中英互译
bribe
英 /braɪb/美 /braɪb/
基本释义
- n.贿赂;(尤指用来哄小孩做事的)好处
- v.向……行贿;诱哄(尤指小孩)
- 人名 (Bribe)(美)布里韦(人名)
复数bribes
第三人称单数bribes
现在分词bribing
过去式bribed
过去分词bribed
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词语例句
贿赂cn.
He was being investigated for receiving bribes.
他那时因为接收贿赂在受到调查。
(尤指用来哄小孩做事的)好处cn.
He offered the staff a bribe for finishing their tasks.
他给了员工们点好处,因为他们完成了任务。
向……行贿vt.
六级He was accused of bribing a senior bank official.
他被控贿赂一位银行高级职员。
诱哄(尤指小孩)vt.
They bribed the kids with toys.
他们用玩具哄孩子。
- 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。来自《牛津词典》
- They bribe the cheaper generic opponents.他们贿赂便宜的仿制药对手。
- If people can bribe police officers, it makes a nonsense of the legal system.如果人们可以贿赂警察,那法律制度就失去了意义。
网络短语
- Bribe Payers Index行贿指数;对全球各国的行贿指数;的行贿指数;创建了行贿指数
- Because of a Bribe因为贿赂;由于贿赂
- bribe-taking受贿
- I paid a bribe我行贿了;印度
- The Bribe贿赂
词语扩展
词义分布
贿赂
84.1%
收买
9.4%
买通
4.1%
贿
2.4%
英英释义
- n.payment made to a person in a position of trust to corrupt his judgment
- v.make illegal payments to in exchange for favors or influence
- v.to offer someone money or something valuable in order to persuade them to do something dishonest
贿赂;收买- He was accused of bribing a bank official.他被控贿赂一名银行官员。
词源
- bribe来自古法语briber("go begging").
- bribe贿赂发音释义:[braɪb] vt.贿赂;收买vi.行贿n.贿赂;行贿罪 词源解释:bribe←古英语bribe(赃物)←古法语bribe(给乞丐的一块面包)←通用拉丁语briber(乞求) 英语单词bribe来自古法语,最初的含义是“送给乞丐的小块面包”,因此拼写上与bread(面包)有关。后来,由于乞丐和小偷往往相伴而生,有些人讨不来钱就小偷小摸,因此,bribe又衍生出“被小偷偷走的东西、赃物”。再后来,有些人不仅小偷小摸,还公然敲诈勒索,因此,bribe又可以用来表示被迫送给这些人的礼物或钱财。再往后,人们主动送给权势之人以换取利益的礼物或钱财也被称为bribe,即我们中文所谓的“贿赂”。 衍生词:bribery(贿赂;行贿;受贿) 助记窍门:与bride(新娘)一起记:要想娶到bride(新娘),就得花钱bribe(贿赂)。
- 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。