lack of integrity or honesty (especially susceptibility to bribery); use of a position of trust for dishonest gain
in a state of progressive putrefaction
decay of matter (as by rot or oxidation)
moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles;
\\\"the luxury and corruption among the upper classes\\\"
\\\"moral degeneracy followed intellectual degeneration\\\"
\\\"its brothels, its opium parlors, its depravity\\\"
\\\"Rome had fallen into moral putrefaction\\\"
destroying someone\\\'s (or some group\\\'s) honesty or loyalty; undermining moral integrity;
\\\"corruption of a minor\\\"
\\\"the big city\\\'s subversion of rural innocence\\\"
inducement (as of a public official) by improper means (as bribery) to violate duty (as by commiting a felony);
\\\"he was held on charges of corruption and racketeering\\\"
造句
用作名詞(n.)
Accusations of corruption have been made against him. 對(duì)他貪污的控告已經(jīng)提出。
Corruption and bribery are mean. 貪污行賄是可鄙的。
An odor of corruption hangs about him. 他渾身散發(fā)著腐化墮落的氣味。
Corruption and crime go hand in hand. 腐敗與犯罪攜手并行。
The newspapers blasted the political corruption. 報(bào)紙對(duì)政治腐敗加以強(qiáng)烈譴責(zé)。
常用短語(yǔ)
graft and corruption
貪污腐化
data corruption
數(shù)據(jù)敗壞
corruption of blood
血統(tǒng)玷污
組詞
Seminaries of young ladies..are in danger of great corruption.