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》）
• 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。
• 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。
• He says too many companies think they have to pay bribes.
  他说有太多的企业认为他们必须行贿。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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？
• 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。