名词

1. 腐败;贪污;受贿
[…]nbsp;[…]nbsp;[…]nbsp;[…]nbsp;Corruption is dishonesty and illegal behaviour by people in positions of authority or power.

2. (单词的)变体
[…]nbsp;[…]nbsp;[…]nbsp;[…]nbsp;In linguistics, a corruption is a word that is derived from an earlier word, but which has become changed in some way.

1. inducement (as of a public official) by improper means (as bribery) to violate duty (as by commiting a felony)

[…]nbsp;[…]nbsp;[…]nbsp;[…]nbsp;e.g. he was held on charges of corruption and racketeering

2. destroying someone's (or some group's) honesty or loyalty
[…]nbsp;[…]nbsp;[…]nbsp;[…]nbsp;undermining moral integrity

[…]nbsp;[…]nbsp;[…]nbsp;[…]nbsp;e.g. corruption of a minor
[…]nbsp;[…]nbsp;[…]nbsp;[…]nbsp;[…]nbsp;[…]nbsp;[…]nbsp;[…]nbsp;[…]nbsp;[…]nbsp;[…]nbsp;the big city's subversion of rural innocence

[…]nbsp;[…]nbsp;[…]nbsp;[…]nbsp;Synonym: subversion

3. moral perversion
[…]nbsp;[…]nbsp;[…]nbsp;[…]nbsp;impairment of virtue and moral principles

[…]nbsp;[…]nbsp;[…]nbsp;[…]nbsp;e.g. the luxury and corruption among the upper classes
[…]nbsp;[…]nbsp;[…]nbsp;[…]nbsp;[…]nbsp;[…]nbsp;[…]nbsp;[…]nbsp;[…]nbsp;[…]nbsp;[…]nbsp;moral degeneracy followed intellectual degeneration
[…]nbsp;[…]nbsp;[…]nbsp;[…]nbsp;[…]nbsp;[…]nbsp;[…]nbsp;[…]nbsp;[…]nbsp;[…]nbsp;[…]nbsp;its brothels, its opium parlors, its depravity
[…]nbsp;[…]nbsp;[…]nbsp;[…]nbsp;[…]nbsp;[…]nbsp;[…]nbsp;[…]nbsp;[…]nbsp;[…]nbsp;[…]nbsp;Rome had fallen into moral putrefaction

[…]nbsp;[…]nbsp;[…]nbsp;[…]nbsp;Synonym: degeneracydepravationdepravityputrefaction

4. lack of integrity or honesty (especially susceptibility to bribery)
[…]nbsp;[…]nbsp;[…]nbsp;[…]nbsp;use of a position of trust for dishonest gain

[…]nbsp;[…]nbsp;[…]nbsp;[…]nbsp;Synonym: corruptness

5. decay of matter (as by rot or oxidation)

6. in a state of progressive putrefaction

[…]nbsp;[…]nbsp;[…]nbsp;[…]nbsp;Synonym: putrescenceputridnessrottenness