corruption

腐败；腐化

起腐化作用之物

不纯；不洁；败坏；不道德

corruption

腐败, 贪污, 堕落

corruption

1. lack of integrity or honesty (especially susceptibility to bribery); use of a position of trust for dishonest gain

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2. in a state of progressive putrefaction

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

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4. moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles; "the luxury and corruption among the upper classes"; "moral degeneracy followed intellectual degeneration"; "its brothels; its opium parlors; its depravity"

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5. destroying someone's (or some group's) honesty or loyalty; undermining moral integrity; "corruption of a minor"; "the big city's subversion of rural innocence"

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6. inducement (as of a public official) by improper means (as bribery) to violate duty (as by commiting a felony); "he was held on charges of corruption and racketeering"

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