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

• We must impeach the judge for taking bribes.
  我们一定要检举法官收受贿赂。
• Refugees also complain that soldiers steal food and personal property from them and demand bribes in exchange for food or shelter
  难民们同时抱怨说士兵偷他们的食品和私人财物，而且借提供食物和住处之机向他们索贿。
• I hear he bribes jurors.
  我听说他贿赂了陪审员。
• 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》）
• Some officials were sacked for taking bribes.
  一些官员因为收受贿赂被开革。
• 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 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。
• 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。
• Some officials had apparently taken bribes from arms dealers.
  一些官员显然接受了武器商的贿赂。
• The Company's policy on kickbacks and bribes is clear; they are illegal and are not allowed.
  在公司的政策中，对于回扣及贿赂的规定是非常明了的，这些行为都是非法及不被允许的。