bribe 的音标为英 [braɪb]、美 [braɪb]，作动词时表示“贿赂、收买”，作名词时表示“贿赂、贿赂物”，指通过不正当利益交换影响他人决策的行为或物品[3][5]。
名词：贿赂（可数），复数形式为 bribes
动词：行贿/受贿，第三人称单数 bribes，过去式/过去分词 bribed，现在分词 bribing[6]
他被指称在任时收受贿赂：It was alleged that he had taken bribes while in office.
有人用5万美元贿赂她撤回控告：She had been offered a $50,000 bribe to drop the charges.
法官拒收被告家属的贿赂：The judge rejected a bribe from the defendant's family.
他们用香烟贿赂看守：They bribed the guards with cigarettes.
他买通看守后逃之夭夭：He bribed his way past the guard and escaped.
政府收买工人让其保持沉默：The government bribed the workers to be quiet.
take/receive a bribe 收受贿赂（The official was dismissed for taking bribes.）
offer/give a bribe 行贿（The merchant offered a bribe to him.）
bribe sb. into doing sth. 贿赂某人做某事（She was bribed into handing over secret information.）
bribe one's way 行贿打通关节（He managed to bribe his way onto the ship.）
法律与道德属性：bribe 多用于贬义，强调通过不正当手段影响他人，常见于法律、政治语境[10]。
易混淆词：与 "bride"（新娘）发音相同但含义完全不同，需注意拼写区分。
从政府官员的腐败案件到日常生活中的灰色交易，bribe 始终指向权力与利益的非法交换。这种行为不仅破坏公平，还会侵蚀社会信任——那么，当规则本身存在漏洞时，“贿赂”的边界又该如何界定？