bribe
- IPA[brʌɪb]
英式
- dishonestly persuade (someone) to act in one's favour by a gift of money or other inducement
- a sum of money or other inducement offered or given to bribe someone
verb: bribe, 3rd person present: bribes, gerund or present participle: bribing, past tense: bribed, past participle: bribed
noun: bribe, plural noun: bribes
- 釋義
動詞
- 1. dishonestly persuade (someone) to act in one's favour by a gift of money or other inducement they attempted to bribe opponents into losing they had bribed an official to sell them a certificate
名詞
- 1. a sum of money or other inducement offered or given to bribe someone lawmakers were caught accepting bribes to bring in legalized gambling
- 更多解釋
- IPA[brīb]
美式
- persuade (someone) to act in one's favor, typically illegally or dishonestly, by a gift of ... an undercover agent bribed the judge into giving a lenient sentence you weren't willing to be good to your sister without being bribed with a lollipop
- a sum of money or other inducement offered or given to bribe someone: lawmakers were caught accepting bribes to bring in legalized gambling
Oxford American Dictionary