英语词汇“bribe”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

bribe

(brīb)

1. Money or some other benefit given to a person in power, especially a public official, in an effort to cause the person to take a particular action.

2. Something offered to induce another to do something: tried to use dessert as a bribe to get the child to cooperate.

v. bribed, brib·ing, bribes

v.tr.

To give, offer, or promise a bribe to.

v.intr.

To give, offer, or promise bribes.

[Middle English, from Old French, piece of bread given as alms.]

briba·ble adj.

briber n.

单词	bribe
释义	bribe (brīb) n. 1. Money or some other benefit given to a person in power, especially a public official, in an effort to cause the person to take a particular action. 2. Something offered to induce another to do something: tried to use dessert as a bribe to get the child to cooperate. v. bribed, brib·ing, bribes v.tr. To give, offer, or promise a bribe to. v.intr. To give, offer, or promise bribes. [Middle English, from Old French, piece of bread given as alms.] briba·ble adj. briber n.
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