baksheesh

音标发音

• 英式音标 [bækˈʃiːʃ]
• 美式音标 [bækˈʃiːʃ]
• 英式发音
• 美式发音

基本解释

• n.津贴；小费

同根派生

英汉例句

双语例句

• The porter expects baksheesh from you.
  那脚夫期待你付小费。
• THE practice of slipping baksheesh into a well-placed palm is not a novel one.
  将小费塞入伸好的掌中这一惯例并非新生事物了。
• Baksheesh, originally a Persian word now found in many countries of the Middle East, can mean “tip”, “alms” and “bribe”.
  “baksheesh[font=宋体]”源自波斯语单词，如今在中东地区许多国家都使用，意指“小费”、“施舍”或“行贿”。

权威例句

• Having dodged that bullet myself I can tell you exactly how the baksheesh machine works.
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• About 130 officials were fired for taking baksheesh, and the volume of tariff revenue that actually reached state coffers jumped by almost 50% in two years.
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英英字典

剑桥英英字典

• (especially in some Asian countries) a small amount of money or a present that is given to someone as a bribe, to persuade them to do something, sometimes something dishonest

柯林斯英英字典

• money given as a tip, a present, or alms
• to give such money to (a person)