英语词汇“buy-off”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

buy-off n. an act of buying someone off; a payment made (often dishonestly or controversially) as an incentive to relinquish a claim or proceed with a course of action; cf. to buy off at Phrasal verbs 1.

1942 Dunkirk (N.Y.) Evening Observer 18 June 16/3 Pirate Henry Morgan..becomes governor of Jamaica as the result of a personal reformation rather than as a buy-off by the British.

1979 Globe & Mail (Toronto) (Nexis) 10 Apr. [The] Mayor..described the deal as a buy-off. He was one of six regional councillors to oppose the agreement when Council approved it at a special meeting yesterday.

2010 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 1 Nov. a27/1 Their legislative maneuverings—the buy-offs and back-room deals, the inevitable coziness with lobbyists—exposed the weakness of modern liberal governance.

单词	buy-off
释义	> as lemmas buy-off buy-off n. an act of buying someone off; a payment made (often dishonestly or controversially) as an incentive to relinquish a claim or proceed with a course of action; cf. to buy off at Phrasal verbs 1. Π 1942 Dunkirk (N.Y.) Evening Observer 18 June 16/3 Pirate Henry Morgan..becomes governor of Jamaica as the result of a personal reformation rather than as a buy-off by the British. 1979 Globe & Mail (Toronto) (Nexis) 10 Apr. [The] Mayor..described the deal as a buy-off. He was one of six regional councillors to oppose the agreement when Council approved it at a special meeting yesterday. 2010 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 1 Nov. a27/1 Their legislative maneuverings—the buy-offs and back-room deals, the inevitable coziness with lobbyists—exposed the weakness of modern liberal governance. extracted from buyv. < as lemmas
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