Corruption



GRE TOEFL

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 堕落, 腐化
• ［英］ n. 堕落, 腐化 ( being corrupted)
• ［记］ cor+rupt ( 断) +ion

Webster Collegiate

noun

• Date: 14th century
• 1.
  • a. impairment of integrity, virtue, or moral principle ; depravity
  • b. decay, decomposition
  • c. inducement to wrong by improper or unlawful means (as bribery)
  • d. a departure from the original or from what is pure or correct
• 2. archaic an agency or influence that corrupts
• 3. chiefly dialect pus

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