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单词 corruption
释义
Corruption
nnoun.attributelack of integrity or honesty (especially susceptibility to bribery); use of a position of trust for dishonest gain
Attributes:corrupt incorrupt
Synset:corruptness
Antonyms:incorruptness
Derivationally Related Form:corrupt
Hypernyms:dishonesty
Inherited Hypernyms:corruptnessdishonestyunrighteousnessimmoralityqualityattributeabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:infectionjobberyvenality
Full Hyponyms:
infectionjobberyvenality
nnoun.statein a state of progressive putrefaction
Synset:putrescence putridness rottenness
Derivationally Related Form:rottenputrescentputrid
Hypernyms:putrefaction rot
Inherited Hypernyms:putrescenceputrefactiondecayunsoundnessconditionstateattributeabstractionentity
nnoun.processdecay of matter (as by rot or oxidation)
Hypernyms:decay
Inherited Hypernyms:corruptiondecaynatural processprocessphysical entityentity
nnoun.attributemoral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles
Synset:degeneracy depravation depravity putrefaction
Examples:
  • the luxury and corruption among the upper classes
  • moral degeneracy followed intellectual degeneration
  • its brothels, its opium parlors, its depravity
  • Rome had fallen into moral putrefaction
Derivationally Related Form:depraveddeprave
Hypernyms:immorality
Inherited Hypernyms:corruptionimmoralityqualityattributeabstractionentity
nnoun.actdestroying someone's (or some group's) honesty or loyalty; undermining moral integrity
Synset:subversion
Examples:
  • corruption of a minor
  • the big city's subversion of rural innocence
Derivationally Related Form:corruptsubvert
Hypernyms:debasement degradation
Inherited Hypernyms:corruptiondegradationchange of statechangeactionacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity
nnoun.actinducement (as of a public official) by improper means (as bribery) to violate duty (as by commiting a felony)
Examples:
  • he was held on charges of corruption and racketeering
Hypernyms:inducement inducing
Inherited Hypernyms:corruptioninducementcausingacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity
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