Off the books payments
[经] 不登帐的支付款
🧩 词语组成解析
off
[ɔ:f, ɔf]
prep. 从…落下;离开;从…去掉;下班;
adv. 离开;距，离;被取消;下班;
adj. 不新鲜的;不能接受;不礼貌;
n. 起跑;
v. 杀死;
the
[ðə]
art. 指已提到的人（物）;指说话人与听者已知的人（物）;用于独一无二的事物前;与形容词最高级和序数词连用;
n. 书评；书籍（book的复数）
n. 惩罚；薪资；支付；付款（payment的复数形式）
🗣️ 情景例句
Don't waste your breath trying to persuade them, they'll never listen.
别白费口舌规劝他们，他们不会听你的话。
I'll pick up ticket at the airport counter.
我会在机场柜台拿机票。
they would devour all our crops and kill our flocks and herds, if it were not for the protection we get from insect-eating animals.
昆虫会吞食我们的全部庄稼，杀死我们的成群的牛羊。