7.Now,the question is:do you pay up or stand by your principle?现在的问题是:你是按数付钱,还是坚持你的原则?
1)pay up:hand money to sb.向某人交钱,一般指“支付一切欠款”,此处指“向索贿者交付他想要的数目”。
Unless you pay up,they'll cut off your gas supply.
你要再不支付拖欠的煤气费,他们就要停止你的煤气供应。
2)stand by sth.:be faithful to a promise,decision,principle,etc.遵守诺言,信守决定,坚持原则等。
又如:Once a decision is made,you've got to stand by it.
一旦作出了决定,就要信守决定。
I'll stand by every word I've said no matter what happens.
无论发生什么事,我都会遵守诺言。
8.Some time ago the British car manufacturer,the British car manufacturer,British Leyland,was accused of operating a“slush fund”,and of other questionable practices such as paying agents and purchasers with padded commission,offering additional discounts and making payments to numbered bank accounts in Switzerland.—(The British car manufacturer was said to have used a“slush fund”and other dishonest ways of doing business.These include paying their business partners(agents or buyers)commissions of more than depositing money into numbered,i.e.secret accounts in Swiss banks.) 被指控设有一笔用来支付非法事项的款子以及搞其他不正当做法,如向代理商和买方支付高额回扣、提供附加折扣以及向瑞士银行某些具体账号存款等。
1)Be accused of (doing)sth.被指控
The manager was accused of taking bribes.
经理被指控犯有受贿罪。
2)slush fund:a fund used to make illegal or questionable payments/a sum of money kept for illegal purposes,esp.in politics.Slush is literally melting,often dirty snow
一笔支付非法或不正当事物的款子。
原意是正在融化的雪,往往很脏。
3)questionable practices:dishonest ways of doing things不正当做法
4)agent:a person whose job is to act for,or manage the affairs of other people in business代理商
5)commission:an amount of money that is paid to sb.for selling goods and which increases with the amount of goods回扣,佣金
padded commissions:commissions that are higher than the normal amount/rate比率超常的回扣。正常的回扣是合法的,如5%,如果回扣过高如20%就不正常,padded的愿意是“填满了……的”。
6)discount:a reduction in the cost of goods that you offer agents or buyers折扣
7)numbered bank account:a bank account that is given a special number and not the name of the depositor
具体账号存款,以上所列实质都是行贿,或是变相行贿。瑞士的银行是世界范围内犯罪分子洗钱首选之地,因此瑞士银行因接纳不义之财而受到批评。
9.The company rejected these allegations and they were later withdrawn.这家公司驳回这些指控,后来这些指控被撤消。
1)Reject 拒绝,抵制;驳回,否决
The board of Directors rejected my request of quitting.
董事会拒绝了我的辞职请求。 The court rejected her appeal.法院驳回了她的上诉。
2)withdrawn 撤消,撤回,退出;取回,提