英语释义

1. money or favor given or promised in order to influence the judgment or conduct of a person in a position of trust
police officers accused of taking bribes

2. something that serves to induce or influence
offered the kid a bribe to finish his homework

3. to influence the judgment or conduct of (someone) with or as if with offers of money or favor to induce or influence by or as if by bribery
attempting to bribe a judge bribing a child with candy

4. to practice bribery

5. something valuable (such as money) that is given in order to get someone to do something

6. to try to get someone to do something by giving or promising something valuable (such as money) to give or offer a bribe to (someone)

7. something given or promised to a person in order to influence dishonestly a decision or action

8. to influence or try to influence dishonestly by giving or promising something

9. a benefit (as money) given, promised, or offered in order to influence the judgment or conduct of a person in a position of trust (as an official or witness) — compare kickback

10. to influence (a person) by giving a bribe

片语

Bribes paid贿赂次数

accept bribes贪赃

demanding bribes索贿

Taking bribes受贿

Bribes flash染指的一瞬间

naccept bribes受贿

take bribes受贿

Solicit Bribes索贿受贿

英汉例句

• taking out a kingpin may yield splashy headlines, but it can actually increase the total amount paid in bribes if it destroys co-ordination among his henchmen.

  去掉主要人物也许产生颇获好评的主题，但如果它破坏了他的追随者之间的协调，实际上增加了贿赂的总金额。

• admittedly, these are not measures of corruption per se, but the more licences and signatures a business has to collect, the more bribes it is likely to pay.

  尽管无可否认，本质上并不存在腐败的量度标準，但一项生意需要收集的许可证和签字越多，可能付出的贿赂也越多。

• if eventually charged, he may well contend that the cash was for donations to the charity, not bribes for himself.

  如果最终他被起诉，他将圆滑地辩解为现金是慈善捐款，不是给他自己的贿赂。

• at every level, guanxi and the amount of bribes determined who received the contract, not quality, safety or track record.

  在所有层面上，关系和贿赂金额，而不是安全、质量及业绩最终决定谁拿到工程。

• the japanese executives who paid the bribes admitted their guilt in a court in japan some months ago.

  几个月前，行贿的日本总裁在日本的一个法庭承认了这两位官员的罪行。

• the bailiff accepted bribes from both the family and the police, but in the end he freed the girl.

  执行官接受了她家庭和警察双方的贿赂，但最终他还是释放了女孩。

• as for those protected jobs, bribes distort the market by adding to the cost of a product without adding to its value.

  至于那些保障就业机会的，贿赂通过增加产品成本而不是提高其价值而扭曲了市场。

• add in an insatiable appetite for scarce land, water and minerals and a monsoon of bribes is forecast.

  对稀缺土地、水和矿产的需求加上贪得无厌的胃口，可以预见贿赂风的盛行。

• but the case dragged on endlessly, the judge demanding bribes from both parties.

  但是这案子没完没了地拖着，法官还向双方索取贿赂。

• investigators allege that there was a culture at siemens, endorsed by senior managers, to use bribes and slush funds to win contracts, especially in its communications and power-generation divisions.

  检察官认为西门子具有这种被管理层所纵容的文化：用贿赂和腐败基金来赢得合同尤其是在通讯以及发电业务部门。

• i was reluctant to go to the police station; my previous encounters with the sierra leonean force had consisted mostly of my refusing their requests for bribes when they pulled my car over.

  我真的不想去警察局；因为我以前经常和塞拉利昂的警察打交道，大多数都是他们把我的车拖走后让我贿赂他们，但是我都拒绝了。

• your ego bribes you: it makes you chase after things you don’t need, just so you can feel happy again.

  你的自我贿赂了你，它促使你追逐那些你不需要的东西，这是这么做你会再次感到高兴。

• it’s a worthwhile idea, but one result of paying above-market wages is that those in charge of hiring often demand bribes — sometimes a month’s salary — in exchange for a job.

  这是一个有价值的想法，但是支付高于市场工资所导致的一个后果是，那些负责招工的人往往索取贿赂——有时要一个月的工资——来交换一份工作。

• my opponents accuse me of stealing public funds and accepting bribes when i was a cabinet member.

  反对我的人指责我盗用公款，说我在担任内阁成员的时候接受贿赂。

• mr. ghafar said he routinely paid bribes to the police who threatened to hinder his passage through kabul, sometimes several in a day.

  他向警察支付贿赂如同例行公事，否则他们会阻碍他穿过喀布尔，有时一天里会遇上几宗这样的事情。

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