词典释义：
having or showing a willingness to act dishonestly in return for money or personal gain
腐败的；堕落的
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unscrupulous logging companies assisted by corrupt officials. 有腐败官员撑腰的肆无忌惮的伐木公司。
evil or morally depraved
邪恶的；不道德的
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the play can do no harm since its audience is already corrupt .这个戏不会带来什么坏处，因为它的观众已经堕落了。
〈古〉 腐坏的；腐烂的
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a corrupt and rotting corpse. 一具腐烂的尸体。
(of a text or manuscript)debased or made unreliable by errors or alterations
（文章或手稿）讹误充斥的；漏洞百出的
(of a computer database or program)having had errors introduced
（计算机数据库或程序）出错的；被破坏的。
cause to act dishonestly in return for money or personal gain
腐蚀；向…行贿
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there is a continuing fear of firms corrupting politicians in the search for contracts .人们一直担心公司为了寻求合同而去贿赂政客。
cause to become morally depraved
使不道德；使堕落
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he has corrupted the boy .他把这男孩带坏了。
〈古〉 腐蚀；污染
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[as adj.
corrupting the corrupting smell of death. 死尸的腐烂气味。
(常作
使有讹误；使出错
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Epicurus's teachings have since been much corrupted .伊壁鸠鲁的学说后来被掺杂了许多讹误。
cause errors to appear in (a computer program or database)
使（计算机程序或数据库）出错；破坏
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a program that has somehow corrupted your system files .一个不知怎么破坏了你的系统文件的程序。
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