corruption

noun

1. 腐败；贪污；贿赂；受贿
   dishonest or illegal behaviour, especially of people in authority
   1. allegations of bribery and corruption
      对贿赂与贪污的指控
   2. The new district attorney has promised to fight police corruption.
      新上任的地方检察官承诺要与司法腐败作斗争。
2. 使人堕落的行为；腐蚀
   the act or effect of making sb change from moral to immoral standards of behaviour
   1. He claimed that sex and violence on TV led to the corruption of young people.
      他断言电视中所宣扬的色情与暴力诱使青少年堕落。
3. （单词或短语的）变体
   the form of a word or phrase that has become changed from its original form in some way
   1. The word ‘holiday’ is a corruption of ‘holy day’.
      单词holiday是holy day的变体。

1. N-UNCOUNT 腐败;贪污;受贿
   Corruption is dishonesty and illegal behaviour by people in positions of authority or power.
   1. The President faces 54 charges of corruption and tax evasion...
      总统面临54项腐败和逃税的指控。
   2. Distribution of food throughout the country is being hampered by inefficiency and corruption.
      低效和腐败行为阻碍了食品在全国的分发。
   3. ...bribery and corruption.
      受贿和腐败
2. N-COUNT (单词的)变体
   In linguistics, a corruption is a word that is derived from an earlier word, but which has become changed in some way.
   1. 'Morris' is an English corruption of 'Moorish', meaning North African.
      Morris 在英语中是 Moorish 的变体，意思是“北非的”。

1. I will hold myself aloof from wrong and corruption.
   我会让自己远离错误和腐败。
2. He campaigned relentlessly to bring charges of corruption against former members of the government
   为了将前政府成员以贪污腐败的罪名送上法庭，他持续不懈地奔走游说。
3. He warns that corruption is corroding Russia.
   他警告说腐败正在侵蚀俄罗斯。
4. Distribution of food throughout the country is being hampered by inefficiency and corruption.
   低效和腐败行为阻碍了食品在全国的分发。
5. 'Morris' is an English corruption of 'Moorish', meaning North African.
   Morris在英语中是Moorish的变体，意思是“北非的”。
6. We should take some comfort from the ability of the judicial system to fight back against corruption.
   司法制度有能力惩治腐败，这应使我们感到些许欣慰。
7. The new law will put official corruption on the same legal footing as treason.
   新法律将规定对公职腐败适用与叛国罪相同的量刑标准。
8. Government officials accused of bribery and corruption get off the hook with monotonous regularity
   被指控贪污受贿的政府官员无一例外总能脱身。
9. Members of the Bundestag are immune from prosecution for corruption
   德国联邦议院的成员可免受贪腐罪的起诉。
10. He was later indicted on corruption charges
    他后来被指控贪污。
11. Allegations of corruption were levelled at him and his family
    他和他的家人受到了贪污指控。
12. He was arrested last December, accused of corruption and misrule
    他因受到贪污和蠹政的指控于去年12月被捕。
13. The corruption does not seem to have muted the country's prolonged economic boom.
    腐败似乎没有影响国家经济的持续繁荣。
14. The discontent has been fuelled by allegations of corruption in high places.
    关于身居高位者腐败行为的指控更激起了人们的不满。
15. The government voted to punish corruption in sport with up to four years in jail
    政府经表决后决定对体育界的舞弊行为最高将处以4年监禁。
16. The government is proposing tougher punishments for officials convicted of corruption
    政府提议对已被定罪的贪污腐败官员实施更为严厉的惩罚。
17. There's corruption, and we're going to get rid of it
    存在贪污腐败现象，我们将予以清除。
18. The proposals are an attempt to rid the country of political corruption
    这些提议试图使这个国家摆脱政治腐败。
19. They were the principal shareholders in a bank riddled with corruption
    他们是一家腐败成风的银行的主要股东。
20. Bribery and corruption were rife in the industry
    在这个行业中，贿赂和腐败现象猖獗。
21. She was accused of corruption, of vote rigging on a massive scale.
    她被指控贪污腐败和大规模操纵选票。
22. Earlier today the Prime Minister sacked 18 government officials for corruption
    今天早些时候，首相解除了18名涉嫌贪污腐败的政府官员的职务。
23. He spoke of scandalous corruption and incompetence.
    他谈起触目惊心的贪污腐败和小材大用现象。
24. He was arrested in 1979 on spurious corruption charges
    他于1979年因被诬告贪污而被捕。
25. Opposition leaders said that the elections had been tainted by corruption.
    反对派领导人说，选举中存在舞弊现象。
26. Her government never really shook off the taint of corruption
    她的政府从来没有真正摆脱掉腐败的阴影。
27. Mr Bird remained unmoved by the corruption allegations
    伯德先生对贪污指控一直无动于衷。
28. Our government officials seem free of corruption.
    我们的政府官员似乎很清廉。
29. The local government has made a drive to stamp out corruption among its staff.
    地方政府发动了一场运动来清除腐败。

noun

1. inducement (as of a public official) by improper means (as bribery) to violate duty (as by commiting a felony)
   1. he was held on charges of corruption and racketeering

2. destroying someone's (or some group's) honesty or loyalty
   1. corruption of a minor
   2. the big city's subversion of rural innocence

   Synonym:    subversion

3. moral perversion
   1. the luxury and corruption among the upper classes
   2. moral degeneracy followed intellectual degeneration
   3. its brothels, its opium parlors, its depravity
   4. Rome had fallen into moral putrefaction

   Synonym:    degeneracydepravationdepravityputrefaction

4. lack of integrity or honesty (especially susceptibility to bribery)

   Synonym:    corruptness

5. decay of matter (as by rot or oxidation)

6. in a state of progressive putrefaction

   Synonym:    putrescenceputridnessrottenness