It turned out the police officer was on the take.

The Prime Minister has said his government will not be blackmailed by the rebels. 首相说过他的政府不会受叛军的要挟。

They were found guilty of trying to bribe officials. 他们因企图贿赂官员而被判有罪。

It's nice to know that some people can't be bought. 很高兴知道有些人不会被收买。

You're trying to flatter me, and it won't work. 你想奉承我，但这不会有用的。

There's a difference between gaming the system and actually breaking the law and getting away with it.

We're being held to ransom by these extremist groups.

It emerged that some ministers were in the pay of the drug companies. 真相大白了，原来有些部长已被毒品公司收买。

She's always making up to the boss – it's quite embarrassing. 她总是讨好上司，真让人难堪。

He knows how to manipulate an audience. 他知道怎样左右观众。

Jack quickly manoeuvred himself into a managerial position. 杰克很快就为自己谋到了经理职位。

He had at one point even tried to nobble two of the jurors sitting on his trial.

There were suspicions that officials had been paid off. 有人怀疑官员们被买通了。

She plays on the fact that people feel sorry for her. 她利用了人们对她的同情。

politicians who play the nationalist card in order to get votes 为赢得选票而打出民族主义者幌子的政客

Management accused the unions of playing to the gallery by attacking the pay talks.

He took great pains to play up to Joan's mother. 他费了好大的心力去取悦琼的母亲。

The text was slanted towards younger readers. 这篇课文偏向较年轻的读者。

His strategy was to soften them up with compliments. 他的策略是用恭维话来打动他们。

‘How he twisted things to suit himself!' she thought angrily. “他居然为了自己而歪曲事实！”她生气地想。

Government workers know how easy it is to work the system. 政府部门的职员知道利用制度是一件多么容易的事。