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

• I said, I suppose you could consider them bribes, yes.
  我说，你可以认为它们是行贿。
• 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》）
• 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。
• 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 policeman lined his pockets by taking bribes.
  那个警察接受贿赂肥了自己的腰包。
• We must impeach the judge for taking bribes.
  我们一定要检举法官收受贿赂。
• I hear he bribes jurors.
  我听说他贿赂了陪审员。
• He ordered the dismantling of police checkpoints on highways, which were being used to shake down motorists for bribes
  他下令取消公路上的警方检查站，因为警察们在这些地方向司机强行索要贿赂。
• Discipline without threats, bribes, sarcasm, and punishment.
  约束但不要恐吓，讨好贿赂，讽刺，和惩罚。