Belgian authorities have charged four people with trousering 1.5m euros (1.6m dollars) in exchange for influencing laws that could be beneficial to the Gulf country.

比利时当局指控四人受贿150万欧元(合160万美元)，影响可能对这个海湾国家有利的法律。

Larger numbers are a measure of career success: managers climb the corporate ladder by taking on more reports, running heftier budgets and trousering bigger salaries.

更大的数字是衡量职业成功的标准：经理们通过做更多的报告、负责预算更高的项目和赚得更多工资来一步步晋升。