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 had apparently taken bribes from arms dealers.
  一些官员显然接受了武器商的贿赂。
• 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。
• 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。
• I hear he bribes jurors.
  我听说他贿赂了陪审员。
• They offered opposing players bribes to fix a decisive league match against Valenciennes
  他们贿赂对方队员，在联赛对阵瓦朗谢讷队的一场决定性比赛中作弊。
• 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。
• Discipline without threats, bribes, sarcasm, and punishment.
  约束但不要恐吓，讨好贿赂，讽刺，和惩罚。
• He was sentenced to serious punishment because of accepting bribes.
  他因贪赃受贿而被科处重刑。
• The vice-president admitted taking bribes.
  副总统承认受贿。
• The court did not reveal whether those who paid the bribes have also been tried or convicted.
  法庭并未透露那些行贿者是否接受了庭审或被判有罪。