In fact, a new study finds that people think of money made from questionable activity as having less value than profits made above board.

事实上，一项新的究发现：人们普遍认为靠非法活动赚取的钱比辛苦劳动换来的价值要小。

It raises issues of law: is his decision to get rid of so many workers within days of completing the acquisition above board?

他刚完成收购就在短短几天内决定解雇这么多员工，这合法吗？

That's right. Yes. Now, the FBI says McCabe cleared everything with ethics folks at the bureaus. Everything was above board.

没错。现在调查局表示，麦凯布没有任何违调查局道德标准的行为。一切都是公开透明的。

I'll ask them to Downton for Monday at four and this time, it'll be all above board.

我会请他们周一下午四点来唐顿，而这次必须正大光明地见面。

Of course, none of that need matter if it's all above board, as you say it is.

当然了 若你所说一切都光明正大 那就没问题了。

Because he knows what they're doing isn't above board.

因为他知道他们做的事情不正当。

I don't know if it's above board quote unquote or not, but it's morally wrong.

我不知道这是否算是所谓的光明正大，但这是道德上错误的。

So all of that is being followed and the research work is completely above board.

因此，所有这些规定都得到了，究工作完全合法合规。

Yeah, well, Kyle's above board is what I'm saying.

是的，我想说的是，凯尔是光明正大的。

It would be hard to argue that all of his kind of operations and conduct with respect to Doge have been clearly above board and maximally transparent and conducted in a way that is deft and sophisticated.

很难辩称，他在与狗狗币相关的所有操作和行为都完全光明正大、极度透明，并以一种巧妙而老练的方式进行。

But we, you know, I did find some that do seem very above board and people that do genuinely look like they're looking for love and have struck out at home.

然而，我确实发现了一些看起来非常正规的案例，其中的人们似乎真心在寻找爱情，但在家乡却屡屡碰壁。

I just want to be above board, because when I turn on my TV later and they're literally pile-driving Jessica Tarloff on the screen, it's like everyone's spending money.

我只是想开诚布公， 因为稍后当我打开电视， 看到杰西卡·塔尔洛夫在屏幕上被猛烈抨击时，感觉就像每个人都在花钱。

I want the government to be doing that sort of above board directly through the annual appropriations process rather than sort of sliding it in through the tax code.

我希望政府能通过年度拨款程序这种公开透明的方式进行，而不是通过税法暗中操作。

Mismanagement and fraud caused several crypto firms once deemed above board, not least FTX, one of the largest crypto exchanges, to collapse, tainting the entire industry.

管理不善和欺诈导致了几家一度被认为合规的加密公司倒闭，其中就包括最大的加密交易所之一FTX，这给整个行业蒙上了阴影。

He would not give me any explanation as to what may have happened to the stock, but he said everything was filed above board.

他没有给我任何关于股票可能发生什么情况的解释，但他说一切都是按规定申报的。

She makes sure all her contacts with governments are above board Mr. Trump's opinions mean while do not necessarily reflect the interests of corporations.

她确保自己与政府的所有接触都是光明正大的。与此同时，特朗普先生的观点并不一定映企业的利益。

Given the fact that you are friends, I do not think it's weird to be like, hey, just keeping everything above board.

既然你们是朋友，我觉得说“嘿，咱们光明正大点”并不奇怪。

And the Mandan were offering their women to the expedition under certain conditions, but they wanted it to be above board.

曼丹人根据特定条件向探险队提供他们的女性，但他们希望一切都能光明正大。

Now, having said that, and forgetting, like, let's just pretend it was all above board, or even assume, whatever.

话虽此，我们不妨假设一切都是光明正大的，或者干脆不去深究， 随它去吧。

No, to set clear ground rules, to keep the negotiation above board.

不 制定基本原则，使谈判公开化。