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

• Some officials were sacked for taking bribes.
  一些官员因为收受贿赂被开革。
• Once officers start accepting bribes, that's when the rot sets in.
  一旦官员们开始接受贿赂，腐败就产生了。
• 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。
• 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。
• So how do you use both bribes and incentives more effectively?
  那么，家长在使用贿赂和激励时如何更有效果？
• The vice-president admitted taking bribes.
  副总统承认受贿。
• I hear he bribes jurors.
  我听说他贿赂了陪审员。
• I said, I suppose you could consider them bribes, yes.
  我说，你可以认为它们是行贿。
• Stiff fines or jail terms for persons offering or accepting bribes diminish their incomes.
  对行贿或受贿的人罚以重金或给予监禁，能减少他们的收入。
• 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。