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2005.02.22

Here's one way to woo influential people that the law doesn't look very favorably on. We don't recommend it!

Today's Lesson
BRIBE   賄賂を贈る、賄賂

Explanation

  • To bribe someone is to give them something valuable (such as money) to persuade them to do something, especially something dishonest.

    A bribe is money or something else of value that is used to bribe someone.
  • 動詞の bribe とは、誰かに価値のあるもの（現金など）を渡して、見返りになにかしてもらう、という意味です。とくに不正なことをしてもらうときに使います。

    名詞の bribe とは、このようなもくろみで渡す、現金か他の価値のあるもののことをさします。

examples

  1. He was accused of bribing a police officer after being stopped for drunk driving.
  2. (at a sold-out rock concert)
    a: How did you manage to get such great seats?
    b: I bribed the man at the box office.
  3. The construction company offered bribes to the governor in exchange for lucrative contracts to build roads and government buildings.

英会話レッスンThat's all for today. Wasn't it easy? See you again soon!