Corruption is dishonesty and illegal behaviour by people in positions of authority or power.
例句
The President faces 54 charges of corruption and tax evasion...总统面临54项腐败和逃税的指控。Distribution of food throughout the country is being hampered by inefficiency and corruption.低效和腐败行为阻碍了食品在全国的分发。
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(单词的)变体
In linguistics, a corruption is a word that is derived from an earlier word, but which has become changed in some way.
例句
'Morris' is an English corruption of 'Moorish', meaning North African.Morris 在英语中是 Moorish 的变体,意思是“北非的”。