| 单词 | to keep sweet |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto keep (someone) sweet d. to keep (someone) sweet: to keep (someone) well-disposed towards oneself, esp. by complaisance or bribery. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > illegal payment or exaction > [verb (transitive)] > bribe meedOE underorna1325 corrump1387 forbuy1393 hirec1400 wage1461 fee1487 under-arearc1503 bribe1528 grease1528 money1528 corrupt1548 budc1565 to feed with money1567 to put out a person's eyes with (a gift, bribe, etc.)1580 sweeten1594 to grease the fist or (one) in the fist1598 over-bribe1619 to buy off1629 palter1641 to take off1646 buy1652 overmoneya1661 bub1684 to speak to ——1687 to tickle in the palm1694 daub1699 overbuy1710 touch1752 palm1767 to get at ——1780 fix1790 subsidize1793 sop1837 to buy over1848 backsheesh1850 nobble1856 square1859 hippodrome1866 see1867 boodleize1883 boodle1886 to get to ——1901 reach1906 straighten1923 lubricate1928 to keep (someone) sweet1939 sling1939 to pay off1942 bung1950 1939 C. Day Lewis Child of Misfortune ii. vi. 241 It was necessary to keep the wealthier parishioners sweet. 1944 ‘N. Shute’ Pastoral viii. 202 Mine won't worry, but I'd like to keep them sweet. 1965 N. Gulbenkian Pantaraxia xi. 228 Mr. Sheets..had what he described as ‘a wonderful idea’ to keep the Russians sweet politically. 1972 G. Bromley In Absence of Body vi. 69 Joe Retford..helps to keep him sweet—wines him and dines him and all that. 1978 N. Freeling Night Lords iii. 17 The cops were capable of leaking the most dreadful nonsense if one didn't take pains to keep them sweet. < as lemmas |
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