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TOEFL BNC: 4342 COCA: 3743
corruption
kərʌən kəˈrʌpʃən
Word forms: plural corruptions
1 N-UNCOUNT 腐败;贪污;受贿 Corruption is dishonesty and illegal behaviour by people in positions of authority or power. 腐败;贪污;受贿
  • The President faces 54 charges of corruption and tax evasion.

    总统面临54项腐败和逃税的指控。

  • Distribution of food throughout the country is being hampered by inefficiency and corruption.

    低效和腐败行为阻碍了食品在全国的分发。

  • ...bribery and corruption.

    受贿和腐败

SYN dishonesty, fraud, bribing, fiddling [informal]
2 N-COUNT [usually NOUN of n] (单词的)变体 In linguistics, a corruption is a word that is derived from an earlier word, but which has become changed in some way. (单词的)变体 [technical]
  • 'Morris' is an English corruption of 'Moorish', meaning North African.

    Morris 在英语中是 Moorish 的变体,意思是北非的

Quotations
Something is rotten in the state of Denmark William Shakespeare Hamlet
All rising to great place is by a winding stair Francis Bacon Essays
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TOEFL BNC: 4342 COCA: 3743
corruption

noun

ADJECTIVE | ... OF CORRUPTION | VERB + CORRUPTION | CORRUPTION + NOUN | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADJECTIVEendemic, massive, rampant, rife, widespread腐敗成風;嚴重的腐敗;腐敗猖獗;腐敗盛行Corruption was rife before the election.選舉之前,腐敗盛行。gross, serious嚴重的腐敗petty輕微的腐敗alleged被控的腐敗financial, moral, political財政腐敗;道德敗壞;政治腐敗high-level, official高層/官員腐敗corporate, government, police, public (NAmE) 公司的/政府的/警察的/公共部門的腐敗... OF CORRUPTIONcase一起腐敗案VERB + CORRUPTIONattack, combat, fight, tackle抨擊腐敗現象;打擊貪污腐敗;解決腐敗問題He strongly attacked corruption in the government.他猛烈抨擊政府的腐敗。This police unit was established to fight corruption.這個警察機構是為了打擊貪污腐敗而建的。eliminate, end, root out, stop消除腐敗;根除腐敗curb, stem遏制腐敗prevent防止腐敗investigate調查貪污be involved in (especially BrE) 與貪污有牽連expose, reveal揭露腐敗CORRUPTION + NOUNscandal腐敗醜聞She was brought down by a corruption scandal.她因貪污醜聞而下台。allegation, charge腐敗指控The corruption allegations proved false.有關腐敗的指控被證明是不實的。investigation, probe腐敗調查case腐敗案PREPOSITIONcorruption among⋯中的腐敗corruption among high-ranking officials高級政府官員中的腐敗corruption in⋯方面的腐敗corruption in government政府腐敗PHRASESaccusations of corruption, allegations of corruption, charges of corruption腐敗指控bribery and corruption賄賂與腐敗a culture of corruption腐敗文化 note at crime
TOEFL BNC: 4342 COCA: 3743
corruption

noun

corruption ♦︎ bribery ♦︎ extortion ♦︎ blackmailThese are all words for dishonest or illegal behaviour, especially of people in authority. 这些词均表示腐败、贪污、贿赂,尤指当权者的此类行为。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配alleged corruption / bribery / extortionattempted bribery / extortion / blackmailpolitical corruption / bribery / blackmailto be involved in corruption / bribery / extortionto resort to bribery / blackmailto accuse sb of / charge sb with corruption / bribery / extortiona corruption / bribery scandalallegations of corruption / bribery corruption [uncountable] dishonest or illegal behaviour, especially of people in authority (尤指当权者的)腐败,贪污,贿赂There were allegations of bribery and corruption.有一些对贿赂与贪污的指控。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机关的贪污行为。 bribery ˈbraɪbəri [uncountable] the act of giving or taking bribes (= money or sth valuable that you give or offer to sb to persuade them to help you, especially by doing sth dishonest) 行贿;受贿;贿赂She was arrested on bribery charges.她被控以贿赂罪而遭逮捕。 see also bribe bribe NOTE 辨析 Corruption or bribery? Corruption covers a wider range of activities than bribery. Bribery is a form of corruption. * corruption所指的腐败行为范围比bribery广。bribery是corruption的一种形式。 extortion ɪkˈstɔːʃn; NAmE ɪkˈstɔːrʃn [uncountable, countable] (rather formal) the crime of making sb give you sth by threatening them, especially by threatening to use violence (尤指以暴力威胁的)敲诈,勒索,强夺He was arrested and charged with extortion.他被逮捕了,被控犯有敲诈勒索罪。 extort

verb

[transitive] The gang extorted money from over 30 local businesses.这帮歹徒向当地30多家商户勒索过钱财。
blackmail ˈblækmeɪl [uncountable] the crime of demanding money from a person by threatening to tell sb else a secret about them; the act of putting pressure on a person to do sth they do not want to do, for example by making threats or by making them feel guilty 勒索;敲诈;胁迫;恐吓He was convicted of blackmail at Bristol Crown Court last month.布里斯托尔刑事法院上个月判决他犯有敲诈勒索罪。We can't let them practise this emotional blackmail on us.我们不能让他们对我们施以这种情感上的胁迫。 blackmail

verb

[transitive] She blackmailed him for years by threatening to tell the newspapers about their affair.她以在报章上公开他们的恋情要挟他很多年了。
TOEFL BNC: 4342 COCA: 3743
corruption
Cheating, dishonest and insincere behaviour: dishonesty, deceit, corruption...
Morally bad or wrong behaviour: evil, sin, wrong...
Destruction and damage: damage, destruction, harm...

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