corruption

[kə'rʌpʃən]

n.贪污, 堕落, 腐败

例句与用法:

Their actions reek of corruption.

他们的举动显然有贪污之嫌。

Accusations of corruption have been made/brought/laid against him.

对他贪污的控告已经提出。

Corruption and crime go hand in hand.

腐败与犯罪携手并行。

Corruption stands in the way of the development of the society.

贪污腐败妨碍社会的发展。

It's a crusade against corruption.

这是一场反腐败的运动。

He was caught by the police because of the graft and corruption.

他因贿赂贪污被警察抓了起来。

Odorous corruption hangs about him.

他浑身散发着腐化堕落的气味。

The new military rulers said that the previous government had been riddled with corruption.

新的军事统治者说,前政府已经腐败透顶。

词形变化:

形容词: corruptive | 副词: corruptly | 名词: corrupter | 动词过去式: corrupted | 动词过去分词: corrupted | 动词现在分词: corrupting | 动词第三人称单数: corrupts |

详细释义:

n.

1. 堕落; 腐化; 贪污; 贿赂[U]

The city is riddled with corruption.

该城腐败成风。

2. (语词的)讹用, 讹误[(the) S][(+of)]

"Nite" is sometimes considered a slang corruption of "night".

"Nite"有时被看成是"night"在俚语中的讹用。

3. 腐坏, 腐烂[U]

The heat accelerated the corruption of the dead body.

天热加速了死尸的腐烂。