bribe[braib]

• n.
  • 贿赂，行贿物，用来买通他人的物品(或钱财、好处等)
  • 诱惑品，诱饵
  • [the bribe](加入图书、唱片俱乐部等)所提供的待遇
• vt.
  • 向…行贿，贿赂：

    The judge was too honest to be bribed.

    法官太诚实而不会被贿赂。

  • 买通，收买，用行贿物影响，诱惑：

    They bribed the witness to forget about what he had seen.

    他们收买证人让他忘掉他所看到的事情。

  • 用贿赂打开(门路)：

    to bribe one's way to power

    靠行贿取得权力

  • [古语]用贿赂获得(或买得)
• vi.
  • 行贿：

    to bribe to gain one's end

    行贿以达目的

• 短语:
  • A bribe will enter without knocking. [谚语]贿赂进门，不用敲门。
  • accept a bribe from someone 受某人贿赂
  • give a bribe to someone 向某人行贿
  • hand out a bribe to someone 向某人行贿
  • offer a bribe to someone 向某人行贿
  • pay a bribe to someone 向某人行贿
  • receive a bribe from someone 受某人贿赂
  • take a bribe from someone 受某人贿赂
• 变形:

  vt.bribed.bribing