bribe
“Bribe”是一个名词和动词。作为名词,它指的是给予或收受以影响某人行为的东西,通常涉及不正当或不合法的行为。作为动词,“bribe”意味着给别人贿赂以影响他们的行动。
例如:
- He was accused of accepting a bribe.(他被控收受贿赂。)
- She tried to bribe the officer.(她试图贿赂这个警官。)
- The businessman offered a bribe to the official to win the contract.(商人向官员行贿以赢得合同。)
- It’s illegal to bribe a police officer.(贿赂警官是非法的。)
- The politician was found guilty of accepting bribes.(那位政客被认定为接受贿赂。)
“Bribe” 的词根来自古法语的 “briber”,意为“乞求、抢夺”。
“Bribe” 没有前缀或后缀,它作为一个单词是完整的。
发展历史和文化背景
Section titled “发展历史和文化背景”“Bribe” 的词源可以追溯到中世纪的法语 “briber”,意为“乞求、抢夺”。在现代英语中,“bribe” 通常有贬义,因为它涉及到非法行为和道德的败坏。
- 复数形式:bribes
- 动词现在分词:bribing
- 动词过去式和过去分词:bribed
- 衍生名词:bribery(贿赂行为)
- 相关短语:to bribe someone into doing something(贿赂某人做某事)
“Bribe”的发音为 /braɪb/,它的读音和“bride”相近,却有截然不同的意思,可以帮助记忆。而且,“bribe”里的”b”和”r”,可以联想到”bad rule”,即“坏规则”,可以进一步联想到贿赂的不良行为。
In a small town, a greedy businessman named Morgan decided to bribe the mayor to get a contract. He slid a thick envelope across the table, but the mayor refused his bribe firm, saved the town from corruption.
在一个小镇上,一个名叫摩根的贪婪商人决定贿赂镇长以获得一份合同,他将一个装满钱的信封推到了桌子对面。但镇长坚定地拒绝了他的贿赂,从而使小镇免于陷入腐败。