suborn
英 [s?'b??n]
美[s?'b?rn]
- vt. 唆使；收買；使作偽證
GRE暢通詞匯
詞態變化
第三人稱單數:?suborns;過去式:?suborned;過去分詞:?suborned;現在分詞:?suborning;
中文詞源
suborn 收買，買通
sub-,在下，-orn,安排，裝飾，詞源同 order,adorn.即私下安排好的，引申詞義收買，買通。
英文詞源
- suborn
- suborn: see ornament
- suborn (v.)
- "to procure unlawfully, to bribe to accomplish a wicked purpose, especially to induce a witness to perjury, "to lure (someone) to commit a crime," 1530s, from Middle French suborner "seduce, instigate, bribe" (13c.) and directly from Latin subornare "employ as a secret agent, incite secretly," originally "equip, fit out, furnish," from sub "under, secretly" (see sub-) + ornare "equip," related to ordo "order" (see order (n.)). Related: Suborned; suborning.
雙語例句
- 1. to suborn a witness
- 收買證人
來自《權威詞典》
- 2. He was charged with conspiracy to suborn witnesses.
- 他被指控陰謀收買證人作偽證.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. The president tried to suborn false witnesses.
- 總統試圖收買虛假證人.
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- 4. Drug traders may try to suborn departing persons.
- 毒品商有可能試著唆使出國者.
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- 5. The siloviki have shown they can squash opposition, suborn the courts and stay in charge.
- “西羅維基”集團表明了他們能夠壓制反對意見, 收買法庭和掌控一切.
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