| 单词 | corruption |
| 释义 | corruption /keuh rup"sheuhn/, n. 1. the act of corrupting or state of being corrupt. 2. moral perversion; depravity. 3. perversion of integrity. 4. corrupt or dishonest proceedings. 5. bribery. 6. debasement or alteration, as of language or a text. 7. a debased form of a word. 8. putrefactive decay; rottenness. 9. any corrupting influence or agency. [1300-50; ME corrupcio(u)n ( < AF) < L corruption-, s. of corruptio. See CORRUPT, -ION] Syn. 2. dissolution, immorality. 8. rot, putrefaction, putrescence, foulness, pollution, contamination. Ant. 1-3. purity. 3, 4. honesty. |
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