剑桥高阶英汉双解词典 - bribe collapse

bribe
/braɪb/
verb [T]
A
* to try to make someone do something for you by giving them money, presents or something else that they want
贿赂;收买

1. He bribed immigration officials and entered the country illegally.
他贿赂移民官员非法入境。

2. [+ to infinitive] They bribed the waiter to find them a better table.
他们贿赂餐厅侍者,让他找一张好一点的桌子。

/braɪb/
noun [C]
A
* money or a present that you give to someone so that they will do something for you, usually something dishonest
贿赂

1. He was accused of accepting/taking bribes from wealthy businessmen.
他被指控收受富商们的贿赂。

柯林斯COBUILD高阶英汉双解学习词典 - bribe collapse

bribe ★★☆☆☆
1.N-COUNT 可数名词贿赂 A bribe is 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.
  • He was being investigated for receiving bribes.

    他因收受贿赂正在接受调查。

2.VERB 动词向…行贿 If one person bribes another, they give them a bribe.

【语法信息】:V n

【语法信息】:V n to-inf
  • He was accused of bribing a senior bank official...

    他被指控贿赂一名高级银行官员。

  • The government bribed the workers to be quiet.

    政府收买工人让其保持沉默。


牛津高阶英汉双解 第7版 - bribe collapse

bribe
bribe / braib / noun   a sum of money or sth valuable that you give or offer to sb to persuade them to help you, especially by doing sth dishonest
   贿赂:
   It was alleged that he had taken bribes while in office.
   他被指称在任时收受贿赂。
   She had been offered a $50 000 bribe to drop the charges.
   有人用 5 万元贿赂她,要她撤回控告。 verb    ~ sb (with sth) | ~ sb (into doing sth) to give sb money or sth valuable in order to persuade them to help you, especially by doing sth dishonest
   向(某人)行贿;贿赂:
   [VN]
   They bribed the guards with cigarettes.
   他们用香烟贿赂看守。
   She was bribed into handing over secret information.
   她被收买交出了机密。
   He managed to bribe his way onto the ship.
   他设法行贿混上了船。
   [also VN to inf]

牛津搭配语词典 第2版 - bribe collapse

bribe

I. noun

VERB + BRIBE give sb, offer (sb), pay sb He admitted paying ~s to police officers. | accept, take

PREPOSITION in ~s He paid out millions of dollars in ~s. | ~ of a ~ of €200

II. verb

Bribe is used with these nouns as the object: official, politician

牛津英语同义词学习词典 - bribe collapse

bribe

noun

 See also the entry for incentive 另见incentive条bribe ♦︎ bait ♦︎ pay-off ♦︎ kickbackThese are all words for sth which is used to persuade sb to do sth you want them to. 这些词均表示用于劝诱、买通别人的贿赂、酬金等。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配bait / a pay-off / a kickback for sba £1 000 / $500, etc. bribe / pay-offto offer (sb) a bribe / a pay-offto offer sth as a bribe / baitto pay sb a bribe / kickbackto take bribes / the bait / kickbacks bribe [countable] a sum of money or sth valuable that you give or offer to sb to persuade them to do sth, especially to help you by doing sth dishonest 贿赂She had been offered a $50 000 bribe to drop the charges.有人用5万元贿赂她,要她撤回控告。It was alleged that he had taken bribes while in office.他被指在任时收受贿赂。The tax cut was described as a pre-election bribe.减税被说成是选举前的贿赂。 see also bribery corruption bribe

verb

[transitive] They bribed the guards with cigarettes.他们用香烟贿赂看守。She was bribed into handing over secret information.她被收买交出了机密。
bait [uncountable, countable] a person or thing that is used to attract, trick or catch sb, especially to make them do what you want 用作诱饵的人(或事物)The police used him as bait to trap the killers.警方用他作诱饵,设圈套捉拿凶手。She covered her face and began to sob, but he wouldn't rise to the bait (= react as she wanted him to).她捂住脸抽噎起来,但他不为所动。 ˈpay-off [countable] (informal, usually disapproving) a sum of money paid to sb so that they will not cause you any trouble, to make them keep a secret, or to persuade them to leave their job (用以买通别人的)黑钱;行贿钱;辞退金;遣散费The government are investigating pay-offs to high-ranking officials.政府正在就高级官员收受贿款展开调查。The Chief Executive left a year early with a £1.5 million pay-off.总裁提前一年离职,拿到了150万英镑的补偿金。 ˌpay sb ˈoff

phrasal verb

All the witnesses had been paid off.所有的证人都被买通了。
kickback ˈkɪkbæk [countable] (especially NAmE, rather informal) a sum of money paid illegally to sb in return for work or help, especially to politicians or officials as part of a business deal (尤指为商业交易非法付给政客或官员的)回扣,酬金,佣金They were accused of paying kickbacks to politicians to obtain public contracts.他们被指控向政客支付回扣以获得公共机构合同。

新牛津英语同义词词典 - bribe collapse

bribe

verb
he used his considerable wealth to bribe officials
BUY OFF , pay off, suborn, give an inducement to, corrupt; informal grease someone's palm, give someone a backhander, give someone a sweetener, keep someone sweet, get at, fix, square; Brit. informal nobble.


noun
it is alleged that he accepted bribes from lobbyists
INDUCEMENT , ‘incentive’; N. Amer. payola; informal backhander, pay-off, kickback, sweetener, carrot; graft, hush money, protection money, slush fund; Brit. informal bung, dropsy; N. Amer. informal plugola, schmear; Austral. informal sling; rare douceur, drop.

词源记忆 - bribe collapse

bribe 贿赂
在古英语指施舍给乞丐的小片面包,词源同break, 分开,小块。