dishonest or fraudulent conduct by those in power, typically involving bribery 贪污;腐败 the journalist who wants to expose corruption in high places. 一个想揭露高层腐败的记者。 ■the action of making someone or something morally depraved or the state of being so (使)腐败;(使)堕落 the word ‘addict’ conjures up evil and corruption. ‘上瘾’这个词使人想起罪恶和堕落。 ■(archaic)decay;putrefaction (古)腐坏;腐烂 the potato turned black and rotten with corruption. 土豆变黑腐烂了。
the process by which something, typically a word or expression, is changed from its original state to one that is regarded as erroneous or debased (尤指单词或用语)出错;讹误;不标准 ■the process of causing errors to appear in a computer program or database 使(计算机程序或资料库)出错
语源
Middle English: via Old French from Latin corruptio(n-), from corrumpere 'mar, bribe, destroy' (see corrupt)