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bribe sb
直接跟被贿赂的对象。
He bribed the official.
他贿赂了那位官员。
贿赂；收买
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贿赂；收买
to give someone money or a gift in order to persuade them to do something, especially something dishonest
He bribed the official.
他贿赂了那位官员。
向某人行贿；特别是要求某人违背其原意做某事,以换取某种奖励或免于潜在麻烦。
To give a bribe to; specifically, to ask a person to do something against their original will, in exchange for some type of reward or relief from potential trouble.
通过贿赂获得；通过贿赂诱导。
To gain by a bribe; to induce as by a bribe.
以非法支付换取好处或影响
make illegal payments to in exchange for favors or influence
bribe
Base
原形
bribes
3rd person
第三人称单数
bribing
-ing
现在分词
bribed
Past
过去式
bribed
Past participle
过去分词
He bribes the official.
他贿赂官员。
They are bribing the judge.
他们正在贿赂法官。
She bribed the inspector.
她贿赂了检查员。
规则动词，过去式与过去分词同形。
The politician was accused of trying to bribe the inspector to overlook the safety violations.
这位政客被指控试图贿赂检查员以忽略安全违规行为。
They attempted to bribe the guard into letting them enter the building without authorization.
他们试图贿赂保安，以便未经授权进入大楼。
He was fired after evidence showed he had bribed several officials to win the contract.
有证据显示他贿赂了多名官员以赢得合同，随后他被解雇。
直接跟被贿赂的对象。
He bribed the official.
他贿赂了那位官员。
不定式表示目的。
They bribed the guard to let them pass.
他们贿赂守卫让他们通过。
into+动名词表示诱导做某事。
She bribed the inspector into overlooking the violation.
她贿赂检查员忽略违规行为。
Not this
He bribed to the official.
Use this
He bribed the official.
bribe是及物动词，直接接宾语，不需要介词to。
Not this
He bribed the official for giving him the contract.
Use this
He bribed the official to give him the contract.
bribe后接不定式表示贿赂的目的，不接介词for加动名词。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
向证人行贿
He tried to bribe a witness to change her testimony.
他试图向一名证人行贿，让她改变证词。
贿赂官员
The company bribed officials to win the contract.
该公司贿赂官员以赢得合同。
贿赂某人做某事
They bribed the guard to let them in.
他们贿赂警卫让他们进去。
企图行贿
She was arrested for attempting to bribe a police officer.
她因企图贿赂一名警察而被捕。
靠行贿进入
He bribed his way into the restricted area.
他靠行贿进入了禁区。
靠行贿达到目的；用贿赂开路
He bribed his way into the club instead of waiting in line.
他没有排队，而是靠行贿进入了那家俱乐部。
不可收受贿赂，因为贿赂能使智慧人的眼睛变瞎，并颠倒无辜者的言语。
It is against the law to bribe a government official.
向政府官员行贿是违法的。
贿赂，名词：一种为那些等不及公正的人所采用的权宜之计。
He tried to bribe the security guard to let him in.
他试图贿赂保安让他进去。
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记：bribe 与 buy 都以 b 开头，都用钱；bribe 就是花钱“买通”别人——行贿、收买。
语域：neutral 常见场景：legal proceedings、journalism、politics、everyday conversation bribe 作动词表示“行贿、收买”，通常属于中性词，在法律、新闻、日常对话中都较常见。它多指以利益诱导他人违背原则，带负面色彩。口语里有时说 pay off，但 bribe 在正式和非正式场合都用得很自然。
常用结构：bribe sb. to do sth. 或 bribe sb. with sth.
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