Corrupting

(adj.) that infects or taints .

(adj.) harmful to the mind or morals; 'corrupt judges and their corrupting influence'; 'the vicious and degrading cult of violence' .

(adj.) seducing into corrupt practices .

卡米尔录入

• In popular usage we apply it only to corrupting businesses. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• We are positively corrupting people. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• Such limitation was both distorting and corrupting. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• The soul too has her own corrupting principles, which are injustice, intemperance, cowardice, and the like. 柏拉图. 理想国.
• Would you agree with me in thinking that the corrupting and destroying element is the evil, and the saving and improving element the good? 柏拉图. 理想国.
• It was part of being an insider but it was a very corrupting business. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• What I object to is the emphasis which shifts the blame for our troubles from the shoulders of the people to those of the corrupting interests. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• The alien conditions which are corrupting to one nature, may be the elements of culture to another. 柏拉图. 理想国.
• The trusts had appeared, labor was restless, vice seemed to be corrupting the vitality of the nation. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.

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