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Corrupt Ed Dishonest Verb 动词 Morally Immoral Illegal

英语单词 corrupt
英美音标 英 [kə'rʌpt] 美 [kə'rʌpt]
中文释义 adj.腐败的;堕落的;讹误的
vt.贿赂;使恶化;使腐烂
vi.腐败;腐烂
英语例句 (1) She wrote a book declaiming against our corrupt society.
(2) The corrupt judge dismissed the case without a hearing.
(3) The official led a corrupt life.
(4) The manuscript is so corrupt that parts of it make no sense at all.
(5) He was sent to prison for trying to corrupt a policeman with money.
(6) Bad company may corrupt a good boy.
(7) Complete power corrupts completely.
(8) They left the bodies to corrupt on the field .
中文例句 (1) 她写了一本书抨击我们这腐败的社会。
(2) 腐败的法官没有听审就驳回了这个案子。
(3) 这个官员过着堕落的生活。
(4) 这稿子由于讹误太多,以致有的部分意义不明。
(5) 他因为试图用钱贿赂一名警察而被送入监狱。
(6) 跟坏人在一起会使好孩子变坏。
(7) 绝对的权力造成绝对的腐败。
(8) 他们让尸体在战场上腐烂。
vocabulary简明 If someone or something is corrupt, they’re broken morally or in some other way. Corrupt people perform immoral or illegal acts for personal gain, without apology. Corrupt politicians take bribes and deny it.
vocabulary扩展 When you corrupt someone, you convince them to do something wrong or even illegal. If you talk your little brother into stealing cookies from the cookie jar, you're corrupting him. Something corrupt is rotten, spoiled, or out of commission, like a file that makes your computer crash. A corrupt person — a criminal, a crook, or a cookie thief — brings society down with immoral and dishonest behavior. Corrupt goes back to the Latin roots cor-, "altogether," and rumpere, "break."
柯林斯解释
1
[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]腐败的;贪污的;受贿的;营私舞弊的 Someone who is corrupt behaves in a way that is morally wrong, especially by doing dishonest or illegal things in return for money or power.
  • ...to save the nation from corrupt politicians of both parties...

    从两个政党的腐败政客手中挽救这个国家

  • ...corrupt police officers...

    腐败的警察

  • He had accused three opposition members of corrupt practices.

    他指控3名反对派成员营私舞弊。

corruptly
  • ...several government officials charged with acting corruptly.

    被控营私舞弊的几名政府官员

2
[VERB 动词]使腐化 If someone is corrupted by something, it causes them to become dishonest and unjust and unable to be trusted.
  [be V-ed]
  [usu passive]
  • It is sad to see a man so corrupted by the desire for money and power.

    看到一个人因为追逐金钱和权力而如此腐化真是悲哀。

3
[VERB 动词]使堕落 To corrupt someone means to cause them to stop caring about moral standards.
  [V n]
  [V]
  • ...warning that television will corrupt us all...

    警告说电视将会使我们所有人堕落

  • Cruelty depraves and corrupts.

    残暴行为会使人堕落、道德败坏。

4
[VERB 动词]损坏;破坏 If something is corrupted, it becomes damaged or spoiled in some way.
  [be V-ed]
  [V-ed]
  [usu passive]
  • Some of the finer typefaces are corrupted by cheap, popular computer printers...

    有些比较优美的字体经过价廉、通用的电脑打印机处理后就面目全非了。

  • They can ensure that traditional cuisines are not totally corrupted by commercial practices.

    他们可以确保传统烹饪不会被商业运营模式完全破坏。

  • ...corrupted data.

    被损坏的数据

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