| 单词 | corruption |
| 释义 | corruption —corruption /kəˈrʌp.ʃən/ noun (BAD BEHAVIOUR) ► C1 [U] illegal, bad, or dishonest behaviour, especially by people in positions of power: » The film is about a young police officer and his struggle to expose corruption in the force.» Political corruption is widespread throughout the country.Thesaurus+: ↑Fraud and corruptionThesaurus+: ↑Lies, lying and hypocrisy , ↑Dishonest people• • • Extra Examples:» The investigation revealed political chicanery and corruption at the highest levels.» It's a clear case of corruption.» He caught the public imagination as a crusader against corruption.» Recent discoveries about corruption have done serious damage to the company's reputation.» He resigned from the committee in disgust at the corruption.noun (CHANGED WORD) ► F0 [C] in language, a word whose original form has been changed: » The swear word 'bloody' is wrongly thought by some to be a corruption of the words 'by our Lady'.Thesaurus+: ↑Terminology and vocabularynoun [U] (ON COMPUTER) ► F0 the fact of information on a computer being changed so that it is wrong and cannot be used: » data corruptionThesaurus+: ↑Computer concepts |
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