• adj. 腐败的，贪污的；堕落的
• vt. 使腐烂；使堕落，使恶化
• vi. 堕落，腐化；腐烂

cor-, 强调。-rupt, 破，断裂，词源同rupture, bankrupt. 后词义外延扩大。

corrupt

corrupt: [14] The Latin verb rumpere meant ‘break’ (it is etymologically related to English bereave and rob). It (or rather its past participial stem rup-) was the source of English rupture [15], and it entered into partnership with the intensive prefix com- to produce corrumpere ‘destroy completely’. This was the ancestor (either directly or via Old French) of English corrupt, both adjective and verb.
=> bereave, curse, rob, rupture

corrupt (adj.)

mid-14c., from Old French corropt "unhealthy, corrupt; uncouth" (of language), and directly from Latin corruptus, past participle of corrumpere "to destroy; spoil," figuratively "corrupt, seduce, bribe," from com-, intensive prefix (see com-), + rup-, past participle stem of rumpere "to break" (see rupture (n.)). Related: Corruptly; corruptness.

corrupt (v.)

mid-14c., "contaminate, impair the purity of," from Latin corruptus, past participle of corrumpere (see corrupt (adj.)). Late 14c. as "pervert the meaning of," also "putrefy." Related: Corrupted; corrupting.

1. He has been scathing in his denunciation of corrupt and incompetent politicians.

他抨击起那些腐败无能的政客来一直都很尖刻犀利。

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2. The mess was directly attributable to a corrupt and incompetent official.

某个腐败无能的官员是导致这一烂摊子的罪魁祸首。

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3. He had accused three opposition members of corrupt practices.

他指控3名反对派成员营私舞弊。

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4. The protesters say the government is corrupt and inefficient.

抗议者称政府腐败无能。

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5. Ian Trimmer is corrupt and thoroughly venal.

伊恩·特里默贪污受贿，是个彻头彻尾的贪官。

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