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

• 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。
• 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？
• They offered opposing players bribes to fix a decisive league match against Valenciennes
  他们贿赂对方队员，在联赛对阵瓦朗谢讷队的一场决定性比赛中作弊。
• American government has very strict laws in preventing public figures from accepting bribes and abusing privileges.
  美国政府有严厉法律防止大众人物接受贿赂和滥用特权。
• All bribes and gifts that he took were confiscated.
  他受贿的财物全部充了公。
• 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。
• 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。
• If there were widespread paying of bribes to police officers, this provision might also have been violated.
  如果贿赂警察这件事在新闻集团不是个案，而是十分泛滥，那么新闻集团可能也违反了这项条款。
• 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。
• Some officials were sacked for taking bribes.
  一些官员因为收受贿赂被开革。