1 N-UNCOUNT 腐败;贪污;受贿 Corruption is dishonesty and illegal behaviour by people in positions of authority or power. 腐败;贪污;受贿
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The President faces 54 charges of corruption and tax evasion.
总统面临54项腐败和逃税的指控。
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Distribution of food throughout the country is being hampered by inefficiency and corruption.
低效和腐败行为阻碍了食品在全国的分发。
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...bribery and corruption.
受贿和腐败
SYN dishonesty, fraud, bribing, fiddling [informal]
2 N-COUNT [usually NOUN of n] (单词的)变体 In linguistics, a corruption is a word that is derived from an earlier word, but which has become changed in some way. (单词的)变体 [technical]
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'Morris' is an English corruption of 'Moorish', meaning North African.
Morris 在英语中是 Moorish 的变体，意思是“北非的”。
Quotations
Something is rotten in the state of Denmark William Shakespeare Hamlet
All rising to great place is by a winding stair Francis Bacon Essays
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