cor·rup·tion
noun/kəˈrʌpʃn/
/kəˈrʌpʃn/
- [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
- 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
- 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 ExamplesTopics Crime and punishmentc1, Personal qualitiesc1- 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。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- endemic
- massive
- rampant
- …
- case
- attack
- combat
- fight
- …
- scandal
- allegation
- charge
- …
- corruption among
- corruption in
- accusations of corruption
- allegations of corruption
- charges of corruption
- …
- allegations of bribery and corruption
- [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
- …
- case
- attack
- combat
- fight
- …
- scandal
- allegation
- charge
- …
- corruption among
- corruption in
- accusations of corruption
- allegations of corruption
- charges of corruption
- …
- He claimed that sex and violence on TV led to the corruption of young people.
- [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。
- The word ‘holiday’ is a corruption of ‘holy day’.
- [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。
- A failure of a hard disk can cause unrecoverable data corruption.
Word OriginMiddle English: via Old French from Latin corruptio(n-), from corrumpere ‘mar, bribe, destroy’, from cor- ‘altogether’ + rumpere ‘to break’.