corrupt
adjective uk/kəˈrʌpt/ us/kəˈrʌpt/
(BAD)
C1 贪赃舞弊的;以权谋私的;腐败的
dishonestly using your position or power to get an advantage, especially for money
Both companies are under investigation for corrupt practices. 两家公司都在接受腐败行为调查。
The whole system was corrupt - every official she approached wanted money before helping her. 整个体系都腐败了——她接触的所有官员在帮她之前都索要钱财。
堕落的，道德败坏的
morally bad
a corrupt society 道德败坏的社会
- More examples
- He called for checks to discover whether corrupt officials are being bribed to connive in shoddy construction.
- A powerful and corrupt elite has bled this country dry.
- One election cannot erase 65 years of a corrupt one-party political process.
- Their accusations of corruption are hypocritical - they have been just as corrupt themselves.
- The old corrupt, totalitarian regime was overthrown.
(ON COMPUTER)
（计算机上的信息）被破坏的，有错误的
When information on a computer becomes corrupt, it cannot be used because it has changed and become wrong.
corrupt data 损坏的数据
a corrupt file 被破坏的文件
corrupt
verb [ T ] uk/kəˈrʌpt/ us/kəˈrʌpt/
(MAKE BAD)
C1 腐蚀…;使腐化堕落;使道德败坏
to make someone or something become dishonest or immoral
The study claimed that violence on television corrupts the minds of children. 研究称电视上的暴力镜头腐蚀了孩子们的思想。
(ON COMPUTER)
损坏（计算机上的信息）
to change information on a computer so that it is wrong and cannot be used
Most of the data on the hard drive was corrupted when the power went out. 硬盘上的大多数数据在停电时损坏了。