bribe

noun

/braɪb/

a sum of money or something valuable that you give or offer to somebody to persuade them to help you, especially by doing something dishonest贿赂
- It was alleged that he had taken bribes while in office.他被指在任时收受贿赂。
- She had been offered a $50 000 bribe to drop the charges.有人用 5 万美元贿赂她，要她撤回控告。
Collocations Crime
Crime犯罪Committing a crime犯罪
- commit a crime/a murder/a violent assault/a brutal killing/an armed robbery/fraud犯罪／谋杀罪／暴力侵犯他人身体罪／残杀罪／持械抢劫罪／诈骗罪
- be involved in terrorism/a suspected arson attack/people smuggling/human trafficking参与恐怖主义活动；涉嫌纵火袭击；参与人口走私／人口贩卖
- engage/participate in criminal activity/illegal practices/acts of mindless vandalism参与犯罪活动／非法活动／愚昧的故意毁坏他人财产的行为
- steal somebody’s wallet/purse/(British English) mobile phone/(North American English) cell phone偷某人的钱包／手机
- rob a bank/a person/a tourist抢劫银行／他人／游客
- break into/ (British English) burgle/ (North American English) burglarize a house/a home/an apartment入室盗窃
- hijack a plane/ship/bus劫持飞机／轮船／公共汽车
- smuggle drugs/weapons/arms/immigrants走私毒品／武器／军火；偷运移民
- launder drug money (through something)（通过…）洗毒资
- forge documents/certificates/passports伪造文件／证件／护照
- take/accept/pay somebody/offer (somebody) a bribe索取／收受贿赂；向（某人）行贿
- run a phishing/an email/an internet scam进行网络钓鱼／电子邮件／互联网诈骗
Fighting crime打击犯罪
- combat/fight crime/terrorism/corruption/drug trafficking打击犯罪／恐怖主义／腐败／贩毒
- prevent/stop credit-card fraud/child abuse/software piracy防止／阻止信用卡诈骗／虐待儿童／软件盗版
- deter/stop criminals/burglars/thieves/shoplifters/vandals威慑／阻止犯罪分子／入室盗窃者／小偷／商店扒手／故意破坏公物者
- reduce/tackle/crack down on knife/gun/violent/street crime; (especially British English) antisocial behaviour减少／处理／严厉打击持刀／持枪／暴力／街头犯罪／反社会行为
- foil a bank raid/a terrorist plot挫败一起银行抢劫案／一次恐怖分子的阴谋
- help/support/protect the victims of crime帮助／支持／保护犯罪活动的受害者
Investigating crime调查犯罪活动
- report a crime/a theft/a rape/an attack/(especially British English) an incident to the police向警方举报不法行为／偷窃案／强奸案／袭击事件／暴力事件
- witness the crime/attack/murder/incident目击犯罪／袭击／谋杀／暴力事件
- investigate a murder/(especially North American English) a homicide/a burglary/a robbery/the alleged incident调查谋杀案／蓄意杀人案／入室盗窃案／抢劫案／涉嫌的暴力事件
- conduct/launch/pursue an investigation (into…); (especially British English) a police/murder inquiry进行／开始／继续（对…的）调查／警方调查／谋杀案调查
- investigate/reopen a criminal/murder case调查／重新审理犯罪／谋杀案件
- examine/investigate/find fingerprints at the crime scene/the scene of crime仔细检查／调查／查找犯罪现场的指纹
- collect/gather forensic evidence收集法医证据
- uncover new evidence/a fraud/a scam/a plot/a conspiracy/political corruption/a cache of weapons发现新证据／诈骗／欺诈／密谋／阴谋／政治腐败／私藏武器
- describe/identify a suspect/the culprit/the perpetrator/the assailant/the attacker描述／指认嫌疑犯／罪犯／作恶者／攻击者／袭击者
- question/interrogate a suspect/witness询问嫌疑人／目击证人
- solve/crack the case破案
- He paid out millions of dollars in bribes.他行贿数百万美元。
- a bribe of €200200 欧元的贿赂
- He was alleged to have accepted bribes while in office.他被指控在任期间接受贿赂。
- The company denied that the money was intended as a bribe.该公司否认这笔钱是用来行贿的。
- The tax cut was described as a pre-election bribe.减税被说成是选举前的贿赂。
Topics Discussion and agreementc1, Crime and punishmentc1, Moneyc1
Collocations Dictionary
verb + bribe
- give somebody
- offer (somebody)
- pay somebody
- …
preposition
- in bribes
- bribe of
词源late Middle English: from Old French briber, brimber ‘beg’, of unknown origin. The original sense was ‘rob, extort’, hence (as a noun) ‘theft, stolen goods’, also ‘money extorted or demanded for favours’, later ‘offer money as an incentive’ (early 16th cent.).

bribe

verb

/braɪb/

动词形式

present simple I / you / we / they bribe	/braɪb/ /braɪb/
he / she / it bribes	/braɪbz/ /braɪbz/
past simple bribed	/braɪbd/ /braɪbd/
past participle bribed	/braɪbd/ /braɪbd/
-ing form bribing	/ˈbraɪbɪŋ/ /ˈbraɪbɪŋ/

to give somebody money or something valuable in order to persuade them to help you, especially by doing something dishonest向（某人）行贿；贿赂
- bribe somebody (with something) They bribed the guards with cigarettes.他们用香烟贿赂看守。
- bribe somebody into doing something She was bribed into handing over secret information.她被收买交出了机密。
- bribe somebody to do something She bribed him to sign the certificate.她贿赂他签署了这张证明。
- bribe your way… He managed to bribe his way onto the ship.他设法行贿混上了船。
- He must have bribed his way out of the prison.他一定是通过贿赂逃出了监狱。
Topics Discussion and agreementc1, Moneyc1, Crime and punishmentc1
Collocations Dictionary
Bribe is used with these nouns as the object:
official
politician
词源late Middle English: from Old French briber, brimber ‘beg’, of unknown origin. The original sense was ‘rob, extort’, hence (as a noun) ‘theft, stolen goods’, also ‘money extorted or demanded for favours’, later ‘offer money as an incentive’ (early 16th cent.).