corrupt

动词 v. 形容词 adj.

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To make corrupt; to change from good to bad; to draw away from the right path; to deprave; to pervert. transitive
    — Don't you dare corrupt my son with those disgusting pictures!
  2. To become putrid, tainted, or otherwise impure; to putrefy; to rot. archaic,intransitive
    — he entrails, which are the parts aptest to corrupt
  3. To introduce errors; to place into an invalid state. transitive
    — Unplugging a flash drive without dismounting it first can corrupt the data stored on the drive.
  4. To debase or make impure by alterations or additions; to falsify.
    — to corrupt language, or a holy text
  5. To waste, spoil, or consume; to make worthless.
    — Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt.
形容词 adj.
  1. Willing to act dishonestly for personal gain; accepting bribes.
  2. In a depraved state; debased; perverted; morally degenerate; weak in morals.
    — The government here is corrupt, so we'll emigrate to escape them.
  3. Abounding in errors; not genuine or correct; in an invalid state.
    — The text of the manuscript is corrupt.
  4. In a putrid state; spoiled; tainted; vitiated; unsound.
    — with such corrupt and pestilent bread to feed them.

词形变化

more corrupt comparative most corrupt superlative corrumpt alternative corrump alternative corroupt alternative corrupts present,singular,third-person corrupting participle,present corrupted participle,past corrupted past corrumpt alternative corrump alternative corroupt alternative

词源

词源 1
From Middle English corrupten, derived from Latin corruptus, past participle of corrumpō (“to destroy, ruin, injure, spoil, corrupt, bribe”), from com- (“together”) + rumpō (“to break in pieces”).
词源 2
From Middle English corrupten, derived from Latin corruptus, past participle of corrumpō (“to destroy, ruin, injure, spoil, corrupt, bribe”), from com- (“together”) + rumpō (“to break in pieces”).
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