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

• Stiff fines or jail terms for persons offering or accepting bribes diminish their incomes.
  对行贿或受贿的人罚以重金或给予监禁，能减少他们的收入。
• The court did not reveal whether those who paid the bribes have also been tried or convicted.
  法庭并未透露那些行贿者是否接受了庭审或被判有罪。
• 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。
• He was being investigated for receiving bribes.
  他因收受贿赂正在接受调查。
• Refugees also complain that soldiers steal food and personal property from them and demand bribes in exchange for food or shelter
  难民们同时抱怨说士兵偷他们的食品和私人财物，而且借提供食物和住处之机向他们索贿。
• All bribes and gifts that he took were confiscated.
  他受贿的财物全部充了公。
• 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。
• We must impeach the judge for taking bribes.
  我们一定要检举法官收受贿赂。
• They dare not take bribes, but that is just the half of it.
  他们不敢收受贿赂，但这还只是心情不好的一部分原因。
• Once officers start accepting bribes, that's when the rot sets in.
  一旦官员们开始接受贿赂，腐败就产生了。