buy off
英 [baɪ ɒf]
美 [baɪ ɔːf]
收买; 贿赂
同义词辨析
bribev. 向…行贿，收买
〔辨析〕
较正式用词，指用钱财、好处等贿赂某人（尤指公职人员），使其以非法方式给予帮忙等。
〔例证〕
The father bribed the policeman to free his son.
父亲贿赂警察放了自己的儿子。
He tried to bribe the reporter into silence.
他试图收买该记者，让其保持沉默。
父亲贿赂警察放了自己的儿子。
He tried to bribe the reporter into silence.
他试图收买该记者，让其保持沉默。
buy offphr.v. 〈非正式〉买通，收买
〔辨析〕
词义同 bribe，但主要用于不很正式的文体。
〔例证〕
He bought off the manager and received information on the company.
他买通经理，获取了公司的一些情报。
Efforts to buy her off have failed.
收买她的企图没有得逞。
他买通经理，获取了公司的一些情报。
Efforts to buy her off have failed.
收买她的企图没有得逞。
柯林斯词典
- PHRASAL VERB 收买；贿赂
If you say that a person or organizationbuys offanother person or group, you are criticizing the fact that they are giving them something such as money so that they will not complain or cause trouble.- ...policies designed to buy off the working-class vote...
旨在收买劳工阶层选票的政策 - In buying your children all these things, you are in a sense buying them off.
给孩子买下所有这些东西，从某种意义上说你是在收买他们。
- ...policies designed to buy off the working-class vote...
英英释义
verb
- pay someone with influence in order to receive a favor
双语例句
- Son of a bitches think they can just buy us off.
婊子养的想收买我们。 - The thief tried to buy off the policeman, but he did not succeed.
这贼企图贿赂警察，但他未达到目的。 - The money which had to be paid to the chief of the tribe or king to buy off his right of the first night, plays a large part in the code of laws.
为赎回初夜权而付给部落首领或国王的赎金在法典上起着很大的作用。 - Unless he drops the charge we'll have to buy him off.
他若不撤销指控，我们就得收买他。 - It's illegal to buy off tramps anyway.
反正收买乞丐是违法的。 - Can I buy off you like this? For just several dirham?
我能够就这样收买你吗？就用几个迪拉姆？ - The best that most can do is to buy off surplus staff with early retirement.
大多数企业所能做的最佳选择，就是用提前退休来处理过剩员工。 - Any car you can buy off the shelf in a pastel pink has got to be saying something.
现货供应的任何一辆淡粉色汽车一定都有自己的卖点。 - But you can't buy me off with a bootleg.
但你却不能用盗版唱片来收买我。 - So you called me in here to buy me off?
你叫我过来这里就是为了收买我？