近日有报道称中石油集团以远低于市值的价格为员工在北京购买了1000多所公寓,激起了民众的强烈抗议。
请看《中国日报》的报道:
"As a big state-owned company, CNPC might have abackroom deal with the property developer to get such a big discount," said Chang Xue, a university administrator who is planning to buy an apartment in the community.
在上面的报道中,backroom deal就是"密室交易",也就是暗中进行的交易。Backroom的意思是"秘密的,在幕后进行的",例如:backroom politics(幕后政治活动).
除了密室交易外,我们还可以经常见到许多不同的"交易",如:"黑市交易"black market transaction,"现金交易"cash transaction,"实物交易"barter,"内线交易"insider trading,以及"转手交易"swing transaction等。