◙ adjective 1. having or showing a willingness to act dishonestly in return for money or personal gain • 腐败的；堕落的 »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 »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。 (archaic)(of organic or inorganic matter) in a state of decay; rotten or putrid • [古] 腐坏的；腐烂的 »a corrupt and rotting corpse. 一具腐烂的尸体。 2. (of a text or manuscript) debased or made unreliable by errors or alterations • （文章或手稿）漏洞百出的；讹误的 (of a computer database or program) having had errors introduced • （计算机数据库和程序）出错的；被破坏的 ◙ verb, [with obj.] 1. cause to act dishonestly in return for money or personal gain • 腐蚀；行贿 »there is a continuing fear of firms corrupting politicians in the search for contracts. 人们一直担心公司通过贿赂官员来签订合同。 cause to become morally depraved • 使不道德；使堕落 »he has corrupted the boy. 他把这男孩带坏了。 (archaic)infect;contaminate • [古] 腐蚀；污染；糟蹋 »[as adj. corrupting] the corrupting smell of death. 死亡的腐烂气味。 2. [常作 be corrupted] change or debase by making errors or unintentional alterations • 使有讹误；使出错 »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（计算机程序或资料库）出错；破坏 »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。