baksheesh
常见例句
- The porter expects baksheesh from you.
那腳夫期待你付小費。 - THE practice of slipping baksheesh into a well-placed palm is not a novel one.
將小費塞入伸好的掌中這一慣例竝非新生事物了。 - Baksheesh, originally a Persian word now found in many countries of the Middle East, can mean “tip”, “alms” and “bribe”.
“baksheesh[font=宋躰]”源自波斯語單詞,如今在中東地區許多國家都使用,意指“小費”、“施捨”或“行賄”。 - Having dodged that bullet myself I can tell you exactly how the baksheesh machine works.
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