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

• The policeman lined his pockets by taking bribes.
  那个警察接受贿赂肥了自己的腰包。
• 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。
• It is possible Siemens 'top management knew nothing about the bribes.
  西门子的最高管理层有可能对贿赂问题一无所知。
• He was sentenced to serious punishment because of accepting bribes.
  他因贪赃受贿而被科处重刑。
• I said, I suppose you could consider them bribes, yes.
  我说，你可以认为它们是行贿。
• The vice-president admitted taking bribes.
  副总统承认受贿。
• 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。
• 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。
• Some officials were sacked for taking bribes.
  一些官员因为收受贿赂被开革。
• He easily got away with it even though he had taken bribes.
  尽管他收受了贿赂，但是他轻而易举地逃脱了惩罚。