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　

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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。

柯林斯词典

• 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”。

英英释义

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

双语例句

• I will hold myself aloof from wrong and corruption.
  我会让自己远离错误和腐败。
• They were the principal shareholders in a bank riddled with corruption
  他们是一家腐败成风的银行的主要股东。
• 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。
• The discontent has been fuelled by allegations of corruption in high places.
  关于身居高位者腐败行为的指控更激起了人们的不满。
• Bribery and corruption were rife in the industry
  在这个行业中，贿赂和腐败现象猖獗。
• Opposition leaders said that the elections had been tainted by corruption.
  反对派领导人说，选举中存在舞弊现象。
• 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。
• She was accused of corruption, of vote rigging on a massive scale.
  她被指控贪污腐败和大规模操纵选票。
• He was later indicted on corruption charges
  他后来被指控贪污。
• Mr Bird remained unmoved by the corruption allegations
  伯德先生对贪污指控一直无动于衷。