| 词汇 | bribing |
| 释义 | bribing present participle ofbribe bribe verb[ T ] uk /braɪb/ us /braɪb/ C1 to try to make someone do something for you by giving them money, presents, or something else that they want : 贿赂;收买 He bribed immigration officials and entered the country illegally.他贿赂移民官员非法入境。 [ + to infinitive ]They bribed the waiter to find them a better table.他们贿赂餐厅服务员，让他找一张好一点的桌子。 He discovered that certain corrupt officials had been bribed to approve shoddy construction work. Apparently various prominent businessmen had been bribing the minister for favours. He bribed the children with sweets and pocket money not to tell their mum what he'd done. "You can have my chocolate bar if you'll tell me the answer." "Are you trying to bribe me?" They should not have been allowed over the border, but somehow they managed to bribe the guards. Fraud & corruption anti-bribery anti-corruption anti-counterfeiting anti-fraud Augean bribe defalcation defraud defraud someone/something of something dolus embezzle imposture insider dealing launder malfeasance malpractice match-fixing nobble pyramid scheme siphon Examples of bribingbribing In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. The unenforceable law is hardly qualified to be an institution, but the practice of bribing corrupt law enforcers does qualify. There should be no question of bribing potential entrants. There is a continuum rather than a gulf between bribing someone and thanking someone for services rendered. In the pursuit of a successful career people were, however, forced to take all manner of risks, ranging from bribing civil servants to dealing with politically 'suspect' individuals. An attempt to smuggle legally prohibited goods by bribing the enforcement officer would appear to be futile (except as a random drift tending to be absorbed into an equilibrium). All her entreaties are ignored, not only because of the priest, but also because relatives of her husband's second wife intervene, bribing anyone who is tempted to help her. Botsio's opponents claimed that he had spent £800 bribing people to attend and support the resolution. Poaching should properly be defined as bribing men away from other firms. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I shall come to the last item in a moment, but it is not true to say that we are bribing them to go. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There was no question of bribing the parents to try to make them swallow a rather bitter pill with a silver lining. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We hear a lot about bribing people to keep children at school until 15. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We find, not that they are bribing the electorate, but that they are proposing to juggle with the results of the election. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He alleged that someone was bribing our enforcement officers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In the absence of a system of education maintenance allowances, there is an inevitable element of "bribing" in the scheme. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We should use the money saved from bribing people to export to put people into other products. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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