现，那么政府将进入下一步：因为可以有“不成文规定”，没有人会去反抗，这类合资外方的单方面让步妥协将会被继续下去。
13. The management have agreed to begin pay talks as a quid pro quo for suspension of strike action.
    管理层已经同意进行工资谈判，作为暂停罢工的交换。
14. If the search market were competitive, then normal commercial negotiations would establish some sort of quid pro quo for the exchange.
    如果搜索市场是一个竞争性市场，那么，常规的商业谈判将会确立某种形式的交换补偿。
15. It would be folly to grant that increase without insisting on some quid pro quo.
    不坚持要些报酬就同意那项增长是愚蠢的。
16. He may regard informal influence over US foreign policy as his quid pro quo.
    他可能考虑把对美国外交政策的非正式影响力作为补偿。
17. Such a quid pro quo was the basis for allowing foreign broadcasters their current toehold in the southern province of Guangdong, but the lack of any obvious desire for more Chinese TV among US viewers makes it commercially dubious.
    这种交换是目前允许外国广播电视公司在广东省立足的基础，但美国观众对收看更多中国电视节目的意愿并不明显，这使得上述交换在商业上是否可行还不确定。
18. The idea of a quid pro quo for supporting her government never entered his head, of course: I did not expect any help from her, nor did I ask for any.
    当然，支持撒切尔政府时，他的头脑中没有过获得回报的念头：我没有期待从她那里得到任何帮助，也没有向她寻求过帮助。
19. The quid pro quo for fiscal and financial reform in deficit countries must be deregulation of product, service and labour markets to boost incomes in surplus countries.
    作为财政与金融改革的交换条件，赤字国家必须放松对产品、服务和劳动力市场的监管，以增加盈余国家的收入。
20. The quid pro quo had been an overgenerous and under-policed expenses system.
    作为补偿，就有了一套极其慷慨、且疏于监管的报销体系。
21. In the panic, you would come under intense pressure ( Barack Obama would be on the line immediately) to concede debt mutualisation without getting the quid pro quo of fiscal control at a European level that you have been demanding.
    值此慌乱之际，您将面临巨大压力（巴拉克奥巴马可能马上就致电过来了）要您就债务共同化做出妥协，而无法实现您一直要求的欧洲层面上的财政监管。
22. Developing countries object to being leaned on and the US and other rich countries lack the political capacity to offer the quid pro quo.
    发展中国家反对被胁迫，而美国和其他富国缺少给予等价代偿的政治能力。
23. All parties have agreed to resolve the nuclear issue and concerns of all parties through the approaches of "coordinated steps" and "quid pro quo in words and acts".
    各方同意采取“协调一致的步骤”，以“口头对口头、行动对行动”的方式解决核问题和各方关切。
24. The most efficient way to encourage the inventors to disclose his invention is to establish a system under which the inventors can achieve the economic benefits as the quid pro quo for the invention publicity.
    鼓励发明人公开其发明的最有效的办法就是通过一种制度给予发明人一定的经济利益作为交换的条件。
25. In his novels, Scott characterized Scotsmen as noble men so as to renew Scots cultural identity as a quid pro quo for which Scotland had lost politically and economically.
    司各特以满腔的热情描写了苏格兰人的高贵品质，试图在道德上和文化上找回苏格兰在政治上和经济上失去的身份，重新树立起苏格兰的民族形象。

noun

1. something for something

   Synonym:    quid