corrupt
[kə'rʌpt] adjective
BAD 腐败的
ADVANCED
■dishonestly using your position or power to your own advantage, especially for money 贪赃舞弊的；以权谋私的；腐败的•Both companies are under investigation for corrupt practices.两家公司都在接受腐败行为调查。 •The whole system was corrupt - every official she approached wanted money before helping her.整个体系都腐败了——她接触的所有官员在帮她之前都索要钱财。 ■morally bad 堕落的，道德败坏的•a corrupt society道德败坏的社会
[kə'rʌpt] adjective
COMPUTER 电脑
■When information on a computer becomes corrupt, it is spoilt and cannot be used because it has become changed in wrong ways （电脑上的资讯）被破坏的，有错误的•corrupt data损坏的资料 •a corrupt file被破坏的文件
[kə'rʌpt] verb transitive
BAD 败坏
■to make someone or something become dishonest or immoral 腐蚀（某人）；使腐化堕落；使道德败坏•The study claimed that violence on television corrupts the minds of children.研究称电视上的暴力镜头腐蚀了孩子们的思想。
[kə'rʌpt] verb transitive
COMPUTER 电脑
■to change the information on a computer in wrong ways so that it cannot be used 损坏，破坏（电脑上的资讯）•Most of the data on the hard drive was corrupted by the power cut.硬碟上的大多数资料在停电时损坏了。 |