1. | [u] 腐败;贪污;贿赂;受贿dishonest or illegal behaviour, especially of people in authority |
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打击警察腐败。 |
2. | [u] 堕落;腐蚀the act or effect of making sb change from moral to immoral standards of behaviour |
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. | [c][ususing] (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 |
The word ‘holiday’ is a corruption of ‘holy day’. 单词 holiday 是 holy day 的变体。 |