quid pro quo是一个短语,意思是补偿物、相等物、交换条件、让步条件,我们先来看到quid pro quo这几个单词的读音,这几个单词的读音是怎样的呢?这几个单词都是一个音节,第一个单词的发音为【kwid】,第二个单词的发音为【prəu】,第三个单词的发音为【kwəu】,合在一起的话这个单词的发音就是【'kwidprəu'kwəu】,我们再看一下用法,quid pro quo作为补偿物、相等物,交换条件、让步条件的意思来使用,相当于compensator 或terms of exchange;
例如在下面这两个句子里,After all, you care about the individual,if you expected a quid pro quo,you didn't have much of a friendship to begin with,毕竟,你关心那个人,如果你期望报偿,你的友谊就开始不那么纯粹了,If the search market were competitive,then normal commercial negotiations would establish,some sort of quid pro quo for the exchange,如果搜索市场是一个竞争性市场,那么,常规的商业谈判将会确立某种形式的交换补偿,在这两个句子中,quid pro quo指的是相等物、交换条件,quid pro quo这个单词你学会了吗?