bribe

[US]/braɪb/
[UK]/braɪb/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vt. & vi. 贿赂
n. 贿赂
Word Forms
现在分词bribing
复数bribes
过去式bribed
第三人称单数bribes
过去分词bribed

Phrases & Collocations

offer a bribe

贿赂

accept a bribe

受贿

bribery scandal

贪污丑闻

Example Sentences

bribe a man into secrecy

贿赂某人使保守秘密

bribe sb. into silence

用贿赂封住某人的嘴

be bribed into secrecy

受了贿替人保密

To accept bribes is evil.

受贿是道德败坏的。

Why can not criminalize the "sex bribe"?

为什么不能将性贿赂犯罪化?

He bribed the policeman.

他贿赂警察。

He who bribes is to be despised.

行贿者受人鄙视。

Their attempt to bribe the clerk had failed.

他们贿赂那位办事员的企图没有成功。

The idea of accepting a bribe is repugnant to me.

我一想到受贿这种事就非常反感。

they attempted to bribe opponents into losing.

他们试图买通对手让其败下阵去。

the story paints a sordid picture of bribes and scams.

这个故事刻画了一幅贿赂和阴谋的肮脏画面。

He tried to bribe the policeman not to arrest him.

他企图贿赂警察不逮捕他。

The judge rejected a bribe from the defendant's family.

法官拒收被告家属的贿赂。

He tried to bribe the police into connivance.

他企图收买警察放他一马。

he used his considerable wealth to bribe officials.

他用他那巨大的财富去贿赂官员。

The criminal bribed the policeman to let him go free.

罪犯贿赂那个警察让他逃走。;罪犯贿赂那个警察释放他。

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