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.
双语例句
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。
来自柯林斯例句
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。
来自柯林斯例句
3. He had accused three opposition members of corrupt practices.
他指控3名反对派成员营私舞弊。
来自柯林斯例句
4. The protesters say the government is corrupt and inefficient.
