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Bribe is a noun referring to a sum of money or something valuable offered to persuade someone to do something, often dishonestly. It can also be used as a verb meaning to offer such a payment to influence someone's actions.

Bribe is a noun referring to a sum of money or something valuable offered to persuade someone to do something, often dishonestly. It can also be used as a verb meaning to offer such a payment to influence someone's actions.

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/bra͟ɪb/
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[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。

2
[VERB 动词]向…行贿 If one person bribes another, they give them a bribe.
  [V n]
  [V n to-inf]
  • 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。


Oxford bribe / braɪb ; NAmE braɪb /
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bribe bribes bribed bribing
noun a 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
crime
verb to 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 ; NAmE braɪb /
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bribe2 noun
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
bribe2 noun
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.
WDF

bribe

[braɪb]bribed, bribing, bribes

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bribed[2021] bribes[2268] bribing[993]
贿赂(98%),贿赂物(2%)
n.贿赂
vt.贿赂,收买
vi.行贿
n.(Bribe)人名;(西)布里韦

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