1 [T] to cause sb/sth to start behaving in a dishonest or immoral way 使腐败；使腐化；使堕落: Too many people are corrupted by power. 太多的人当权以后腐化了。

2 [I,T] (computing计算机技术) to cause mistakes to appear in a computer file, etc. with the result that the information in it is no longer correct 损坏；破坏: The program has somehow corrupted the system files. 这程序不知怎地把系统里的文文件损坏了。corrupted data 错误的数据The disk will corrupt if it is overloaded. 磁盘要是过载便会出现讹误。