corrupt
音标发音
- 英式音标 [kəˈrʌpt]
- 美式音标 [kəˈrʌpt]
- 国际音标 [kə'rʌpt]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- adj. 腐败的，贪污的；堕落的
- vt. 使腐烂；使堕落，使恶化
- vi. 堕落，腐化；腐烂
词源解说
- 14世纪中期进入英语，直接源自拉丁语的corruptus，意为破坏，使腐败。
词根记忆
- cor + rupt(断裂)→完全断裂→堕落的，腐败的
- cor(全部) + rupt(断裂)→完全断裂→腐败的
- cor(表加强) + rupt(断裂)→完全断裂→腐化，腐蚀
- cor(全部) + rupt(断)→全断了→被破坏的
同根派生
- adj性质的同根词
- corruptible：易腐败的；易堕落的；可以贿赂的。
- corruptive：使堕落的；腐败性的；使腐坏的。
- n性质的同根词
- corruption：贪污，腐败；堕落。
- corruptibility：堕落性；腐败性；易腐败的倾向。
- corruptness：腐败；堕落。
- corruptor：行贿人。
用法辨析
- corrupt的基本意思是“(使)败坏”,指在瓦解、污染或破坏之下丧失了正确、健全、纯洁的东西,从而导致道德崩溃。corrupt有时可用于具体事物,意为“毁坏”。
- corrupt可用作不及物动词,也可用作及物动词。用作及物动词时,其宾语可以是人,表示“贿赂、腐蚀某人”; 也可以是物,表示“玷污名声或名誉”。corrupt用作不及物动词时,后常用副词修饰。
v. (动词)
英汉例句
- One corrupt apple corrupts many sound ones.
一个烂苹果可使许多好苹果变坏。 - This judge is corrupt.
这个法官贪污。 - The body corrupted quite quickly.
尸体很快腐烂了。 - Bad company may corrupt a good boy.
跟坏人在一起会使好孩子变坏。
用作形容词 (adj.)
用作定语: ～+ n.
用作表语: S+be+～
用作动词 (v.)
用作不及物动词: S+～(+A)
用作及物动词: S+～+ n./pron.
词组短语
- corrupt apple 烂苹果
- corrupt life 堕落的生活
- corrupt policeman 腐败的警察
- corrupt darkly 暗地行贿
- corrupt morally 道德败坏
- corrupt openly 公开地向…行贿
用作形容词 (adj.)
～+名词
用作动词 (v.)
～+副词
英英字典
- (BAD) dishonestly using your position or power to get an advantage, especially for money
- (ON COMPUTER) When information on a computer becomes corrupt, it cannot be used because it has changed and become wrong.
- (MAKE BAD) to make someone or something become dishonest or immoral
- (ON COMPUTER) to change information on a computer so that it is wrong and cannot be used
- 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.
- If someone is corrupted by something, it causes them to become dishonest and unjust and unable to be trusted.
- To corrupt someone means to cause them to stop caring about moral standards.
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专业释义
- 腐败
The first part carries on the legal limits to the corrupt crime.
第一部分对腐败犯罪进行法律界定。