| 单词 | hush money |
| 释义 | hush money noun[U] informaluk/ˈhʌʃ ˌmʌn.i/us/ˈhʌʃ ˌmʌn.i/moneythat is given to someone to make themkeepsomethingsecret: 封口钱Sheclaimedthat thepoliticianhadofferedherhushmoneytokeeptheirchildasecret.她声称那名政治人物给了她封嘴钱，不让她把他们有孩子的事说出去。 Payment methods
hush money| Business Englishhush money noun[U] informalukusmoneythat is given to someone so that they will not givesecretinformationto otherpeople: Hissecretaryclaimsheofferedherhushmoneytokeepquietabout theaffair. Examplesofhush moneyhush money The first con artist offers a sizable sum ofhushmoney, and the victim pitches in. From Wikipedia  This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Sam runs into a wall of silence obviously built byhushmoneyand islanders fearful of reprisals from the rich and powerful family. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Sometimes it is seen ashushmoneyor a sweetener; sometimes it is spent simply to get rid of a nasty problem quickly. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The only question is whetherhushmoneywill be paid to the victims and, if so, how much. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Nobody has ever insulted me withhushmoneyof that kind. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It is because there is a need to pay "hushmoney", blackmail and contributions both by the company and by the individuals. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Use was also made of the media, andhushmoneywere regularly paid to journalists. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He was reportedly deep in debt and being blackmailed forhushmoneyby members of the yakuza. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Puppeteers were willing to pay large sums ofhushmoneyin order to suppress even trivial details about their homeworld. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The blackmailer is demanding $50,000 inhushmoney. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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