1.一英镑one pound in money
Can you lend me five quid?你借给我五英镑行吗?
And a piece of steak was such a little thing, a few pennies at best; yet it meant thirty quid to him.
区区一块牛排,最多不过值几个便士,然而对他来说,却等于三十金镑。
Then he lay quiet for a little, and then, pulling out a stick of tobacco, begged me to cut him a quid.
接着,他躺下来,取出一条烟叶,要我切下一小块。
But it's unlikely the U. S. or other major nations would back such a quid pro quo.
但美国及其他主要成员国不太可能支持这样的交换条件。
The quid pro quo, though, might be the departure of Mr Albanese less than two years into his tenure.
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。
It would be worth the risk just to tell the senior editor that he had missed out on a couple of hundred quid.
风险是风险,不过还是值得的。要是赢了,我就可告诉我的高级编辑,说他白白丢了几百英镑。
I'm going to sell it online and if I can make a few quid out of it then all the better.
我打算在网上卖了它,如果我能从中捞点钱,那就好多了。
he took out of his mouth the pulpy quid and , lodging it between his teeth , bit ferociously.
他从嘴里掏出那块嚼软了的板烟,把它塞到牙缝里,狠狠地咬了一口。
It was just random things to start with, like batteries, that I could sell on for a couple of quid.
刚开始我就偷些随随便便的东西,比如电池。我可以拿偷来的这些东西去卖点钱。
Responsibility is a verbal counterfeit for a substantial quid pro quo. It is an attempt to get something for nothing.
是实体代用品的言语伪装,试图不付出而取得一些回报。
I remember thinking, if only I could get a thousand pounds (quid) 4 ---just that, just a thousand.
记得当时我在想,要是能弄到一千英镑就好了,不用多,就一千英镑。
It's such a rip-off. With flowers, dinner and cabs, you're looking at a hundred quid minimum. Wouldn't she just prefer the cash instead?
如此敲竹杠。花呀,晚餐呀,的士呀。你至少得预备花一百英镑。她何不乾脆向你要现金算了?
Ask for a quid pro quo: "I can help you with this, but I'm going to need your help with this other task. "
要求一个补偿物:“我能帮你这些,但我需要你帮我完成其他的任务。”
Any such transfer could attract the attention of the authorities if it involved a quid pro quo or economic advantage.
如果牵涉到补偿物或经济利益,任何此类转让都会引起监管当局的注意。
She earns at least 200 quid a week.
她每星期至少挣二百镑。
It definitely wasn't for enjoying the lukewarm caffeinated mud they dish up out of the decrepit old vending machine for half a quid.
这绝对不是我欣赏他们冷淡含咖啡因的泥盘出了破旧的老自动售货机注册半镑。
She worries about accepting hospitality she can't return but I tell her people don't conduct their friendship on a quid pro quo basis.
她为受到无法回报的款待发愁,但我告诉她,人们不是为了得到报答才表现出他们的友谊的。
The temporary monopoly on the subject matter of the patent is regarded as a quid pro quo for thus disclosing the information to the public.
在专利权的服从物质上的暂时的垅断为如此揭露对民众的数据被视为一磅金币职业者。
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。
Fifteen quid is all she asks for.
她仅仅开价十五英镑。
Will the latter, as a quid pro quo, accept outsiders second-guessing their budgets submitted to democratically elected parliaments?
而作为交换条件,后者是否将允许他国对其递交议会的预算案指手画脚?
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