corrupt

腐敗した、堕落した

不正や悪事を行うこと。特に権力を自分の利益のために使う場合。

やさしい英語で： Dishonest or morally bad, especially when using power for personal gain.

• The mayor was corrupt.
• Corrupt officials demanded money before approving the permit.
• The novel portrays a morally corrupt society.

類義語： dishonest, crooked, depraved

反対語： honest

よく使う表現： corrupt officials, corrupt government, morally corrupt

破損した、誤りのある

誤りや損傷のため、情報が不正確になったり使えなくなったりした状態。

やさしい英語で： Containing errors or damage that make information incorrect or unusable.

• This file is corrupt.
• We restored the corrupt data from a backup.
• The editor compared two copies of the corrupt text.

類義語： damaged, corrupted, faulty

よく使う表現： corrupt file, corrupt data, corrupt text

腐った、汚染された

腐ったり汚染されたりして、安全や良い品質が失われた状態。

やさしい英語で： Spoiled or made impure, so that it is no longer safe or good.

• They refused to eat the corrupt meat.
• The prisoners were given corrupt food.
• A foul smell rose from the corrupt water.

類義語： spoiled, tainted, rotten

反対語： fresh, pure

よく使う表現： corrupt food, corrupt meat, corrupt water

堕落させる、腐敗させる

人を不正直にしたり、悪い行動へ導いたりすること。

やさしい英語で： To make someone dishonest or lead them to behave badly.

• Money can corrupt people.
• The officials were corrupted by promises of wealth.
• She feared that his influence would corrupt her son.

類義語： deprave, pervert

よく使う表現： corrupt someone, corrupt young minds, power can corrupt

破損させる

情報を損なったり誤りを加えたりして、正しく使えなくすること。

やさしい英語で： To damage information or introduce errors so that it cannot be used correctly.

• The virus corrupted my files.
• A sudden power failure can corrupt the database.
• Did the failed update corrupt any data?

類義語： damage

よく使う表現： corrupt a file, corrupt the data, corrupt a database

改ざんする、質を落とす

変更や付け足しによって、元の品質や真実を損なうこと。

やさしい英語で： To change something or add to it in a way that spoils its original quality or truth.

• These additions corrupt the original text.
• Later writers corrupted the story by adding invented events.
• Critics claimed that borrowed words would corrupt the language.

類義語： adulterate, falsify, debase

反対語： purify

よく使う表現： corrupt a text, corrupt the language, corrupt the meaning