It was a mark of his unfamiliarity with Hollywood that he didn't understand that an agent was paid out of his client's share.
他不知道经纪人的报酬由客户支付,这就是他对好莱坞并不熟悉的表现。
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It says that as profits have exploded the share of them paid in taxes has tumbled.
它表示当利润被分解之后税收支付的份额也下降了。
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The stamp duties paid on British share purchases in Keynes’s time survive to this day, though they are easily sidestepped by investors using derivatives.