corruptionnoun
腐败；贪污；贿赂；受贿
dishonest or illegal behaviour, especially of people in authority
allegations of bribery and corruption
对贿赂与贪污的指控
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
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
The word ‘holiday’ is a corruption of ‘holy day’.
单词holiday是holy day的变体。
corruption
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N-UNCOUNT 腐败;贪污;受贿
Corruption is dishonesty and illegal behaviour by people in positions of authority or power.The President faces 54 charges of corruption and tax evasion...
总统面临54项腐败和逃税的指控。
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N-COUNT (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.'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
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- inducement (as of a public official) by improper means (as bribery) to violate duty (as by commiting a felony)
- he was held on charges of corruption and racketeering
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- destroying someone's (or some group's) honesty or loyalty;undermining moral integrity
- corruption of a minor
- the big city's subversion of rural innocence
- Synonym: subversion
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- moral perversion;impairment of virtue and moral principles
- the luxury and corruption among the upper classes
- moral degeneracy followed intellectual degeneration
- its brothels, its opium parlors, its depravity
- Rome had fallen into moral putrefaction
- Synonym: degeneracy depravation depravity putrefaction
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- lack of integrity or honesty (especially susceptibility to bribery);use of a position of trust for dishonest gain
- Synonym: corruptness
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- decay of matter (as by rot or oxidation)
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- in a state of progressive putrefaction
- Synonym: putrescence putridness rottenness
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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。
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Several newspapers made allegations of corruption in the city 's police department .
有几家报纸声称该市警察部门腐败。
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Corruption corrodes public confidence in a political system .
腐败可削弱公众对政治制度的信心。
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The government has pledged itself to root out corruption .
政府已承诺铲除腐败。
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Corruption is endemic in the system .
腐败在这种制度下普遍存在。
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Here was corruption on a grand scale .
这里的腐败现象曾十分严重。
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The report drew a grim picture of inefficiency and corruption .
这份报告描绘了一幅办事效率低下和贪污腐化的可怕景象。
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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。
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The police report exonerated Lewis from all charges of corruption .
警方的报告免除了对刘易斯贪污的所有指控。
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It is a country where corruption is rife .
这是个腐败成风的国家。
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The whole business stank of corruption .
这件事从头到尾都有腐败嫌疑。
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She is awaiting trial on corruption charges .
她因被控贪污正等候审判。
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Rumours of corruption and scandal gathered pace .
腐化堕落的传闻日益增多。
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She was indicted on charges of corruption .
她被控贪腐，受到起诉。
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There would be a major drive to root out corruption
将会有一场根除腐败的大规模运动。
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There 's corruption , and we 're going to get rid of it
存在贪污腐败现象，我们将予以清除。
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The proposals are an attempt to rid the country of political corruption
这些提议试图使这个国家摆脱政治腐败。
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We should take some comfort from the ability of the judicial system to fight back against corruption .
司法制度有能力惩治腐败，这应使我们感到些许欣慰。
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The new law will put official corruption on the same legal footing as treason .
新法律将规定对公职腐败适用与叛国罪相同的量刑标准。
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The President faces 54 charges of corruption and tax evasion
总统面临54项腐败和逃税的指控。
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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。
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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。
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The whole thing stinks of political corruption .
整件事情都透着政治腐败的气息。
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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。
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Opposition leaders said that the elections had been tainted by corruption .
反对派领导人说，选举中存在舞弊现象。
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' One thing you can never insure against is corruption among your staff . ' — 'Agreed . '
“永远也防不胜防的就是员工内部的贪污腐败。”——“同意。”
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His noisome reputation for corruption had already begun to spread .
他贪污的恶名已经四处传播开了。
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I will hold myself aloof from wrong and corruption .
我会让自己远离错误和腐败。
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The corruption does not seem to have muted the country 's prolonged economic boom .
腐败似乎没有影响国家经济的持续繁荣。
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His speeches against corruption may find a sympathetic hearing among some Trinidadians .
他关于反腐反贪的讲话可能会赢得一些特立尼达岛居民的支持。