corruption

英 [kəˈrʌpʃn]

美 [kəˈrʌpʃn]

n. 腐败; 贪污; 贿赂; 受贿; 使人堕落的行为; 腐蚀; (单词或短语的)变体

复数：corruptions　

Collins.3 / BNC.4342 / COCA.3743

牛津词典

noun

腐败；贪污；贿赂；受贿
dishonest or illegal behaviour, especially of people in authority
1. allegations of bribery and corruption
  对贿赂与贪污的指控
2. The new district attorney has promised to fight police corruption.
  新上任的地方检察官承诺要与司法腐败作斗争。
使人堕落的行为；腐蚀
the act or effect of making sb change from moral to immoral standards of behaviour
1. He claimed that sex and violence on TV led to the corruption of young people.
  他断言电视中所宣扬的色情与暴力诱使青少年堕落。
（单词或短语的）变体
the form of a word or phrase that has become changed from its original form in some way
1. The word ‘holiday’ is a corruption of ‘holy day’.
  单词holiday是holy day的变体。

N-UNCOUNT 腐败;贪污;受贿
Corruptionis dishonesty and illegal behaviour by people in positions of authority or power.
1. The President faces 54 charges of corruption and tax evasion...
  总统面临54项腐败和逃税的指控。
2. Distribution of food throughout the country is being hampered by inefficiency and corruption.
  低效和腐败行为阻碍了食品在全国的分发。
3. ...bribery and corruption.
  受贿和腐败
N-COUNT (单词的)变体
In linguistics, acorruptionis a word that is derived from an earlier word, but which has become changed in some way.
1. 'Morris' is an English corruption of 'Moorish', meaning North African.
  Morris 在英语中是 Moorish 的变体，意思是“北非的”。

noun

inducement (as of a public official) by improper means (as bribery) to violate duty (as by commiting a felony)
1. he was held on charges of corruption and racketeering
destroying someone's (or some group's) honesty or loyalty
1. corruption of a minor
2. the big city's subversion of rural innocence
Synonym:subversion
moral perversion
1. the luxury and corruption among the upper classes
2. moral degeneracy followed intellectual degeneration
3. its brothels, its opium parlors, its depravity
4. Rome had fallen into moral putrefaction
Synonym:degeneracydepravationdepravityputrefaction
lack of integrity or honesty (especially susceptibility to bribery)
Synonym:corruptness
decay of matter (as by rot or oxidation)
in a state of progressive putrefaction
Synonym:putrescenceputridnessrottenness

The government voted to punish corruption in sport with up to four years in jail
政府经表决后决定对体育界的舞弊行为最高将处以4年监禁。
Bribery and corruption were rife in the industry
在这个行业中，贿赂和腐败现象猖獗。
The new law will put official corruption on the same legal footing as treason.
新法律将规定对公职腐败适用与叛国罪相同的量刑标准。
He spoke of scandalous corruption and incompetence.
他谈起触目惊心的贪污腐败和小材大用现象。
Mr Bird remained unmoved by the corruption allegations
伯德先生对贪污指控一直无动于衷。
Allegations of corruption were levelled at him and his family
他和他的家人受到了贪污指控。
He was arrested last December, accused of corruption and misrule
他因受到贪污和蠹政的指控于去年12月被捕。
The government is proposing tougher punishments for officials convicted of corruption
政府提议对已被定罪的贪污腐败官员实施更为严厉的惩罚。
He was arrested in 1979 on spurious corruption charges
他于1979年因被诬告贪污而被捕。
There's corruption, and we're going to get rid of it
存在贪污腐败现象，我们将予以清除。