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bought

/ˈbɔt/ 形容词 A1

中文: 被收买的、腐败的

  1. Compromised by money from special interests; corrupt. (informal) · Any senators who vote for this bill must be bought.· Don't bother filing a complaint, the regulators are bought.
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I’m nearly as impolite and disagreeable and ill-mannered as these two old Knickerbocker gents on each side of me that can’t sleep of nights because I bought in between ’em.”
《Six stories from The Four Million》,第9页 · C1
“O Akela, and ye the Free People,” he purred, “I have no right in your assembly, but the Law of the Jungle says that if there is a doubt which is not a killing matter in regard to a new cub, the life of that cub may be bought at a price.
《The Jungle Book》,第10页 · B2
The cub can be bought for a price.
《The Jungle Book》,第10页 · B2
As soon as he was old enough to understand things, Bagheera told him that he must never touch cattle because he had been bought into the Pack at the price of a bull’s life.
《The Jungle Book》,第14页 · B2

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