corrupt

柯林斯詞典

1. ADJ Someone who is corrupt behaves in a way that is morally wrong, especially by doing dishonest or illegal things in return for money or power. 腐敗的
...to save the nation from corrupt politicians of both parties. …把國家從兩黨腐敗的政客們手中解救出來。
2. V-T/V-I If someone is corrupted by something, it causes them to become dishonest and unjust and unable to be trusted. 使…腐化; 腐化
It is sad to see a man so corrupted by the desire for money and power. 看到一個人被金錢和權(quán)力欲望所腐蝕很可悲。
Power tends to corrupt. 權(quán)力容易造成腐化。
3. V-T To corrupt someone means to cause them to stop caring about moral standards. 使…墮落
...warning that television will corrupt us all. …電視會使我們所有人墮落的警示。

He called for checks to discover whether corrupt officials are being bribed to connive in shoddy construction .
A powerful and corrupt elite has bled this country dry .
One election cannot erase 65 years of a corrupt one-party political process .
Their accusations of corruption are hypocritical - they have been just as corrupt themselves.
The old corrupt, totalitarian regime was overthrown .