corrupting
present participle ofcorrupt
| 单词 | corrupting |
| 释义 | corrupting present participle ofcorrupt corrupt verb[T] uk/kəˈrʌpt/us/kəˈrʌpt/corruptverb[T](MAKE BAD)C1 to make someone or somethingbecomedishonestorimmoral: Thestudyclaimedthatviolenceontelevisioncorrupts themindsofchildren. Fraud & corruption
corruptverb[T](ON COMPUTER)tochangeinformationon acomputerso that it iswrongand cannot be used: Most of thedataon the harddrivewas corrupted when thepowerwent out. Computer concepts
Examplesofcorruptingcorrupting In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Profit, as we shall see, was portrayed either as secondary or ascorrupting. From theCambridge English Corpus They portrayed the desire for profit as one of the vicescorruptingthe commonwealth. From theCambridge English Corpus These "debts may be compromising orcorrupting," and impartiality may become an improbable ideal for the insider-ethicist. From theCambridge English Corpus The language rights activists present the victim of linguistic imperialism as a sponge who uncritically absorbscorruptingmaterial. From theCambridge English Corpus Then some processors (fewer than half of them) fail, and the fault consists incorruptingprecisely this bit. From theCambridge English Corpus As one might expect it was this which aroused the most anxiety over the theory's potentiallycorruptingthreats to morality and decency. From theCambridge English Corpus Uniform clothing offset thecorruptinginfluences of vanity and competition so prevalent in modern society and subdued young women's tendencies toward competition. From theCambridge English Corpus Bootleggers are viewed ascorruptingthe music because they also have an interest in money. From theCambridge English Corpus He condemned the vice of idleness forcorruptingthese qualities, and he portrayed honour and glory as the reward of good citizens. From theCambridge English Corpus Far fromcorruptingphilosophy, the presence of commercial patrons demonstrated the new philosophy's vitality. From theCambridge English Corpus The doublespeak of war is an instance of thoughtcorruptinglanguage and languagecorruptingthought. From theCambridge English Corpus Intuitively, the reason for this condition is that we must be able to evaluate e1 after e2 or vice versa withoutcorruptingthe previous result. From theCambridge English Corpus In order to be credible as the cause of such a drasticallycorruptingeffect, however, opium has to be powerful stuff. From theCambridge English Corpus Indeed, they amount to ways ofcorruptingor destroying the self. From theCambridge English Corpus It is not yet clear whether it could be deployed by the mole without increasing the complexity of the mole's depth profile andcorruptingthe pristine borehole environment. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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