Bribe

(noun.) payment made to a person in a position of trust to corrupt his judgment.

(verb.) make illegal payments to in exchange for favors or influence; 'This judge can be bought'.

整理:威廉

• She hated calls of the formal sort, and never made any till Amy compelled her with a bargain, bribe, or promise. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• I suggested, as I rose to go, that it was not right to betray my guardian's confidence for a bribe. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• To my great astonishment, it turned out, however, that the waistcoat was not an honour, but a bribe. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• Then the Jew wanted to bribe my friend, who steadfastly refused for the reason, as he told the Jew, that he might be court-martialled and shot. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• Whether they were always so free from avarice, partialities, or want, that a bribe, or some other sinister view, could have no place among them? 乔纳森·斯威夫特. 格列佛游记.
• She came down and brought money with her, trying to bribe me to go. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• I have not taken a bribe yet. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• By dint of alternate threats, promises, and bribes, the lady in question was ultimately prevailed upon to undertake the commission. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• No threats of torture or death, no bribes, however fabulous, would move him. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• No, she secretly bribes a nurse to let her escape. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• My dear Miss Summerson, he returned with a candid hilarity that was all his own, I can't be bribed. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• I bribed you! 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• I can say of you what will make it stupidity to suppose that you would be bribed to do a wickedness. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• Now I come to think of it, he looked inquiringly at us with his frankest smile as he made the discovery, Vholes bribed me, perhaps? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• The king relied on his army, and this was usually a mercenary army of foreigners, speedily mutinous if there was no pay or plunder, and easily bribed. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• For if politics is merely a guerilla war between the bribed and the unbribed, then statecraft is not a human service but a moral testing ground. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• How can I be bribed? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• I am aware of the contract-grafts, the franchise-steals, the dirty streets, the bribing and the blackmail, the vice-and-crime partnerships, the Big Business alliances of Tammany Hall. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• Charles on his way from Spain to Germany visited England and secured the support of Henry against Francis by bribing his minister, Cardinal Wolsey. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.

校对:克劳斯