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