A French court of appeal has upheld a three-year sentence given to the former President Nicolas Sarkozy for corruption and influence peddling.

法国一家上诉法院维持对前总统尼古拉·萨科齐因腐败和以权谋私被判处的三年徒刑。

They threaten to erode Trump's grip on supporters who don't much care about Russia but may have less patience for influence peddling.

这些爆料还可能削弱特朗普的民众支持率，那些支持者虽然不怎么关心俄罗斯，但对兜售影响力这件事可能就没那么耐心了。

" Influence peddling" doesn't mean, in all cases, you've given the person money, however.

然而，“以权谋私”并不意味着在所有情况下你都给了对方钱。

He gives you the contract because you have been using your influence, you have been influence peddling.

他给你合同是因为你一直在利用你的影响力，你一直在兜售影响力。

I know that he wasn't always on the up-and-up, but he's being accused of influence peddling and taking bribes.

我知道他并不总是正派，但他被指控以权谋私和受贿。

If you're suggesting that we hire you to do influence peddling, I can tell you now that we're not interested.

乔西：如果你建议我们雇用你来进行影响力兜售，我现在可以告诉你我们不感兴趣。

If you give someone money, that's called a " bribe" (bribe) which might be part of your influence peddling, I would suppose.

如果你给某人钱，那被称为“贿赂” （贿赂），我想这可能是你影响力兜售的一部分。

" Influence peddling" is, in a way, selling your influence, or using your influence to have a decision made in a certain way.

“影响力兜售” 在某种程度上是出售你的影响力，或者利用你的影响力以某种方式做出决定。

" Influence peddling" (peddling) is using your personal or professional connections with government officials – usually government officials, it could be other officials – in order to get them to make decisions that favor you.

。 “影响力兜售” （peddling）是利用你与政府官员——通常是政府官员， 也可能是其他官员——的个人或专业关系，以便让他们做出有利于你的决定。

Omission (You don't need to know that. ) , distraction (That's not the real story, this is. ) , opinion masquerading as clairvoyance (Oh, here's what is gonna happen. ) , and influence peddling (You know, a lot of people are saying...).

省略（你不需要知道那个）、分散注意力（那不是真正的故事，这才是）、伪装成清晰的预知（哦，这是接下来会发生的事情），还有施展影响力（你知道，很多人都在说......）。