英语单词 | corruption |
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英美音标 | 英 [kə'rʌpʃn] 美 [kə'rʌpʃn] |
中文释义 | n.贪污;堕落;腐败 |
英语例句 | (1) Accusations of corruption have been made against him. (2) Corruption and bribery are mean. (3) An odor of corruption hangs about him. (4) Corruption and crime go hand in hand. (5) The newspapers blasted the political corruption. |
中文例句 | (1) 对他贪污的控告已经提出。 (2) 贪污行贿是可鄙的。 (3) 他浑身散发着腐化堕落的气味。 (4) 腐败与犯罪携手并行。 (5) 报纸对政治腐败加以强烈谴责。 |
vocabulary简明 | Corruption is dishonest actions that destroys people's trust in the person or group, like the news of corruption in how your bank is run, that makes you close your account and invest your money somewhere else. |
vocabulary扩展 | The noun corruption comes from Latin — com, or "with, together," and rumpere, meaning "to break." Corruption breaks your trustworthiness, your good reputation with others, like the news of corruption in the mayor's office that shocked everyone. When you corrupt something that is pure or honest, you take away those qualities. That's why "corruption of minors" is a serious offense in our legal system. |
柯林斯解释 | 1 [N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]腐败;贪污;受贿 Corruption is dishonesty and illegal behaviour by people in positions of authority or power.
2 [N-COUNT 可数名词](单词的)变体 In linguistics, a corruption is a word that is derived from an earlier word, but which has become changed in some way. [usu N [TECHNICAL 术语]
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