corruption
UK/kә'rʌpʃәn/US
TOEFLB2
Definitions
n.
Dishonest or illegal behaviour by people in power, especially involving bribery.
腐败，贪污（尤指掌权者受贿的行为）。
n.
The process of making someone or something morally bad; moral decay.
使堕落的过程；道德败坏，堕落。
n.
In computing, the damaging of data so it can no longer be used correctly.
（计算机）数据损坏。
Root Breakdown
Root-derivedcor- (thoroughly) + rupt (broken) + -ion (state, act) = "the state of being thoroughly broken down." It is the noun of corrupt: where corrupt is the act or quality, corruption is the condition or the systemic phenomenon — the rot in a government, an institution, or a file.
Root rupt still carries 11 more wordsCommon Collocations
- 1.fight corruption打击腐败
- 2.political corruption政治腐败
- 3.widespread corruption普遍的腐败
- 4.data corruption数据损坏
Example Sentences
- 1.
The new government promised to fight corruption at every level.
- 2.
Widespread corruption had drained the country's economy.
- 3.
Data corruption made the backup file impossible to open.