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单词 corruption
释义
corruption
noun
uk
/kəˈrʌp.ʃən/us
/kəˈrʌp.ʃən/

corruptionnoun(BAD BEHAVIOUR)

C1[U]
illegal,bad, ordishonestbehaviour,especiallybypeopleinpositionsofpower:
（尤指当权者的）贪污，腐败，堕落
Thefilmis about ayoungpoliceofficerand hisstruggletoexposecorruption in theforce.影片讲述的是一个年轻警察的故事，表现了他是如何克服困难揭露警方内部腐败的。
Political corruption iswidespreadthroughoutthecountry.政治腐败在全国蔓延。
More examples
  • Theinvestigationrevealedpoliticalchicaneryand corruption at thehighestlevels.
  • It's aclearcaseof corruption.
  • Hecaughtthepublicimaginationas acrusaderagainst corruption.
  • Recentdiscoveriesabout corruption have doneseriousdamageto the company'sreputation.
  • Heresignedfrom thecommitteeindisgustat the corruption.
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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Lies, lying & hypocrisy

corruptionnoun(CHANGED WORD)

[C]
inlanguage, a word whoseoriginalformhas beenchanged:
（语言）变体
Theswearword "bloody" iswronglythoughtby some to be a corruption of the words "byourLady".有些人错误地认为咒骂用语 bloody 是 by our Lady 的变体。
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  • Anglicism
  • antonym
  • antonymous
  • applicative
  • archaism
  • buzzword
  • cognate
  • hypernym
  • hyponym
  • inappropriacy
  • inflectional
  • initialism
  • lexis
  • superordinate
  • synonymously
  • syntagmatic
  • term of art
  • terminological
  • vocab
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corruptionnoun(ON COMPUTER)

[U]
thefactofinformationon acomputerbeingchangedso that it iswrongand cannot be used:
（计算机上信息的）破坏，损坏
datacorruption数据毁损
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  • 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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(Definition ofcorruptionfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

corruption| Business English

corruption
noun[U]
uk
/kəˈrʌpʃən/us
dishonestorillegalbehaviourinvolvingapersonin apositionofpower, forexample,acceptingmoneyfor doing somethingillegalorimmoral:
He was amemberof theteamlookingintoallegationsof corruptionin thelocalgovernmentbuilding-worksdepartment.
Aragonpleadednotguiltyto allcorruptioncharges.
In some of thesemarketscorruption isrife.
IT
thefactofinformationon acomputerbeingdamagedin some way and notableto be used:
datacorruption
(Definition ofcorruptionfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofcorruption

corruption
The measures are attempting to catch the smaller corruptions.
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He allowed and encouraged the most appalling social injustices, cruelties, inequalities and corruptions.
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I would argue that one of the corruptions of my adult life is the general contempt in which law is held.
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The delay in the latter case was due to pressure of other urgent work in the decoding office and to telegraphic corruptions in the text.
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There are all kinds of corruptions which take place between men and women.
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Further corruptions of this wonderful simple system will be required in future to modify its workings.
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In order to give a true account of the language as it exists, we are proposing, therefore, to cut out these corruptions which have been wrongly inserted.
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We supplement this with an additional analysis of a second dataset oncorruptionmeasured during the late 1980s.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The answer appears to lie, at least in part, in the popular perception of rampant officialcorruptionin that country.
From theCambridge English Corpus
In other words, the various models explain roughly 78 to 86 per cent of the variance incorruptionacross the cases analysed here.
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Corruptioncan be widespread at the local government level, even if it is controlled effectively at the central government level.
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Given the obvious difficulties in measuringcorruption, any one source may be highly inaccurate.
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A potentially more serious problem is that changes in perceptions ofcorruptionmay lag reality, if they have anything to do with reality at all.
From theCambridge English Corpus
A number of cross-national studies includecorruptionin their analysis.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The economic reform index, log of price level,corruptionindex, and the war dummy are the intermediate variables.
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Collocationswithcorruption

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accusation of corruption
The mayor had taken offense to the lyrics of one of the band's songs, which he interpreted as anaccusationofcorruption.
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alleged corruption
And there are as well parliamentary oversight committees and judicial commissions, which investigate cases ofallegedcorruption.
From theCambridge English Corpus
corruption scandal
This is, of course, the reason why we assume that acorruptionscandallowers the incumbent's chance of re-election.
From theCambridge English Corpus
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