bribe

音标发音

• 英式音标 [braɪb]
• 美式音标 [braɪb]
• 国际音标 [braib]
• 英式发音
• 美式发音

基本解释

• v. 向……行贿；诱哄（尤指小孩）
• n. 贿赂；（尤指用来哄小孩做事的）好处
• n. (Bribe) （美）布里韦（人名）

词源解说

• 14世纪晚期进入英语，直接源自中古英语的briben，意为贿赂。

词根记忆

• 要想抱得新娘(bride)归，就要贿赂(bribe)丈母娘→贿赂

同根派生

• adj性质的同根词

  bribable：可收买的，可贿赂的。

• n性质的同根词

  bribery：[法]贿赂；受贿；行贿。

  briber：[法]行贿者。

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用法辨析

v. (动词)

• bribe用作及物动词时,可接名词或代词作宾语,还可接以动词不定式充当补足语的复合宾语。

• bribe使用方法
• bribe详细辨析

英汉例句

用作动词 (v.)

用作不及物动词: S+～(+A)

• He who bribes is to be despised.
  行贿者受人鄙视。

用作及物动词: S+～+ n./pron.

• Their attempt to bribe the clerk had failed.
  他们贿赂那位办事员的企图没有成功。

用作宾补动词: S+～+ n./pron. +to- v

• He tried to bribe the policeman not to arrest him.
  他企图贿赂警察不逮捕他。

用作名词 (n.)

• The vice-president admitted taking bribes.
  副总统承认受贿。

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词组短语

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• give bribes to sb 向…行贿
• offer bribes to sb 向…行贿
• take bribes 受贿

短语

• commercial bribe 商业贿赂
• bribe recipients 受贿者
• refuse bribe 拒绝贿赂

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英英字典

剑桥英英字典

• to try to make someone do something for you by giving them money, presents, or something else that they want
• money or a present that you give to someone so that they will do something for you, usually something dishonest

柯林斯英英字典

• 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.
• If one person bribes another, they give them a bribe.

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专业释义

法学

• 贿赂

  The third part is the commercial bribe crime legislative consummation.
  第三部分是商业贿赂犯罪的立法完善。

• 行贿

经济学

• 贿赂

  At a relative high punishment rate, representative household (individual) need bribe local government to reduce the tax probability for maximizing output.
  如果处罚率相对较高,那么代表性家庭(个人)则需要通过贿赂降低被征税的概率,来使产出最大化。