Commanding a $1-million sum for her appearance in the film, Taylor became the highest paid actress of her generation.

她在这部影片中的片酬高达 1 百万美元，一跃成为了她那个年代片酬最高的女演员。

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Create a contract in which you're paid a certain sum if your income falls below a set level.

那就签订一项合约，规定如果你的收入低于预设水平，就能够得到一笔规定数额的补偿金。

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Fifi was paid an undisclosed sum to sing and dance like a fey little puppet in front of Mutassim Gaddafi at the 2005 Venice film festival.

菲菲得到了一笔不知数额的钱，在2005年的威尼斯电影节上在穆塔西姆·卡扎菲的面前像个发疯的提线小木偶一般又唱又跳。

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The landlord laid off its risk by signing a contract with an electric billing service in which the landlord paid a fixed sum in advance to cover its bills for the winter.

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The landlord laid off its risk by signing a contract with an electric billing service in which the landlord paid a fixed sum in advance to cover its electric bills for the winter.

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He was charged with 31 counts of hacking in Australia but in the end paid only a small sum in damages, according to the New Yorker.

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