launder
英 [ˈlɔːn.dər]
美 [ˈlɑːn.dɚ]
- vt. 洗涤;清洗;洗黑钱(把来路可疑的钱弄得貌似合法)
- vi. 洗涤;洗熨;耐洗
- n. 流水槽
launder 洗熨衣物,洗钱来自拉丁语lavandaria,洗衣工,词源同lava,lavatory.引申词义洗钱。
- launder (v.)
- 1660s, "to wash linen," from noun launder "one who washes" (especially linen), mid-15c., a contraction of lavender, from Old French lavandier "washer, launderer," from Medieval Latin lavandaria "a washer," ultimately from Latin lavare "to wash" (see lave). Criminal banking sense first recorded 1961, from notion of making dirty money seem clean; brought to widespread use during U.S. Watergate scandal, 1973. Related: Laundered; laundering.
- 1. The House voted today to crack down on banks that launder drug money.
- 众议院今天表决打击为毒资洗钱的银行。
- 2. How many guests who expect clean towels every day in an hotel launder their own every day at home?
- 希望在酒店里天天有干净毛巾用的客人,有多少会在家里每天洗烫自己的毛巾呢?
- 3. The gang launder the steal money through their chain of restaurants.
- 这帮匪徒通过他们的连锁饭店洗赃款.
- 4. Properly launder and fold clothes for your family for one week.
- 妥善地为自己的家庭洗熨衣服一星期.
- 5. I'm afraid we cannot launder embroidered items, ma'am.
- 夫人, 恐怕我们不能洗绣花衣物.