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单词 corrupt
释义
corrupt
adjective
uk
/kəˈrʌpt/us
/kəˈrʌpt/

corruptadjective(BAD)

C1
dishonestlyusingyourpositionorpowerto get anadvantage,especiallyformoney:
贪赃舞弊的；以权谋私的；腐败的
Bothcompaniesare underinvestigationfor corruptpractices.两家公司都在接受腐败行为调查。
Thewholesystemwas corrupt - everyofficialsheapproachedwantedmoneybeforehelpingher.整个体系都腐败了——她接触的所有官员在帮她之前都索要钱财。
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
deceiving others and not telling the truth
  • dishonestThe press called out the campaign's dishonest tactics.
  • untrustworthyHe made the mistake of basing his news story on an untrustworthy source.
  • deviousIt was a devious plan - but would it work?
  • deceitfulShe's deeply deceitful and not to be trusted.
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morallybad:
堕落的，道德败坏的
a corruptsociety道德败坏的社会
More examples
  • He called forcheckstodiscoverwhether corruptofficialsare beingbribedtoconniveinshoddyconstruction.
  • Apowerfuland corruptelitehasbledthiscountrydry.
  • Oneelectioncannoterase65yearsof a corrupt one-partypoliticalprocess.
  • Theiraccusationsofcorruptionarehypocritical- they have been just as corrupt themselves.
  • Theoldcorrupt,totalitarianregimewasoverthrown.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Fraud & corruption
  • anti-bribery
  • anti-corruption
  • anti-counterfeiting
  • anti-fraud
  • Augean
  • defraud
  • dolus
  • embezzle
  • embezzlement
  • extortion
  • imposture
  • launder
  • malfeasance
  • malpractice
  • match-fixing
  • nobble
  • pyramid scheme
  • siphon
  • tax evasion
  • vishing
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Morally wrong and evil

corruptadjective(ON COMPUTER)

Wheninformationon acomputerbecomescorrupt, it cannot be used because it haschangedandbecomewrong:
（计算机上的信息）被破坏的，有错误的
corruptdata损坏的数据
a corruptfile被破坏的文件
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Computer concepts
  • 3-D printing
  • adaptive learning
  • additive manufacturing
  • addy
  • aeroplane mode
  • backup
  • capture
  • computing
  • configuration
  • importation
  • information age
  • information security
  • information superhighway
  • infosec
  • scan
  • transcode
  • transcoding
  • Trojan horse
  • tuple
  • Turing Machine
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corrupt
verb[T]
uk
/kəˈrʌpt/us
/kəˈrʌpt/

corruptverb[T](MAKE BAD)

C1
to make someone or somethingbecomedishonestorimmoral:
腐蚀…；使腐化堕落；使道德败坏
Thestudyclaimedthatviolenceontelevisioncorrupts themindsofchildren.研究称电视上的暴力镜头腐蚀了孩子们的思想。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Fraud & corruption
  • anti-bribery
  • anti-corruption
  • anti-counterfeiting
  • anti-fraud
  • Augean
  • defraud
  • dolus
  • embezzle
  • embezzlement
  • extortion
  • imposture
  • launder
  • malfeasance
  • malpractice
  • match-fixing
  • nobble
  • pyramid scheme
  • siphon
  • tax evasion
  • vishing
See more results »

corruptverb[T](ON COMPUTER)

tochangeinformationon acomputerso that it iswrongand cannot be used:
损坏（计算机上的信息）
Most of thedataon the harddrivewas corrupted when thepowerwent out.硬盘上的大多数数据在停电时损坏了。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Computer concepts
  • 3-D printing
  • adaptive learning
  • additive manufacturing
  • addy
  • aeroplane mode
  • backup
  • capture
  • computing
  • configuration
  • importation
  • information age
  • information security
  • information superhighway
  • infosec
  • scan
  • transcode
  • transcoding
  • Trojan horse
  • tuple
  • Turing Machine
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Related word

corruptible
(Definition ofcorruptfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

corrupt| American Dictionary

corrupt
adjective
us
/kəˈrʌpt/
dishonestandwillingto useyourpositionorpowertoyourownadvantage,esp. formoney:
It’s been called the mostpoliticallycorruptcityin thenation.
Corrupt alsomeansbad:
Yourphilosophyis corrupt.

corruption

noun[U]us
/kəˈrʌp·ʃən/
politicalcorruption
corrupt
verb[T]
us
/kəˈrʌpt/
to make someonedishonestandwillingto usetheirpositionorpowerforpersonaladvantage,esp. to getmoney:
Powercorrupts, andabsolutepowercorruptsabsolutely.
Don’tletyourfriendscorrupt you(= have abadmoralinfluenceon you).
Ifinformationin acomputeriscorrupted, it isdamagedand can nolongerbe used.
(Definition ofcorruptfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

corrupt| Business English

corrupt
adjective
uk
/kəˈrʌpt/us
usingyourpositionorpowerdishonestlyorillegallyforyourownadvantage,especiallyto makemoney:
a corrupt businessman/official/manager, etc.On theadviceof a corruptfinancialadviser, theaccusedunderstatedtheirincomeby tens of thousands ofdollars.
corruptactivities/practices
IT
used todescribeinformationon acomputerthat has beendamagedorchangedin some way and cannot be used:
corruptdata/files
corrupt
verb[T]
uk
/kəˈrʌpt/us
toinfluencesomeone into doingbadordishonestthings:
It is said thatpowercan corruptpeople.
IT
tochangeordamagetheinformationon acomputerfileso that it cannot be used:
Most of thedataon the harddrivewas corrupted.
(Definition ofcorruptfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofcorrupt

corrupt
The language rights activists present the victim of linguistic imperialism as a sponge who uncritically absorbs corrupting material.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Then some processors (fewer than half of them) fail, and the fault consists in corrupting precisely this bit.
From theCambridge English Corpus
If they do, then additional work is required to determine the extent to which they are corrupted.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Thus, corrupted norms are marked by low behavioural determinacy, but sufficiently strong moral persuasiveness.
From theCambridge English Corpus
He almost certainly doubted that there had ever been any revelation to be corrupted.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Projects were corrupted by the financial demands of the crown and the speculative investment of patronage seekers.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Requiring that some expressions must be treated specially depending on their types corrupts the interface between the components of the compiler.
From theCambridge English Corpus
We have seen that the 'only if ' part from right to left in the satisfaction condition is corrupted.
From theCambridge English Corpus
In addition to potential corruption in the process of signal transmission, a message can be corrupted at both the source and destination of the message.
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They assumed that the chant currently being sung, which clearly did not fit exactly the modal classifications, had been corrupted through time and scribal error.
From theCambridge English Corpus
As one might expect it was this which aroused the most anxiety over the theory's potentially corrupting threats to morality and decency.
From theCambridge English Corpus
They suggest that this phenomenon can be captured in our framework under the assumption that the learner's observations are corrupted by some perceptual noise.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Uniform clothing offset the corrupting influences of vanity and competition so prevalent in modern society and subdued young women's tendencies toward competition.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Bootleggers are viewed as corrupting the music because they also have an interest in money.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Manualists saw sign language as possibly prior to spoken language, and therefore purer or less corrupted.
From theCambridge English Corpus
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