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　

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。

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”。

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

Allegations of corruption were levelled at him and his family
他和他的家人受到了贪污指控。
I will hold myself aloof from wrong and corruption.
我会让自己远离错误和腐败。
He was later indicted on corruption charges
他后来被指控贪污。
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。
Mr Bird remained unmoved by the corruption allegations
伯德先生对贪污指控一直无动于衷。
The government voted to punish corruption in sport with up to four years in jail
政府经表决后决定对体育界的舞弊行为最高将处以4年监禁。
He warns that corruption is corroding Russia.
他警告说腐败正在侵蚀俄罗斯。
Government officials accused of bribery and corruption get off the hook with monotonous regularity
被指控贪污受贿的政府官员无一例外总能脱身。
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。
He campaigned relentlessly to bring charges of corruption against former members of the government
为了将前政府成员以贪污腐败的罪名送上法庭，他持续不懈地奔走游说。