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buy off

英 [baɪ ɒf]

美 [baɪ ɔːf]

收买; 贿赂

经济

同义词辨析

bribebuy off【导航词义:行贿】

bribev. 向…行贿,收买
〔辨析〕
较正式用词,指用钱财、好处等贿赂某人(尤指公职人员),使其以非法方式给予帮忙等。
〔例证〕
The father bribed the policeman to free his son.
父亲贿赂警察放了自己的儿子。
He tried to bribe the reporter into silence.
他试图收买该记者,让其保持沉默。
buy offphr.v. 〈非正式〉买通,收买
〔辨析〕
词义同 bribe,但主要用于不很正式的文体。
〔例证〕
He bought off the manager and received information on the company.
他买通经理,获取了公司的一些情报。
Efforts to buy her off have failed.
收买她的企图没有得逞。

柯林斯词典

  • PHRASAL VERB 收买;贿赂
    If you say that a person or organizationbuys offanother person or group, you are criticizing the fact that they are giving them something such as money so that they will not complain or cause trouble.
    1. ...policies designed to buy off the working-class vote...
      旨在收买劳工阶层选票的政策
    2. In buying your children all these things, you are in a sense buying them off.
      给孩子买下所有这些东西,从某种意义上说你是在收买他们。

英英释义

verb

  • pay someone with influence in order to receive a favor
      Synonym:pay off

    双语例句

    • Could anything be done to buy him off?
      用什么办法来诱使他改变主意呢?
    • If you are trying to buy off, I'm afraid you've come to the wrong person.
      想收买我吗?恐怕你找错人了。
    • In buying your children all these things, you are in a sense buying them off.
      给孩子买下所有这些东西,从某种意义上说你是在收买他们。
    • They also say that no matter what went wrong, the fed under Chairman Greenspan would save the day by creating enough cheap money to buy off trouble.
      他们还说,不论出了什么问题,格林斯潘执掌的美储储总会通过创造足够多廉价货币收买的方法来化解困境。
    • You can buy off him.
      你可以买通他。
    • I don't know, they buy things off carts these days.
      我不知道,他们这几天从小货车上乱买东西。
    • Can I buy off you like this? For just several dirham?
      我能够就这样收买你吗?就用几个迪拉姆?
    • It's illegal to buy off tramps anyway.
      反正收买乞丐是违法的。
    • I won't keep my mouth shut, and you won't buy me off. I'll see you in hell first.
      我是不会保持沉默的,你也别想收买我。见你的鬼去吧!
    • Both resorted to higher public spending and debt as an easy option to buy off bolshy voters.
      这二人计划通过增加政府开支和负责,以轻松收买顽固选民的支持。