n. 1.腐败,堕落,败坏;恶化;贪污,舞弊,贿赂。 2.(文献等的)讹误;【语言学】传讹。 3.〔美国〕脓。 短语和例子 corruption in language 语言的传讹。
inducement (as of a public official) by improper means (as bribery) to violate duty (as by commiting a felony); "he was held on charges of corruption and racketeering"
destroying someone''s (or some group''s) honesty or loyalty; undermining moral integrity; "corruption of a minor"; "the big city''s subversion of rural innocence" 同义词:subversion,
moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles; "the luxury and corruption among the upper classes"; "moral degeneracy followed intellectual degeneration"; "its brothels, its opium parlors, its depravity"; "Rome had fallen into moral putrefaction" 同义词:degeneracy, depravation, depravity, putrefaction,
lack of integrity or honesty (especially susceptibility to bribery); use of a position of trust for dishonest gain 同义词:corruptness,
decay of matter (as by rot or oxidation)
in a state of progressive putrefaction 同义词:putrescence, putridness, rottenness,
In philosophical, theological, or moral discussions, corruption is spiritual or moral impurity or deviation from an ideal. Corruption may include many activities including bribery and embezzlement.
例句与用法
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The corruption had become epidemic . 这种腐化已成为社会上的一种歪风。
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The word is a corruption of another word . 这个词是另一词的传讹。
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Our government officials seem free of corruption . 我们的政府官员似乎很清廉。
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He stressed the corruptions of sin . 他强调了罪恶的腐朽。
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Charges of corruption were in the air . 谣传是行了贿赂。
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Perhaps it was for corruption or incompetence . 也许这是由于贪污,或是由于失职。
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Corruption of the best becomes the worst . 最好的东西如发生腐化,就成为最坏的东西。
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Corruption is a proof of energy, inseparable from it . 有腐败必有能干,两者互为依存。
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Toleration of dishonest officials encourages corruption . 对腐败官吏的容忍常鼓励贪污行为。
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One corruption was perhaps inherent in its teaching . 有一个弊病也许是它的教义本身所固有的。