corrupt
腐败
definition
verb
there is a continuing fear of firms corrupting politicians in the search for contracts
cause to act dishonestly in return for money or personal gain.
Epicurus's teachings have since been much corrupted
change or debase by making errors or unintentional alterations.
adjective
unscrupulous logging companies assisted by corrupt officials
having or showing a willingness to act dishonestly in return for money or personal gain.
Though one may quibble at some of O'Brien's choices in this free adaptation, she gives force and clarity to a notoriously corrupt text and rescues the ending from tricksy bathos.
(of a text or a computer database or program) made unreliable by errors or alterations.
translation of 'corrupt'
verb
腐烂,
腐蚀,
腐化,
腐,
败坏
adjective
腐败,
坏透,
放荡,
污,
陋,
贪
example
Some borrowed money was pocketed by 'corrupt' officials.
Attempts to eradicate migration of young people for work will increase their reliance on 'corrupt' officials and use of clandestine routes
Not only can hardware failures occur, but viruses can also 'corrupt' data making it impossible to retrieve.
This Ring, ‘the Ring to rule them all’, had the power to 'corrupt' any person who possessed it.
I hope so, as it is clearly morally 'corrupt' to give company heads millions of pounds when they have overseen a period of business resulting in job losses and cutbacks.
All we have noticed was that local syndicates were using 'corrupt' government officials to defraud the state.
Do not develop and test new modules on a production machine, and test modules thoroughly to ensure they do not destabilize your system or 'corrupt' your data.
The food and water are so 'corrupt' that a Western traveler is almost guaranteed sickness.
I may have an impoverished imagination, but the only explanation that seems to fit is the mundane power of money to 'corrupt' one's beliefs.
He was a frugal man himself and he feared that the money would 'corrupt' both his family and the strict religious principles of his regime.
I say we should ban the 'corrupt' corporate money.
Although the amount paid through companies was a little more, the stories of 'corrupt' officials extracting money from otherwise honest taxpayers put many people off registering.
They began as innocent children and were gradually rendered wicked and evil and absolutely 'corrupt' by the treatment they received at the hands of those they most trusted!
Only 'corrupt' manuscripts can produce so many departures.
I, for the most part, think they are all evil, lying, 'corrupt' individuals.
They are seen (because they are) as 'corrupt' officials using their elevated social status for political gain.
Outside forces like the press and media could 'corrupt' the young boy, and John wished his son to have the most normal of childhoods, in light of the circumstances.
When the cell divides, the 'corrupt' protein is contained in both daughter cells, where it seeds the process again.
It's a quality many journalists would resist, but it is a moral position as valid as any other, and is only a weakness when applied to the evil and 'corrupt' .
It is a morally 'corrupt' institution run by a criminal bureaucracy.
Those who wrote the 'corrupt' manuscripts had no trouble with the other commandments shown here.
Inevitably power will 'corrupt' its possessor - but some may resist its corrupting effect for longer than others.
‘There's an assumption that our money is dirty and 'corrupt' ,’ he said.
The traditional explanation for this was that their texts are extremely 'corrupt' as a result of their reconstruction from memory by a member, or members, of their cast.
Audiences had never before seen anything so noisy, so gritty, so morally 'corrupt' - and they attended in droves.
A vintner found selling 'corrupt' wine was forced to drink it, then banned from the trade.
The computer had managed to 'corrupt' the program somehow, and the entire machine will have to be ‘refreshed.’
This racketeering ring is aided and abetted by some 'corrupt' police and licensing officials buttressed by some crooked bank employees.
I can look to my brother to see how the lust for that money can 'corrupt' an entire personality.
The text is 'corrupt' and broken, and the original books, apparently eight in number, have a disturbed sequence.
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