corruption
英[kə'rʌpʃn] 美[kə'rʌpʃn]
"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"
"corruption of a minor"
"the big city's subversion of rural innocence"
"he was held on charges of corruption and racketeering"
1.腐败;贪污;受贿
corruption is dishonesty and illegal behaviour by people in positions of authority or power.
e.g. The President faces 54 charges ofcorruption and tax evasion...
总统面临54项腐败和逃税的指控。
e.g. Distribution of food throughout the country is being hampered by inefficiency andcorruption.
低效和腐败行为阻碍了食品在全国的分发。
2.(单词的)变体
In linguistics, acorruption is a word that is derived from an earlier word, but which has become changed in some way.
e.g. 'Morris' is an Englishcorruption of 'Moorish', meaning North African.
Morris 在英语中是 Moorish 的变体，意思是“北非的”。
1. corruption的近义词
1. 贪污：访谈动机 贪污(corruption)是一项历史久远、全球普及的社会病态行为,亦是舆论及社会各界长期关注和讨论的重要议题. 但在对贪污...
allegations of bribery and corruption
对贿赂与贪污的指控
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。
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。
The word 'u2018holiday 'u2019 is a corruption of 'u2018holy day 'u2019.
单词holiday是holy day的变体。
The President faces 54 charges of corruption and tax evasion...
总统面临54项腐败和逃税的指控。
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。
'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”。
Corrupt officials always try to draw the curtain over their corruption.
贪官污吏总是企图掩盖自己的腐败行为.
The newspaper exposes corruption in high places without being tamed by their arbitrariness.
这家报纸揭露了上层的腐败,他们没有慑于淫威.
Our government officials seem free of corruption.
我们的政府官员似乎很清廉.
corruption and bribery are mean.
贪污行贿是可鄙的.
corruption was rife before the election.
选举之前,腐败盛行.
Several newspapers made allegations of corruption in the city's police department.
有几家报纸声称该市警察部门腐败。
a cesspit of corruption
堕落腐化的渊薮
corruption corrodes public confidence in a political system.
腐败可削弱公众对政治制度的信心。
allegations of bribery and corruption
对贿赂与贪污的指控
The police report exonerated Lewis from all charges of corruption.
警方的报告免除了对刘易斯贪污的所有指控。
Police corruption is not just a few rotten apples.
警方的腐败不仅仅是几个害群之马造成的。
He was convicted of corruption, and will be disqualified from office for seven years.
他被判犯有贪污罪，以后7年里将无资格担任公职。
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。
He warns that corruption is corroding Russia.
他警告说腐败正在侵蚀俄罗斯。
The Fair Trade Commission has of late been flexing its muscles, cracking down on cases of corruption.
公平交易委员会最近在显示威力，严厉打击腐败事件。
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。
His noisome reputation for corruption had already begun to spread.
他贪污的恶名已经四处传播开了。
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。
Italy has been afflicted by political corruption for decades.
几十年来意大利一直饱受政治腐败之苦。
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。
The whole thing stinks of political corruption.
整件事情都透着政治腐败的气息。
Seminaries of young ladies..are in danger of great corruption.
出自：V. Knox上一个：untrustworthy
下一个：corrosive
