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。
• All bribes and gifts that he took were confiscated.
  他受贿的财物全部充了公。
• I said, I suppose you could consider them bribes, yes.
  我说，你可以认为它们是行贿。
• I hear he bribes jurors.
  我听说他贿赂了陪审员。
• Some officials had apparently taken bribes from arms dealers.
  一些官员显然接受了武器商的贿赂。
• 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。
• 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。
• The vice-president admitted taking bribes.
  副总统承认受贿。
• It is possible Siemens 'top management knew nothing about the bribes.
  西门子的最高管理层有可能对贿赂问题一无所知。
• 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。