| 单词 | corrupt |
| 释义 | corrupt —corrupt /kəˈrʌpt/ adjective (BAD) C1 dishonestly using your position or power to get an advantage, especially for money: » Both companies are under investigation for corrupt practices.» The whole system was corrupt - every official she approached wanted money before helping her.Thesaurus+: ↑Fraud and corruptionF0 morally bad: » a corrupt societyThesaurus+: ↑Morally wrong and evil , ↑Dishonest• • • Extra Examples:» He called for checks to discover whether corrupt officials are being bribed to connive in shoddy construction.» A powerful and corrupt elite has bled this country dry.» One election cannot erase 65 years of a corrupt one-party political process.» Their accusations of corruption are hypocritical - they have been just as corrupt themselves.» The old corrupt, totalitarian regime was overthrown.adjective (ON COMPUTER) ► F0 When information on a computer becomes corrupt, it cannot be used because it has changed and become wrong: » corrupt data» a corrupt fileThesaurus+: ↑Computer conceptsverb [T] (MAKE BAD) ↑Verb Endings for corrupt ► C1 to make someone or something become dishonest or immoral: » The study claimed that violence on television corrupts the minds of children.Thesaurus+: ↑Fraud and corruptioncorruptible /-ˈrʌp.tɪ.bl̩/ adjective► F0» Perhaps some systems of government are more corruptible than others.Thesaurus+: ↑Weakness and vulnerability verb [T] (ON COMPUTER) ↑Verb Endings for corrupt ► F0 to change information on a computer so that it is wrong and cannot be used: » Most of the data on the hard drive was corrupted by the power cut.Thesaurus+: ↑Computer concepts |
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