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腐败的本质是权力腐败，表现为滥用职权、以权谋私。 The essence of corruption is power corruption, e. g. abuse of authority, abuse of power for personal gain. | ||
权力导致腐败，绝对权力导致绝对腐败。这虽是老生常谈，但无半点虚言。 Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely. That's the old hackneyed phrase, but it's true. | ||
政府已承诺铲除腐败。 The government has pledged itself to root out corruption. | ||
黄油会腐败，变哈喇。 Butter is perishable and can go rancid. | ||
曾有一股投机倒把和腐败之风。 There's been a wave of profiteering and corruption. | ||
这是个腐败成风的国家。 It is a country where corruption is rife. | ||
腐败的政府官员那时正向他勒索钱财。 Corrupt government officials were extorting money from him. | ||
警察腐败，与那伙毒品贩子内外勾结。 The police were corrupt and were operating in collusion with the drug dealers. | ||
警界的腐败不止是几个害群之马而已。 Police corruption is not just a few rotten apples. | ||
新法律将把职务腐败视同叛国罪。 The new law will put official corruption on the same legal footing as treason. | ||