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

• 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。
• Some officials had apparently taken bribes from arms dealers.
  一些官员显然接受了武器商的贿赂。
• 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？
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 was being investigated for receiving bribes.
  他因收受贿赂正在接受调查。
• All bribes and gifts that he took were confiscated.
  他受贿的财物全部充了公。
• I said, I suppose you could consider them bribes, yes.
  我说，你可以认为它们是行贿。