Then you'd have to grease palm through bad economic times.

经济萧条时期你需要用贿赂来维持地位。

Today we talk about something that sounds dirty because it is – to grease someone's palm.

今天我们谈论听起来很肮脏的事，因为它确实很肮脏——收买某人。

Now, sometimes when we grease someone's palm, it is not as serious as bribery.

有时候，当我们收买某人时，事情并不像行贿那么严重。

When we grease someone's palm, we give them money, or something else valuable, to get what we want.

当我们收买某人时，我们会给他们钱或其他有价值的东西以得到我们想要的东西。

I once had a friend who would often grease her little brother's palm when her boyfriend visited.

我曾经有一个朋友，每当她的男朋友来找她时，她总会收买她的小弟弟。

As with much of the economy, this system depends upon greased palms.

与经济的大部分一样， 这个系统依赖于油腻的手掌。

Joseph was able to grease a few palms, thus helping his brother to escape.

【grease】约瑟夫买通了几个人，帮助他兄弟逃了出来。

For example, if someone greases a government official's palm, the person secretly gives money to the official in order to get something they want.

例如，如果某人收买政府官员，那这个人就会为了得到自己想要的东西偷偷地给官员钱。

If you have ever secretly put money into someone's hand or palm for the purpose of getting a favor from them … you have greased their palm.

如果你曾经为了得到别人的关照而偷偷地把钱放在别人的手里或手掌里，那你就已经收买了他们。

Everybody knew that if you wanted to get what you wanted from this department, you had to grease Stan's palms. There isn't a more corrupt official than Stan.

每个人都知道， 如果你想从这个部门得到你想要的东西，你就得给斯坦加油。 没有比斯坦更腐败的官员了。

However, I admit that we had to grease someone's palm -- we had to pay money to the employee who led us to our table. The money was for a special request.

但是，我承认我们不得不讨好别人——我们不得不付钱给领我们到餐桌的员工。这笔钱是为了一个特殊的要求。

So, if you give a government official money in order to get a contract or permission to do something, that would be greasing that person's palms, whoever you gave the money to.

所以，如果你给政府官员钱是为了获得合同或做某事的许可，那么无论你把钱给了谁，那都是在给那个人的手掌上抹油。