| 词汇 | example_english_bribe |
| 释义 | Examples of bribeThese 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. The costs of business become unnecessarily high due to the inevitability of bribes and red-tape. Frequently, they had to pay bribes in order to get an appointment. However, news reports indicate that police forces were more interested in mounting illegal checkpoints and extorting bribes from civilians than in maintaining law and order. As this involved bribes, naturally the state banned it as illegal. Other factors include explicit or implicit requirements to give bribes and gifts to, and incompetence of, government functionaries. Specifically, the costs associated with administrative corruption, namely paying bribes, impose a significant burden on firms. They were corrupt, accumulated bribes and gifts, and opposed major reforms in the operation of the papacy. With a mass electorate, on the other hand, politicians seeking re-election are encouraged to promise legislation, not bribes, favours and privileges. Thus, one mechanism through which political competition reduces corruption is the re-election imperative, which lowers the demand for bribes. Low-level officials collect bribes and pass a share to those at higher levels. The clerk accused the qadi of taking bribes and neglecting to follow proper procedure. Similarly, people who worked in ministries and other bureaucratic institutions would often be much more helpful once they were bribed. The authors argue that offers of monetary compensation are often perceived as bribes. There should be no question of bribing potential entrants. A master was accused of threatening witnesses with violence on the court's premises, another of bribing mariners to testify against their mates." "! The mensalao scandal was an alleged scheme by which the government was said to have paid bribes for legislators in exchange for support. Other forms of corruption include the hiring of relatives and accepting bribes to acquire government housing. There is a continuum rather than a gulf between bribing someone and thanking someone for services rendered. Overall, it appeared that anti-corruption measures were being followed procedurally, and that small-scale bribes were part of people's negotiations with local state institutions. Along the boundary, giving and taking bribes to escape punishment for ' smuggling ' was normal, accepted, institutionalised. The opposition claims that the ruling party uses threats and bribes (interview #90). In exchange for bribes and campaign contributions, leaders made policies that benefited the few at the expense of the many. By increasing the rents available from office, bribes may attract more talented members of society to seek a political career. They can therefore be bribed by rent seekers so that it is ensured that even the most urgent reforms do not take place. 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. The money that clerks and runners took from litigants under these circumstances, however, was difficult to define either as legitimate fees for services rendered or as outright bribes. Typical coercive behaviors include threats, consisting of expressed anger requiring action on the part of the caregiver, and bribes, in the form of coy, disarming behaviors that elicit protection. Several of the officials whom they had bribed led them to believe that that scenario would be adopted, but in the end the delegation was in for quite a shock. In some countries, they find bribes paid in dealing with courts to be a significant obstacle, while in others bribes paid to obtain business licenses are significant. Time is likely to cause the best-motivated personnel in the world to become lax and inattentive - not to mention the fact that they may be outwitted, bribed, or subverted. On the average, about a third of the respondents indicated that inspection officials were unfriendly or impolite, introduced artificial complications, explicitly or implicitly asked for bribes, or were incompetent. The people suspected that the survey was for the sole purpose of levying more taxes, and hence many of them bribed the clerks to keep them off the registers. They had numerous social, family and business relationships with members of congress, they had plenty of money for bribes, and they had many future advantages to offer. Poorly-paid government officials are subject to increased pressure to supplement their incomes with bribes, while highly-paid officials have more to lose if caught engaging in corrupt practices. 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). In addition, the desire for bribes has increased along with the return of competitive elections, and the business sector continues to accommodate politicians' craving for bribes. Different groups of the police, however, pursue bribes in different ways. Operating within the cracks of the of®cial system, artists and art historians also sought to enhance their own and other people's career chances by giving or taking bribes. Similarly, they may be higher if more individuals are involved in corruption as legislative power is dispersed, although the actual amounts of bribes may be lower. 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. Subsection (4) specifies the bribes that may be paid to people voting for or against converting a building society into a plc. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I have never thought that men could be bribed into the forces, or that we should try to do so. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Furthermore, did she know about the allegations that bungs or bribes were being paid? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Effectively, the employer will end up bribing the employee not to exercise his statutory rights. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The market also saw that before each election, in 1983,1987 and 1992, there were pre-election bribes. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I said that that is bribing electors with their own money. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If the price of the industry when flotation takes place is low enough and if enough bribes are given, the water industry will be sold. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We have had bribed electorates before an election, but to do so after an election is an entirely new development. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He is now bribing that school to leave the state sector, with £4 million. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The third factor relates to the cost of those incentives, baits and bribes to which we have referred. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The whole system since 1918 has been one of bribing the electors at the taxpayers expense. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Any other circumstances, such as bribes, coercion or threats, are not grounds on which the registrar can stop the marriage. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I believe that there is more to this scheme than bribes alone. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If an outsider bribed him to do it, that person might also be guilty. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They did so without bribes, loans or gifts. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 People will be bribed through the tax system to opt out and buy private pension provisions. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We should at least consider the possibility of bribing for information. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 People could then choose how to spend their income, rather than the state bullying or bribing them into spending it in certain ways. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is clearly no case for bribing people to succumb to commercial pressures. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They went around bribing their rich friends with promises of huge tax handouts. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They are subject to bribes and often have to moonlight in order to supplement their incomes. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English No, it amounts to nothing more than bribes for international banking systems. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English He said that they did not accept social bribes because they were the people who dished them out. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Will the farmer have to be bribed to do so? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 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 Profits were diverted to middlemen and to pay bribes to licensing authorities and officials. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I believe that these are the ones who may eventually become frightened or bribed jurors. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Gentleman opposite suggests by means of these trading bribes. 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 We did not have jurymen and witnesses intimidated and bribed until now. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Is not the growing suspicion that it is going to be used for pre-election tax bribes? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The anger or discontent of the unemployed was bought off by grants or bribes. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The very rich could be bribed by further tax relief to devote more of their wealth to the voluntary services and societies. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Immoral such bribes may have been, but with opting out on such a scale their costs were easily absorbable. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 A worker is bribed for the purpose of inducing him to leave the union that he chose to join. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In other words, unless he bribes them well enough, their policy of price restraint will go to the wall. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Bribes were not offered by the embassy staff to anybody. 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 He accused us of offering bribes to the workers. 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 Bribes, in the form of grants, have not had the dramatic effect some of us had hoped. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Surely many of the evils involving runners taking bribes have happened in the fishing ports? 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 In spite of the many and abundant bribes, the prospective traitors either were neutralized or, in most cases, did not stir. During the war, judges and prosecutors often took bribes, including from those representing accused guerrillas. The unenforceable law is hardly qualified to be an institution, but the practice of bribing corrupt law enforcers does qualify. A key feature of their analysis is that threats, unlike bribes, always have a negative effect on politicians' welfare. Nobles who had been married twice and therefore were unfit for an ecclesiastic career were appointed bishops through bribes, connections or both. What can be sold depends upon sellers, buyers, and what can or cannot be kept out of circulation by censorship, bribes, or force. Prosecutions of the international companies found to have bribed him were scheduled to follow. The broader context is not however restricted to matters of distributive justice, but talks about wounding, and offering bribes. According to this argument, chiefs who accepted bribes were guilty of violating custom. Passing as a "potwaller" could gain them a vote, for which they could be bribed with money or food and drink. There have been reports that candidates have resorted to bribes in order to be named on a party's list. Rather than pay the bribes and suffer the losses resulting from delays, people took the risk of fines for disobeying the law. Another inducement was income from tips and bribes, the importance of which will be discussed later in this chapter. Low wages and large bribes have questioned the legitimacy of the multi-nationals. What seems very rare in that system of exchanges are outright gifts of money - genuine bribes. 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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