corrupt
gb/kɚˈʌpt/ us/kɚˈʌpt/
B1
Anglų
~ 3200
Reikšmės
0 reikšmių
adjective
B1
property
1
Dishonest for personal benefit
Doing bad or illegal things to get money or power.
Vartosenos šablonas:
[someone] is corrupt
Dažna klaida:
Learners sometimes confuse 'corrupt' with 'bankrupt'. 'Corrupt' is about dishonesty, not money problems.
Sinonimai
dishonest (A general term for not telling the truth or cheating, without necessarily involving power or authority.)
Antonimai
honest (Describes someone who tells the truth and does not cheat or take bribes.)
Kolokacijos
corrupt official
|corrupt government
|corrupt practices
|deeply corrupt
|morally corrupt
Temos
politics
|law
|business
Pavyzdžiai
- The corrupt mayor accepted bribes from construction companies.
- Many citizens believe the system is corrupt and unfair.
- She refused to work with corrupt officials.
Mokymuisi skirti pavyzdžiai
- The police officer was corrupt.
- The company fired a corrupt manager.
- People do not trust corrupt leaders.
Veiksmažodis
B2
action
2
Make someone dishonest for benefit
To make a person do bad or illegal things by giving them money or power.
Vartosenos šablonas:
to corrupt [someone/something]
Dažna klaida:
Learners may confuse 'corrupt' with 'interrupt'. They are unrelated in meaning.
Sinonimai
bribe (Implies offering money or gifts to influence someone, often as part of corruption.)
Antonimai
reform (To improve someone's moral behavior instead of making it worse.)
Kolokacijos
corrupt the youth
|corrupt a judge
|corrupt officials
Temos
politics
|law
|business
Pavyzdžiai
- The criminal tried to corrupt the police officer with expensive gifts.
- Power can easily corrupt a person who is not careful.
- He was accused of attempting to corrupt jury members.
Mokymuisi skirti pavyzdžiai
- Money can corrupt people.
- The man tried to corrupt the guard.
- Power can corrupt leaders.
adjective
B2
property
3
Damaged and unusable
Broken or changed so it does not work correctly, often used about computer files or data.
Vartosenos šablonas:
[something] is corrupt
Dažna klaida:
Learners may think 'corrupt' here means 'dishonest', but in technology it means broken or unusable.
Sinonimai
damaged (General term for physical or functional harm, not limited to data.)
Antonimai
intact (Describes something that is complete and undamaged.)
Kolokacijos
corrupt file
|corrupt data
|corrupt download
Temos
technology
Pavyzdžiai
- The document could not be opened because the file was corrupt.
- Corrupt data caused the program to crash.
- He had to reinstall the software after it became corrupt.
Mokymuisi skirti pavyzdžiai
- The file is corrupt.
- I cannot open the corrupt photo.
- The program stopped because the data is corrupt.
Veiksmažodis
B2
action
4
Damage data or files
To break computer files or data so they do not work right.
Vartosenos šablonas:
to corrupt [data/file]
Sinonimai
damage (General term for causing harm; in computing, 'corrupt' is more specific to errors in data.)
Antonimai
repair (To fix something so it works again.)
Kolokacijos
corrupt a file
|corrupt system files
|corrupt memory
Temos
technology
Pavyzdžiai
- A virus can easily corrupt important files on your computer.
- The update corrupted several system files.
- Improper shutdowns may corrupt the database.
Mokymuisi skirti pavyzdžiai
- A virus can corrupt your files.
- The power cut corrupted the game file.
- Do not turn off the computer; it may corrupt the data.
Gramatika
Pagrindinė forma
corrupt
IPA
GB/kɚˈʌpt/
US/kɚˈʌpt/
Skiemenys ir kirčiavimas
cor - rupt (2 skiemenys)
Stress on 1st syllable (cor)
Žodžio formos
Adjective
- Base: corrupt
Verb
- Base: corrupt
- 3rd Person Singular: corrupts
- Present Participle: corrupting
- Past: corrupted
Žodžių šeima
Forms
corrupts
verb
corrupting
verb
corrupted
verb
Core family
corruption
noun B2
corruptly
adverb
Related words
corruptible
adjective
corruptor
noun
Negative and opposite forms
incorruptible
adjective
Posakiai
corrupt to the core
1/kɚˈʌpt tə ðə kˈɔɹ/
idiom
informal
Completely dishonest or immoral
Totally bad and dishonest in every way.
Pavyzdžiai
- The organization was corrupt to the core.
- Some believed the regime was corrupt to the core and could not be saved.
morally corrupt
1/mˈɔɹəli kɚˈʌpt/
fixed phrase
Having bad moral values
Having very bad ideas about what is right and wrong; doing bad things without feeling guilty.
Pavyzdžiai
- He was seen as morally corrupt after the scandal.
- Many felt the film's hero was morally corrupt despite his charm.
power corrupts
1/pˈaʊɚ kɚˈʌpts/
fixed phrase
Power makes people dishonest
If a person has too much power, they may start doing bad things.
Pavyzdžiai
- They say power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
- History shows that power corrupts even well-meaning leaders.