封口費英語怎麽說？

A quick answer:‍‍

hush-money

出處是最近Trump 的案子的報道‍

WSJ 的一個(ge) 標題

NYT 的相關(guan) 報道

Donald J. Trump, who has weathered two impeachment trials, a special counsel inquiry and decades of investigations, was accused by Manhattan prosecutors on Tuesday of orchestrating a hush-money scheme to pave his path to the presidency and then covering it up from the White House.

關(guan) 於(yu) 案子，可能會(hui) 有個(ge) 困惑，就是付封口費，或者付任何的費用，怎麽(me) 就違法了呢？‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍

下麵是關(guan) 於(yu) 這筆費用出問題的地方：‍‍‍

The charges against Mr. Trump trace to a $130,000 hush-money payment that his fixer, Michael D. Cohen, made to the porn star, Stormy Daniels, in the final days of the 2016 campaign. The payment, which Mr. Cohen said he made at Mr. Trump’s direction, suppressed her story of a sexual liaison with Mr. Trump.

While serving as the commander in chief, Mr. Trump reimbursed Mr. Cohen, and that’s where the fraud kicked in, prosecutors say. In internal records, Mr. Trump’s company falsely classified the repayment to Mr. Cohen as legal expenses, citing a retainer agreement. Yet there were no such expenses, the prosecutors say, and the retainer agreement was fictional as well. （這個(ge) 封口費在公司走賬的時候，虛構成了另外一個(ge) 用途）

Those bogus records underpin the 34 counts of falsifying business records: 11 counts involve the checks, 11 the monthly invoices Mr. Cohen submitted to the company, and 12 the entries in Mr. Trump’s general ledger. And to link Mr. Trump to those false records, prosecutors cited an Oval Office meeting between Mr. Trump and Mr. Cohen during which they “confirmed this repayment arrangement.”

這個(ge) 案子可能的結局：‍‍‍

從(cong) 目前的媒體(ti) 解讀來看，對於(yu) Trump 政治生命的影響相對更大些，就目前起訴的內(nei) 容來看，入獄的概率還是比較低的。‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍

It remains unclear whether he would face prison time. At most, falsifying business records amounts to a low-level felony that carries a maximum of four year in prison for each count, though a judge could sentence Mr. Trump to probation.  

NYT 報道裏另外很值得學習(xi) 的幾個(ge) 表達‍‍‍‍

• 經曆了很多不容易 = weather

• 鋪平道路 = pave the path to .... 

e.g. Donald J. Trump, who has weathered two impeachment trials ...  was accused by Manhattan prosecutors on Tuesday of orchestrating a hush-money scheme to pave his path to the presidency and then covering it up from the White House.

• 就像是一場夢 = a surreal scene ‍

e.g. Overall he said fewer than a dozen words, but at one point leaned forward and entered his plea of “not guilty” in the packed but pin-drop-quiet courtroom, a surreal scene for a man who months ago mounted a third run for the White House.

• 鬧劇時代 = a circuslike era

• 以... 為(wei) 特點 = marked by‍

e.g. But Mr. Trump’s election in 2016 also accelerated a circuslike era in American politics, marked by fiery social media posts and an at-best casual relationship with a truth. [這個(ge) 表達也很有意思”] 

• 婚外生子 = ‍‍‍‍‍ a child out of wedlock

e.g..... who claimed to know that Mr. Trump had fathered a child out of wedlock.

• 一會(hui) 兒(er) ... 一會(hui) 兒(er) = alternately ... ‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍

• 利用 = leverage

e.g. For weeks, Mr. Trump has alternately fretted and blustered about the prospect of an arrest, while his aides have leveraged the indictment to ramp up fund-raising and push primary rivals into an awkward position somewhere between criticizing prosecutors and backing Mr. Trump.

• 用 sway 表示影響力‍‍‍

e.g. The case will also test Mr. Trump’s sway over his party ...

• 擠滿了 = crammed with

e.g. As helicopters circled overhead, the streets were crammed with the press corps and hundreds of demonstrators, with the former president’s supporters and critics assembling at a nearby park, where they screamed at each other from across metal police barricades placed to keep the peace. [這幾個(ge) 內(nei) 容都發生在同一個(ge) 句點裏，可以模仿下作者是怎麽(me) 合理的拉長這個(ge) 內(nei) 容的：主要是後置的介詞，後置的v-ing/v-ed 和 從(cong) 句]

• 突然引起大家關(guan) 注 = burst into public view 

e.g. The hush-money episode burst into public view a year into Mr. Trump’s presidency when The Wall Street Journal reported on the deal between Mr. Cohen and Ms. Daniels.

以上表達和句式，如果覺得可以用到，可以刻意的模仿下。‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍