bribe的意思

bribe

英 /braɪb/ 美 /braɪb/

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基本释义

  • n 贿赂

    money or a gift that you illegally give someone to persuade them to do something for you

  • v 向…行贿

    to illegally give someone, especially a public official, money or a gift in order to persuade them to do something for you

例句

  1. The officials said that they had been offered bribes before an important game.

    这几名官员说,有人在一场重要比赛之前向他们行贿。

  2. The only way we could get into the country was by bribing the border officials.

    我们要进入这个国家,唯一的办法是贿赂边境官员。

近义词

vt [法]贿赂,收买
vi [法]行贿 corrupt practices
n [法]贿赂

同根词

adj bribable 可收买的,可贿赂的