| 单词 | corrupt |
| 释义 | corrupt (once / 155 pages) 1adjv 2v 3adjv If someone or something is corrupt, they’re broken morally or in some other way. Corrupt people perform immoral or illegal acts for personal gain, without apology. Corrupt politicians take bribes and deny it. When you corrupt someone, you convince them to do something wrong or even illegal. If you talk your little brother into stealing cookies from the cookie jar, you're corrupting him. Something corrupt is rotten, spoiled, or out of commission, like a file that makes your computer crash. A corrupt person — a criminal, a crook, or a cookie thief — brings society down with immoral and dishonest behavior. Corrupt goes back to the Latin roots cor-, "altogether," and rumpere, "break." WORD FAMILYcorrupt: corrupted, corrupter, corruptest, corruptible, corrupting, corruption, corruptive, corruptly, corruptness, corrupts, incorrupt+/corrupted: corruptedly, uncorrupted/corruptibility: corruptibilities/corruptible: corruptibility, corruptiblest, incorruptible/corruption: corruptions, incorruption/incorrupt: incorruptly, incorruptness/incorruptibility: incorruptibilities/incorruptible: incorruptibility, incorruptibly USAGE EXAMPLESHis attorney argued there was insufficient evidence to convict Kelly on several charges, including theft and engaging in a pattern of corrupt activity. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) Bloated, profligate and corrupt, for many healthcare was indicative of all that was wrong with the country and, as such, badly in need of reform. The Guardian(Jan 01, 2017) Many nefarious individuals and groups, such as poachers, corrupt government officials and organized crime syndicates, benefit from these illegal sales. Washington Post(Dec 19, 2016) 1 1adj not straight; dishonest or immoral or evasive Syn|Ant crooked dishonest, dishonorable deceptive or fraudulent; disposed to cheat or defraud or deceive unlawfulcontrary to or prohibited by or defiant of law sneaky, underhand, underhandedmarked by deception square, straight characterized by honesty and fairness honest, honorablenot disposed to cheat or defraud; not deceptive or fraudulent lawfulconformable to or allowed by law aboveboard, straightforwardwithout concealment or deception; honest guileless, transparentfree of deceit straightarrowconventionally moral and upright 2adj lacking in integrity humanity they knew to be corrupt...from the day of Adam's creation a corrupt and incompetent city government Syn|Ant corrupted, debased, vitiated ruined in character or quality bribable, corruptible, dishonest, purchasable, venalcapable of being corrupted depraved, perverse, perverted, reprobatedeviating from what is considered moral or right or proper or good dirty, sordidunethical or dishonest Praetorian, Pretoriancharacteristic of or similar to the corruptible soldiers in the Praetorian Guard with respect to corruption or political venality putridmorally corrupt or evil sold-outhaving taken a bribe or bribes immoraldeliberately violating accepted principles of right and wrong incorrupt free of corruption or immorality antisepticclean and honest incorruptibleincapable of being morally corrupted uncorruptednot debased uncorrupted, unspoilednot decayed or decomposed 3adj touched by rot or decay ` corrupt' is archaic Syn tainted stale lacking freshness, palatability, or showing deterioration from age 4v corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality Socrates was accused of corrupting young men corrupt the morals Syn|Hypo|Hyper debase, debauch, demoralise, demoralize, deprave, misdirect, pervert, profane, subvert, vitiate carnalise, carnalize, sensualise, sensualize debase through carnal gratification infectcorrupt with ideas or an ideology lead astray, lead offteach immoral behavior to poisonspoil as if by poison bastardise, bastardizechange something so that its value declines; for example, art forms subornincite to commit a crime or an evil deed alter, change, modify cause to change; make different; cause a transformation 5v place under suspicion or cast doubt upon 2Syn|Hyper cloud, defile, sully, taint deflower, impair, mar, spoil, vitiate make imperfect v make illegal payments to in exchange for favors or influence 3Syn|Hypo|Hyper bribe, buy, grease one's palms sop give a conciliatory gift or bribe to buy off, pay offpay someone with influence in order to receive a favor pay give money, usually in exchange for goods or services 1adj containing errors or alterations a corrupt text Syn corrupted imperfect not perfect; defective or inadequate 2v alter from the original Syn|Hypo|Hyper spoil adulterate, debase, dilute, load, stretch corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones water downthin by adding water to doctor, doctor up, sophisticatealter and make impure, as with the intention to deceive modify make less severe or harsh or extreme |
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