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dishonest or illegal behaviour, especially of people in authority 腐败；贪污；贿赂；受贿 allegations of bribery and corruption 对贿赂与贪污的指控 The new district attorney has promised to fight police corruption. 新上任的地方检察官承诺要打击警察腐败。
Collocations CrimeCrime 犯罪 Committing a crime 犯罪 - commit a crime/a murder/a violent assault/a brutal killing/an armed robbery/fraud
犯罪／谋杀罪／暴力侵犯他人身体罪／残杀罪／持械抢劫罪／诈骗罪 - be involved in terrorism/a suspected arson attack/people smuggling/human trafficking
参与恐怖主义活动；涉嫌纵火袭击；参与人口走私／人口贩卖 - engage/participate in criminal activity/illegal practices/acts of mindless vandalism
参与犯罪活动／非法活动／愚昧的故意毁坏他人财产的行为 - steal somebody’s wallet/purse/(British English) mobile phone/(North American English) cell phone
偷某人的钱包／手机 - rob a bank/a person/a tourist
抢劫银行／他人／游客 - break into/ (British English) burgle/ (North American English) burglarize a house/a home/an apartment
入室盗窃 - hijack a plane/ship/bus
劫持飞机／轮船／公共汽车 - smuggle drugs/weapons/arms/immigrants
走私毒品／武器／军火；偷运移民 - launder drug money (through something)
（通过…）洗毒资 - forge documents/certificates/passports
伪造文件／证件／护照 - take/accept/pay somebody/offer (somebody) a bribe
索取／收受贿赂；向（某人）行贿 - run a phishing/an email/an internet scam
进行网络钓鱼／电子邮件／互联网诈骗
Fighting crime 打击犯罪 - combat/fight crime/terrorism/corruption/drug trafficking
打击犯罪／恐怖主义／腐败／贩毒 - prevent/stop credit-card fraud/child abuse/software piracy
防止／阻止信用卡诈骗／虐待儿童／软件盗版 - deter/stop criminals/burglars/thieves/shoplifters/vandals
威慑／阻止犯罪分子／入室盗窃者／小偷／商店扒手／故意破坏公物者 - reduce/tackle/crack down on knife/gun/violent/street crime; (especially British English) antisocial behaviour
减少／处理／严厉打击持刀／持枪／暴力／街头犯罪／反社会行为 - foil a bank raid/a terrorist plot
挫败一起银行抢劫案／一次恐怖分子的阴谋 - help/support/protect the victims of crime
帮助／支持／保护犯罪活动的受害者
Investigating crime 调查犯罪活动 - report a crime/a theft/a rape/an attack/(especially British English) an incident to the police
向警方举报不法行为／偷窃案／强奸案／袭击事件／暴力事件 - witness the crime/attack/murder/incident
目击犯罪／袭击／谋杀／暴力事件 - investigate a murder/(especially North American English) a homicide/a burglary/a robbery/the alleged incident
调查谋杀案／蓄意杀人案／入室盗窃案／抢劫案／涉嫌的暴力事件 - conduct/launch/pursue an investigation (into…); (especially British English) a police/murder inquiry
进行／开始／继续（对…的）调查／警方调查／谋杀案调查 - investigate/reopen a criminal/murder case
调查／重新审理犯罪／谋杀案件 - examine/investigate/find fingerprints at the crime scene/the scene of crime
仔细检查／调查／查找犯罪现场的指纹 - collect/gather forensic evidence
收集法医证据 - uncover new evidence/a fraud/a scam/a plot/a conspiracy/political corruption/a cache of weapons
发现新证据／诈骗／欺诈／密谋／阴谋／政治腐败／私藏武器 - describe/identify a suspect/the culprit/the perpetrator/the assailant/the attacker
描述／指认嫌疑犯／罪犯／作恶者／攻击者／袭击者 - question/interrogate a suspect/witness
询问嫌疑人／目击证人 - solve/crack the case
破案
Extra ExamplesTopics Crime and punishmentc1, Personal qualitiesc1He strongly attacked corruption and favouritism in the government. 他猛烈抨击政府的腐败与徇私。 She was brought down by a corruption scandal. 她因贪污丑闻而下台。 The corruption allegations proved false. 有关腐败的指控被证明是不实的。 This police unit was established to fight corruption. 这个警察机构是为了打击贪污腐败而建的。 corruption among high-ranking government officials 高级政府官员中的腐败 corruption in government 政府腐败 There were allegations of bribery and corruption. 有一些对贿赂与贪污的指控。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- endemic
- massive
- rampant
- …
- case
- attack
- combat
- fight
- …
- scandal
- allegation
- charge
- …
- corruption among
- corruption in
- accusations of corruption
- allegations of corruption
- charges of corruption
- …
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the act or effect of making somebody change from moral to immoral standards of behaviour 堕落；腐蚀 He claimed that sex and violence on TV led to the corruption of young people. 他断言电视中所宣扬的色情与暴力诱使青少年堕落。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- endemic
- massive
- rampant
- …
- case
- attack
- combat
- fight
- …
- scandal
- allegation
- charge
- …
- corruption among
- corruption in
- accusations of corruption
- allegations of corruption
- charges of corruption
- …
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the form of a word or phrase that has become changed from its original form in some way; the process by which a word or phrase changes form in this way （单词或短语的）变体 - [uncountable] (
computing 计算机 the effect when data is changed by accident in a computer system due to hardware or software failure 堕落；腐蚀 A failure of a hard disk can cause unrecoverable data corruption. 硬盘故障会导致不可恢复的数据损坏。
Word OriginMiddle English: via Old French from Latin corruptio(n-), from corrumpere ‘mar, bribe, destroy’, from cor- ‘altogether’ + rumpere ‘to break’.