corrupt
gb/kɚˈʌpt/ us/kɚˈʌpt/
B1
อังกฤษ
~ 3200
ความหมาย
0 ความหมาย
adjective
B1
property
1
Dishonest for personal benefit
Doing bad or illegal things to get money or power.
รูปแบบการใช้:
[someone] is corrupt
ข้อผิดพลาดที่พบบ่อย:
Learners sometimes confuse 'corrupt' with 'bankrupt'. 'Corrupt' is about dishonesty, not money problems.
คำพ้องความหมาย
dishonest (A general term for not telling the truth or cheating, without necessarily involving power or authority.)
คำตรงข้าม
honest (Describes someone who tells the truth and does not cheat or take bribes.)
คำที่ใช้ร่วมกัน
corrupt official
|corrupt government
|corrupt practices
|deeply corrupt
|morally corrupt
หัวข้อ
politics
|law
|business
ตัวอย่าง
- The corrupt mayor accepted bribes from construction companies.
- Many citizens believe the system is corrupt and unfair.
- She refused to work with corrupt officials.
ตัวอย่างสำหรับผู้เรียน
- The police officer was corrupt.
- The company fired a corrupt manager.
- People do not trust corrupt leaders.
คำกริยา
B2
action
2
Make someone dishonest for benefit
To make a person do bad or illegal things by giving them money or power.
รูปแบบการใช้:
to corrupt [someone/something]
ข้อผิดพลาดที่พบบ่อย:
Learners may confuse 'corrupt' with 'interrupt'. They are unrelated in meaning.
คำพ้องความหมาย
bribe (Implies offering money or gifts to influence someone, often as part of corruption.)
คำตรงข้าม
reform (To improve someone's moral behavior instead of making it worse.)
คำที่ใช้ร่วมกัน
corrupt the youth
|corrupt a judge
|corrupt officials
หัวข้อ
politics
|law
|business
ตัวอย่าง
- 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.
ตัวอย่างสำหรับผู้เรียน
- 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.
รูปแบบการใช้:
[something] is corrupt
ข้อผิดพลาดที่พบบ่อย:
Learners may think 'corrupt' here means 'dishonest', but in technology it means broken or unusable.
คำพ้องความหมาย
damaged (General term for physical or functional harm, not limited to data.)
คำตรงข้าม
intact (Describes something that is complete and undamaged.)
คำที่ใช้ร่วมกัน
corrupt file
|corrupt data
|corrupt download
หัวข้อ
technology
ตัวอย่าง
- 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.
ตัวอย่างสำหรับผู้เรียน
- The file is corrupt.
- I cannot open the corrupt photo.
- The program stopped because the data is corrupt.
คำกริยา
B2
action
4
Damage data or files
To break computer files or data so they do not work right.
รูปแบบการใช้:
to corrupt [data/file]
คำพ้องความหมาย
damage (General term for causing harm; in computing, 'corrupt' is more specific to errors in data.)
คำตรงข้าม
repair (To fix something so it works again.)
คำที่ใช้ร่วมกัน
corrupt a file
|corrupt system files
|corrupt memory
หัวข้อ
technology
ตัวอย่าง
- A virus can easily corrupt important files on your computer.
- The update corrupted several system files.
- Improper shutdowns may corrupt the database.
ตัวอย่างสำหรับผู้เรียน
- A virus can corrupt your files.
- The power cut corrupted the game file.
- Do not turn off the computer; it may corrupt the data.
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รูปคำในพจนานุกรม
corrupt
IPA
GB/kɚˈʌpt/
US/kɚˈʌpt/
พยางค์และการเน้นเสียง
cor - rupt (2 พยางค์)
Stress on 1st syllable (cor)
รูปคำ
Adjective
- Base: corrupt
Verb
- Base: corrupt
- 3rd Person Singular: corrupts
- Present Participle: corrupting
- Past: corrupted
กลุ่มคำที่เกี่ยวข้อง
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
วลีและสำนวน
corrupt to the core
1/kɚˈʌpt tə ðə kˈɔɹ/
idiom
informal
Completely dishonest or immoral
Totally bad and dishonest in every way.
ตัวอย่าง
- 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.
ตัวอย่าง
- 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.
ตัวอย่าง
- They say power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
- History shows that power corrupts even well-meaning leaders.