payola

单词payola

基本解释

n.: 买通
网络: 贿赂；暗中行贿；付费给广播电台播特定歌曲

权威解释

• 买通，贿赂（尤指为非法影响销售）:

  the practice of giving or taking payments for doing sth illegal, especially for illegally influencing the sales of a particular product

英汉解释

• 〔美俚〕暗中给的贿赂,暗中行贿

词性分析

• 复数：payolas

同义词

n.paymentbribebriberyinducementgraft

例句

• Payola is the oil on which the political machine runs.

  贿赂是政治机器运转的润滑油。

• From Ambrose Bierce"s fable, below, we can see that a form of payola existed well before the invention of the radio.

  从比尔斯的寓言，下面，我们可以看到，形式存在的payola前，无线电的发明。

• "I am the program director of my radio station, so where"s my payola? "

  “我是广播电台的节目导演，那我的贿赂在哪？”