bribes

英 [braɪbz]

美 [braɪbz]

n.  贿赂
v.  向(某人)行贿; 贿赂
bribe的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 贿赂
  Abribeis a sum of money or something valuable that one person offers or gives to another in order to persuade him or her to do something.
  1. He was being investigated for receiving bribes.
     他因收受贿赂正在接受调查。
• VERB 向…行贿
  If one personbribesanother, they give them a bribe.
  1. He was accused of bribing a senior bank official...
     他被指控贿赂一名高级银行官员。
  2. The government bribed the workers to be quiet.
     政府收买工人让其保持沉默。

双语例句

• He was being investigated for receiving bribes.
  他因收受贿赂正在接受调查。
• We laid waste our time and money on paying bribes.
  我们把时间和金钱浪费在了贿赂上。
• American government has very strict laws in preventing public figures from accepting bribes and abusing privileges.
  美国政府有严厉法律防止大众人物接受贿赂和滥用特权。
• If there were widespread paying of bribes to police officers, this provision might also have been violated.
  如果贿赂警察这件事在新闻集团不是个案，而是十分泛滥，那么新闻集团可能也违反了这项条款。
• I said, I suppose you could consider them bribes, yes.
  我说，你可以认为它们是行贿。
• They dare not take bribes, but that is just the half of it.
  他们不敢收受贿赂，但这还只是心情不好的一部分原因。
• Refugees also complain that soldiers steal food and personal property from them and demand bribes in exchange for food or shelter
  难民们同时抱怨说士兵偷他们的食品和私人财物，而且借提供食物和住处之机向他们索贿。
• The reactionary officials took bribes insatiably, giving not the least care to the future of the nation.
  反动官僚贪贿无艺，根本不把国家前途放在心上。
• Some officials were sacked for taking bribes.
  一些官员因为收受贿赂被开革。
• Rich bribes cannot move him, nor will high rank and emoluments deflect his purpose.
  财贿不以动其心，爵禄不以移其志。（《三国演义》）