| 单词 | corrupt |
| 释义 | corrupt (kərʌpt ) Word forms: corrupts , corrupting , corrupted 1. adjective 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. He had accused three opposition members of corrupt practices. corruptly adverb [ADVERB with verb] ...several government officials charged with acting corruptly. 2. verb [usually passive] If someone is corrupted by something, it causes them to become dishonest and unjust and unable to be trusted. It is sad to see a man so corrupted by the desire for money and power. [be VERB-ed] 3. verb To corrupt someone means to cause them to stop caring about moral standards. ...warning that television will corrupt us all. [VERB noun] Cruelty depraves and corrupts. [VERB] Synonyms: deprave, pervert, subvert, debase 4. verb [usually passive] If something is corrupted, it becomes damaged or spoiled in some way. Some of the finer type-faces are corrupted by cheap, popular computer printers. [be VERB-ed] They can ensure that traditional cuisines are not totally corrupted by commercial practices. [be VERB-ed] ...corrupted data. [VERB-ed] Collocations: corrupt governance Their new president has to give an increasingly self-confident middle class a chance to breathe, to criticise lazy or corrupt governance, and to initiate change. Times, Sunday Times For others, it would represent an extension of the status quo: the corrupt governance of her former husband. Times, Sunday Times Each one tries to control the city in a time of very weak and corrupt governance. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Corrupt politics had ruined it. Times, Sunday Times He was praised for resistance to the imposition of corrupt politics and bureaucratic burdens on ordinary people. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Being a socialist nation at the time, this declaration called for the halt of corrupt politics and promised protection from the hands of global imperialists. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The finance consensus that pervades all tax havens corrupts politics and society. Times, Sunday Times Simply put, that campaign's finance system corrodes democracy and corrupts politics. Times, Sunday Times However, he was an ineffective and corrupt ruler, taking bribes and speculating on land. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It was an appropriate location for a nation infected by its corrupt rulers. Times, Sunday Times First, a central register of beneficial owners of the shell companies that protect corrupt rulers and enterprises needs to be established and open to public scrutiny. Times, Sunday Times She focused on the pros and cons of people in power and wrote about corrupt rulers. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 We are all, every one of us who complains about a corrupt society, capable of contributing to that. Times, Sunday Times He sought to prove by example that a man of genius could become an acknowledged legislator, who might reform a corrupt society through the clarity of his vision. The Times Literary Supplement Its very important now to change the system because my degree would be useless in a corrupt society. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He used his simple lifestyle and behaviour to criticise the social values and institutions of what he saw as a corrupt society. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Can you be deeply decent and deeply corrupt at the same time? Times, Sunday Times What's the point, he seemed to ask, of making the goal of integration a standard that was deeply corrupt? Christianity Today More: he was deeply corrupt. Times, Sunday Times They don't see the reality: a country in which democracy has been savaged by a deeply corrupt political system. Times, Sunday Times In turn, foreign investors find themselves coping with a venal political system and courts that are deeply corrupt. Times, Sunday Times These writers saw all monarchies as illegitimate tyrannies that were inherently corrupt. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 To him, government was inherently corrupt and a threat to peace. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Lastly, some religions do not specifically reject politics per se, but believe existing political systems are so inherently corrupt they must be ignored. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The act of labor itself was believed to be socially ennobling while the act of economic exploitation backed by political force was held to be inherently corrupting. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Our financial crisis, our common sensitivities to the way money corrupts, unlock this play. Times, Sunday Times If money corrupts, an awful amount of money corrupts awfully. Times, Sunday Times But look at the way that rugby union has descended towards the gutter in the past 14 years since it went professional and you will see that money corrupts. Times, Sunday Times His search for thrills takes him to a sleazy nightclub and a sports stadium, where he discovers — surprise, surprise — that people are greedy and money corrupts. Times, Sunday Times We're going to assume that power corrupts, that money corrupts. Times, Sunday Times Gifts given as reward for service deservedly rendered are morally corrupt, because they could serve as a perverse type of incentive. ST You know, saying everything he was excited about, that he was sharing with me, was misbegotten, was a bad idea, was morally corrupt -. Christianity Today You might even say that they are morally corrupt. Times, Sunday Times Loving things can be bad for us, for example when the things we love are morally corrupt. Times, Sunday Times Still believed that the conventional medical system lacked credible efficacy, was morally corrupt, and treated effects rather than causes of disease. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 City and regional councils control a huge amount of the country's resources through licensing and registration, and are notoriously corrupt. Times, Sunday Times In the 1970s, it ranked among the world's most notoriously corrupt cities. Globe and Mail She came to power pledging to clean up the notoriously corrupt and brutal military and to bring peace to the fractious country. Globe and Mail The department that he took over in 1950 was notoriously corrupt. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The prisons were notoriously corrupt, with gaolers demanding a bribe, or garnish, for any minor comfort. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Since 1991, a thoroughly corrupt business elite has favoured cronyism over reform. Times, Sunday Times Curiously, the tale never really questions the integrity of a police force serving an otherwise thoroughly corrupt system. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A new body of intensely moralistic politicians would suddenly discover that the opposition was ensconced in power, was thoroughly corrupt, and had plans to utterly destroy republicanism. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 腐败的, 使…堕落 Japanese: 腐敗した, 堕落させる |
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