subornvt.
1. secretly procure or instigate by underhand to do anevil action暗中促使或挑唆（去做坏事）。
△2H.IV.4.1.90:“What peer hath been suborned to grate on you?”究竟哪一位贵族受人唆使激怒了你？
△2H.VI.3.1.180: “As ifshe had suborned some to swear / False allegations too'erthrow his state?”好像她唆使一些人发誓作假证来推翻他的权力。
2. bribe or otherwise induce to commit perjury（用行贿等手段）诱使作伪证。
△Oth.3.4.152(153):“But now Ifind I had suborned the witness. / And he's indicted falsely.”但是现在我才发现我是买通了证人作假证，而他（奥瑟罗）是受了诬告。
△1H.VI.5.4.21:“You have subornedthis man / Of purpose to obscure my noble birth.”你们故意拉这个人来作假证，隐瞒我的高贵出身。
3. induce… to lie诱使…说谎。
△Com.4.4.84(82):“Thou hast suborned the goldsmith to arrest me.”i.e.You have induced the goldsmith to lie for you in orderto have me arrested. 你唆使那金匠撒谎，好把我抓起来。
4. secretly bribe to commit any evil action,secure bybribery. bribe暗中贿赂…去干坏事，以行贿获致，收买。
△Mac.2.4.24:“They were suborned.”他们被收买了。
△R.III.4.3.4: “Dighton and Forrest,whom I did suborn / To do this piece of ruthless butchery，”代登和弗来斯特，我所收买去进行这场残忍屠杀的那两个人。 suborn[sʌˈbɔ:n]v. 唆使
‖subornation n.教唆犯罪subornation of perjury非法教唆他人作伪证
subornative adj. 教唆的，买通的，教唆伪证罪的
suborning v.行贿，受贿，贿赂 |