i was told the manager has been paying her hush money every month just to keep her silent.
我听说,经理为了不让那清洁工说出去而每个月给她一笔钱,目的就是在于让她别做声。
taking hush money from a gangster to keep your mouth shut about something you saw him do is dangerous.
这句话翻到中文的意思就是:一个歹徒为了不让你揭露你看到他做的事而给你一笔钱。接受这笔钱是很危险的。
taking hush money from the underworld gang, the witness kept his mouth shut about what he saw.
从黑社会那里拿到了封口费以后,证人就对所看到的一切都闭口不谈。
the person in charge of publicity from zijin mining insisted that he didn't offer hush money and called the rumor 「an insult to my character」.
紫金矿业宣传部负责人坚称绝对没有给记者「封口费」,并认为外界这么传「是对我人格的侮辱」。
the man admitted in court that he had been given hush money to say nothing about the stolen diamonds.
那家伙在法庭上承认他接受了不声张有关鉆石被窃真相的缄口贿。
china has started to probe dozens of self-claimed 「journalists」 who asked for hush money from a colliery.
国家已经开始调查数十名真假记者在山西排队领取矿难「封口费」的丑闻。
china has started to probe dozens of self-claimed 「journalists」 who asked for hush money from a colliery in shanxi province.
国家已开始调查数十名真假记者在山西排队领取矿难「封口费」的丑闻。
taking hush money from a gangster is dangerous.
拿来自一个黑社会人士的封口费是很危险的。