| 词汇 | sweetheart-deal |
| 释义 | sweetheart deal noun[ C ] uk /ˈswiːt.hɑːt ˌdiːl/ us /ˈswiːt.hɑːrt ˌdiːl/ an agreement that you make in which you get something that is to your advantage, especially by agreeing to give up something else（尤指为达成某种利益而放弃其他利益的）私下协议 Business - general words addressable addressable market Age of Exploration amortizable anti-commercial contestable contract in/out contract something out contractual contractually importation in business initial public offering IPO lean time-and-motion study trade secret transact triple play uberization sweetheart deal | Business Englishsweetheart deal noun[ C ] COMMERCE disapprovingukus an agreement between two organizations that offers advantages to both but is unfair to competitors: The oil magnate accused the state-owned oil company of overpaying for a smaller company in a sweetheart deal. Examples of sweetheart dealsweetheart deal We are not trying to produce an elaborate means of hoodwinking the commission, drawing the wool over its eyes or doing a sweetheartdeal. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In the next three years, one third of the entire electricity market will be sewn up in these sweetheart deals. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The schemes are little more than sweetheart deals to get the private sector into the water industry with minimum risk and maximum profit. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We shall produce an education system with an inherent temptation to corruption and the propensity to conclude sweetheart deals with inspectors. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We hear of the sweetheart deals. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It was far more concerned with making sweetheart deals and collecting union dues. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Raynor's critics also said the union president often agreed to sweetheart deals that hurt workers but which added new members and avoided protracted organizing battles. 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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