贿赂：通过支付或其他考虑因素诱使某人放弃（如起诉）。
赎买：通过支付来解除（如免除兵役）。
buy off //
动词 to pay (a person or group) to drop a charge, end opposition, relinquish a claim, etc 出钱以摆脱(指控、反对、索赔等)
pay someone with influence in order to receive a favor
同义词： pay off
... Long time no see 表示好久不见是中国人发明的，已经被老外所接受了…… Buy off 收买，贿赂，出钱摆平 Be no match for 不是……的对手 ...
... [fade]∶收敛 [buy off]∶收拢;收揽 [cook]∶烹调 ...
... [fade]∶收敛 [buy off]∶收拢;收揽 [cook]∶烹调 ...
收买；出钱以摆脱
You can buy off him.
你可以买通他。
And second of all, he believes he can buy off parliament.
其次，尤素福认为他可以收买议会。
But these will not be enough to buy off the American critics.
但是这些仍然不够味美国经济危机买单。
Yes,it was a buy off. The employee put us at the top of the list for a table instead of making us wait like everyone else.
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You can feel something cooling off right. I mean simple examples of these happen when you you know, if you buy cold or hot packs.
可以立即反应的东西,你可以感到有的东西会冷却，对吧？,我是说，举个简单的例子。
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On my day off, I'll go down, buy cheap outfit,
休息的时候，我就出去，买套便宜的套装，
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Unemployment is high, and not even burgeoning oil revenue is enough to buy off the populace.
The government may be able to buy off resistance to the Jenkins proposals with new patronage.
Both resorted to higher public spending and debt as an easy option to buy off bolshy voters.