corrupt
adj
verb
kəˈrʌpt
adj
1
using
your
power
in
a
dishonest
or
illegal
way
in
order
to
get
an
advantage
for
yourself
贪污受贿的，腐败的;
Corrupt
judges
have
taken
millions
of
dollars
in
bribes.
贪污的法官接受了几百万美元的贿赂。
2
immoral
or
dishonest
something
that
is
corrupt
is
not
pure
or
has
been
damaged
or
partly
ruined
不纯的; 有缺陷的; 有错误的
a
corrupt
society
堕落的社会
officials
engaged
in
corrupt
practices
徇私舞弊的官员
corrupt
data
出错的数据
kəˌrʌptɪəˈbɪlɪəti
verb
3
to
encourage
someone
to
start
behaving
in
an
immoral
or
dishonest
way
使堕落，使败坏，使腐化
Young
prisoners
are
being
corrupted
by
the
older,
long-term
offenders.
年轻的囚犯正在被年纪较大、刑期长的囚犯带坏了。
They
say
power
corrupts.
有人说权力使人腐化。
4
to
change
the
traditional
form
of
something,
such
as
a
language,
so
that
it
becomes
worse
than
it
was
破坏，侵蚀〔语言等的本来面目〕
The
culture
has
been
corrupted
by
Western
influences.
这种文化受到了西方影响的侵蚀。
5
to
change
the
information
in
a
computer,
so
that
the
computer
does
not
work
properly
any
more
破坏〔计算机中的信息〕
a
virus
which
corrupts
the
data
on
your
hard
drive
破坏你硬盘内数据的一种病毒