The Open Dictionary

corruption

名词

UK/kəˈrʌp.ʃᵊn/
US/kəˈrʌp.ʃᵊn/

定义 corruption 名词

behavior

  1. C1Uncountable

    Dishonest or illegal actions, typically involving those in positions of authority.

    • The movie portrays a young police officer's struggle to overcome obstacles and reveal the inner corruption within the police department.

    • The investigation revealed widespread corruption among the company's senior management.

    • The country is notorious for its severe governmental corruption.

language

  1. Countable

    A word that has been altered from its original form in a language.

    • Some believe that the word 'goodbye' is a corruption of 'God be with ye'.

    • Historians study the corruption of language to trace its origins.

    • The dialect of this region is a corruption of an ancient language.

data

  1. Uncountable

    The alteration of data on a computer, making it inaccurate and unusable.

    • Hard drive failure is a common cause of data corruption.

    • We must ensure data backups to prevent losses from data corruption.

    • Viruses can cause the corruption of files on your computer.