bribe

英 [braɪb] 美 [braɪb]

• n. 贿赂；贿赂物
• v. 贿赂

双解释义

v. (动词)

1. vt. & vi. 贿赂

   give or offer a bribe to

n. (名词)

1. [C]贿赂

   sth, especially money, offered or given in bribing

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 贿赂，收买
2. 诱饵，诱惑物，诱惑品，贿赂物
3. 行贿物，贿赂物 ，私礼
4. 贿赂行为，殷勤

v. 动词

1. 行贿，贿赂，向...行贿
2. 收买，用贿赂引诱，用贿赂影响，诱惑
3. 给...小费

英英释义

Noun:

1. payment made to a person in a position of trust to corrupt his judgment

Verb:

1. make illegal payments to in exchange for favors or influence;

   "This judge can be bought"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. He is so honest that he will not accept bribe.
   他忠诚老实，不肯受贿。
2. There is a big stink about his accepting a bribe.
   他收受贿赂，引起一场大纠纷。
3. He demeant himself by accepting a bribe.
   他接受了贿赂，辱没了自己。

用作动词 (v.)

1. He bribed his way past the guard and escaped.
   他买通看守而逃之夭夭了。
2. They tried to bribe the judge to acquit them.
   他们试图贿赂法官判他们无罪。
3. That big corporation tried to bribe the press to sit on the story.
   那家大公司企图贿赂新闻界把这篇报道压下来。

常见句型

用作动词 (v.)

用作不及物动词

S+～(+A)

1. He who bribes is to be despised.
   行贿者受人鄙视。

用作及物动词

S+～+ n./pron.

1. Their attempt to bribe the clerk had failed.
   他们贿赂那位办事员的企图没有成功。

用作宾补动词

S+～+ n./pron. +to- v

1. He tried to bribe the policeman not to arrest him.
   他企图贿赂警察不逮捕他。
2. He bribed them to keep silent about his crime.
   他贿赂他们对他的罪行保持沉默。

用作名词 (n.)

1. The vice-president admitted taking bribes.
   副总统承认受贿。
2. The judge rejected a bribe from the defendant's family.
   法官拒收被告家属的贿赂。

经典引文

• He had money, bribed the guards for favours.

  出自： B. Malamud

• I am bribed with fruit not to be tiresome about the English language.

  出自： C. Isherwood

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• give bribes to sb 向…行贿
• offer bribes to sb 向…行贿
• take bribes 受贿

词语用法

v. (动词)

1. bribe用作及物动词时,可接名词或代词作宾语,还可接以动词不定式充当补足语的复合宾语。

词源解说

• ☆ 14世纪晚期进入英语，直接源自中古英语的briben，意为贿赂。

近反义词

【近义词】

• buy off
• allurement
• dash