[N-COUNT 可数名词]贿赂 A bribe is 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.
He was being investigated for receiving bribes.
他因收受贿赂正在接受调查。
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[VERB 动词]向…行贿 If one person bribes another, they give them a bribe.
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He was accused of bribing a senior bank official...
他被指控贿赂一名高级银行官员。
The government bribed the workers to be quiet.
政府收买工人让其保持沉默。
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bribe/braɪb; NAmEbraɪb/
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bribebribesbribedbribingnouna sum of money or sth valuable that you give or offer to sb to persuade them to help you, especially by doing sth dishonest 贿赂◆It was alleged that he had taken bribeswhile in office. 他被指称在任时收受贿赂。◆She had been offered a $50 000 bribe to drop the charges.有人用 5 万元贿赂她，要她撤回控告。☞collocationsat
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verbto give sb money or sth valuable in order to persuade them to help you, especially by doing sth dishonest 向（某人）行贿；贿赂bribesb (with sth) ◆They bribed the guards with cigarettes.他们用香烟贿赂看守。bribesb into doing sth ◆She was bribed into handing over secret information.她被收买交出了机密。bribesb to do sth ◆She bribed him to sign the certificate.她贿赂他签署了这张证明。bribeyour way… ◆He managed to bribe his wayonto the ship. 他设法行贿混上了船。bribe/braɪb; NAmEbraɪb/
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bribebribe1 /braɪb/ ●○○ verb [transitive]
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1to illegally give someone, especially a public official, money or a gift in order to persuade them to do something for you: The only way we could get into the country was by bribing the border officials.bribe somebody to do something He bribed one of the guards to smuggle out a note.2to offer someone, especially a child, something special in order to persuade them to do somethingbribe somebody with something Sam wouldn’t do her homework until I bribed her with ice cream.
bribe1 verb
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bribebribe2 ●○○ noun [countable]
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1money or a gift that you illegally give someone to persuade them to do something for you: The officials said that they had been offered bribes before an important game.accept/take a bribe A Supreme Court judge was charged with taking bribes.2something special offered to someone, especially a child, in order to persuade them to do somethingCOLLOCATIONSverbsoffer somebody a bribe· Some sportsmen have been offered bribes to perform badly.accept/take a bribe· Any officials who accept bribes will face criminal charges.give somebody a bribe· They issued passports to people who gave them bribes.pay a bribe· It was claimed that the company paid bribes to win the contract.bribe + NOUNbribe money· The mayor is accused of accepting bribe money.
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