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单词 corruption
释义

cor·rup·tion

noun
 
/kəˈrʌpʃn/
/kəˈrʌpʃn/
  1.  
    [uncountable] dishonest or illegal behaviour, especially of people in authority腐败;贪污;贿赂;受贿
    • allegations of bribery and corruption有关贿赂和贪污的指控
    • The new district attorney has promised to fight police corruption.新上任的地方检察官承诺要打击警察腐败。
    Collocations CrimeCrimeCommitting a crime
    • commit a crime/​a murder/​a violent assault/​a brutal killing/​an armed robbery/​fraud
    • be involved in terrorism/​a suspected arson attack/​human trafficking
    • engage/​participate in criminal activity/​illegal practices/​acts of mindless vandalism
    • steal somebody’s wallet/​purse/(British English) mobile phone/(North American English) cell phone
    • rob a bank/​a person/​a tourist
    • break into/ (British English) burgle/ (North American English) burglarize a house/​a home/​an apartment
    • hijack a plane/​ship/​bus
    • smuggle drugs/​weapons/​arms
    • traffic people/​wildlife/​narcotics/​cocaine
    • launder drug money (through something)
    • forge documents/​certificates/​passports
    • take/​accept/​pay somebody/​offer (somebody) a bribe
    • run a phishing/​an email/​an internet scam
    Fighting crime
    • combat/​fight crime/​terrorism/​corruption/​drug trafficking
    • prevent/​stop credit-card fraud/​child abuse/​software piracy
    • deter/​stop criminals/​burglars/​thieves/​shoplifters/​vandals
    • reduce/​tackle/​crack down on knife/​gun/​violent/​street crime; (especially British English) antisocial behaviour
    • foil a bank raid/​a terrorist plot
    • help/​support/​protect the victims of crime
    Investigating crime
    • report a crime/​a theft/​a rape/​an attack/(especially British English) an incident to the police
    • witness the crime/​attack/​murder/​incident
    • investigate a murder/(especially North American English) a homicide/​a burglary/​a robbery/​the alleged incident
    • conduct/​launch/​pursue an investigation (into…); (especially British English) a police/​murder inquiry
    • investigate/​reopen a criminal/​murder case
    • examine/​investigate/​find fingerprints at the crime scene/​the scene of crime
    • collect/​gather forensic evidence
    • uncover new evidence/​a fraud/​a scam/​a plot/​a conspiracy/​political corruption/​a cache of weapons
    • describe/​identify a suspect/​the culprit/​the perpetrator/​the assailant/​the attacker
    • question/​interrogate a suspect/​witness
    • solve/​crack the case
    Extra Examples
    • He strongly attacked corruption and favouritism in the government.他猛烈抨击政府的腐败与徇私。
    • She was brought down by a corruption scandal.她因贪污丑闻而下台。
    • The corruption allegations proved false.有关腐败的指控被证明是不实的。
    • This police unit was established to fight corruption.这个警察机构是为了打击贪污腐败而建的。
    • corruption among high-ranking government officials高级政府官员中的腐败
    • corruption in government政府腐败
    • There were allegations of bribery and corruption.有一些对贿赂与贪污的指控。
    Topics Crime and punishmentc1, Personal qualitiesc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • endemic
    • massive
    • rampant
    … of corruption
    • case
    verb + corruption
    • attack
    • combat
    • fight
    corruption + noun
    • scandal
    • allegation
    • charge
    preposition
    • corruption among
    • corruption in
    phrases
    • accusations of corruption
    • allegations of corruption
    • charges of corruption
  2.  
    [uncountable] the act or effect of making somebody change from moral to immoral standards of behaviour堕落;腐蚀
    • He claimed that sex and violence on TV led to the corruption of young people.他断言电视中所宣扬的色情与暴力诱使青少年堕落。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • endemic
    • massive
    • rampant
    … of corruption
    • case
    verb + corruption
    • attack
    • combat
    • fight
    corruption + noun
    • scandal
    • allegation
    • charge
    preposition
    • corruption among
    • corruption in
    phrases
    • accusations of corruption
    • allegations of corruption
    • charges of corruption
  3. [countable, usually singular, uncountable] the form of a word or phrase that has become changed from its original form in some way; the process by which a word or phrase changes form in this way(单词或短语的)变体,变体过程
    • The word ‘holiday’ is a corruption of ‘holy day’.单词 holiday 是 holy day 的变体。
    • He thought it was possible to secure the language from corruption and decay.他认为有可能使语言免于腐败和腐烂。
  4. [uncountable] (computing) the effect when data is changed by accident in a computer system due to hardware or software failure(数据的)损坏
    • A failure of a hard disk can cause unrecoverable data corruption.硬盘故障可能会导致不可恢复的数据损坏。
    Topics Computersc2
  5. Word OriginMiddle English: via Old French from Latin corruptio(n-), from corrumpere ‘mar, bribe, destroy’, from cor- ‘altogether’ + rumpere ‘to break’.
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