Corrupting - перевод на Русский и значение в Английском

verb

Render (something) poorer in quality by adding another substance.

Примеры использования:

The brewer is said to adulterate his beer

adjective

Not pure or genuine.

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Adulterate remedies

verb

To make something weaker or of worse quality by adding something else to it

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Saffron is very expensive, and is often adulterated with other plants.

verb

Change in character or composition, typically in a comparatively small but significant way.

Примеры использования:

Eliot was persuaded to alter the passage

verb

To change a characteristic, often slightly, or to cause this to happen

Примеры использования:

[ t ] the coat was too long, so i took it back to the store to have it altered., some things in lif…

verb

To change the appearance, character, or structure of something, or to be changed in this way

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Just last week, the company agreed to alter some of its business practices., if they want to contin…

verb

Change (something) in such a way as to lower its quality or value, typically by adding new elements.

Примеры использования:

Our biggest fear was they were going to take our script and bastardize it

verb

To change something in a way that makes it fail to represent the values and qualities that it is intended to represent

verb

Dishonestly persuade (someone) to act in one's favour by a gift of money or other inducement.

Примеры использования:

They attempted to bribe opponents into losing

noun

A sum of money or other inducement offered or given to bribe someone.

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Lawmakers were caught accepting bribes to bring in legalized gambling

verb

To try to make someone do something for you by giving them money, presents, or something else that they want

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He bribed immigration officials and entered the country illegally., [ + to infinitive ] they bribed…

verb

Obtain in exchange for payment.

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She bought six first-class stamps

noun

A purchase.

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Wine is rarely a good buy in duty-free shops

verb

To obtain something by paying money for it

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She was saving to buy a car., he bought some flowers for his girlfriend., she’ll never buy that sto…

verb

Make (something) impure by exposure to or addition of a poisonous or polluting substance.

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The site was found to be contaminated by radioactivity

verb

To make something less pure or make it poisonous

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The disease can be caused by a variety of viruses, bacteria, and other small organisms that contami…

verb

To make something less pure or make it poisonous

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The government recently reported that 10% of farmland has been destroyed by pollution and that heav…

verb

Prepare (food, a dish, or a meal) by mixing, combining, and heating the ingredients.

Примеры использования:

Shall i cook dinner tonight?

noun

A person who prepares and cooks food, especially as a job or in a specified way.

Примеры использования:

Susan was a school cook

noun

Transform by heating

verb

Make (a liquid) thinner or weaker by adding water or another solvent to it.

Примеры использования:

Bleach can be diluted with cold water

adjective

(of a liquid) made thinner or weaker by having had water or another solvent added to it.

Примеры использования:

The water turnover rates of hummingbirds feeding on dilute nectar are more similar to those of amph…

verb

To make a liquid weaker by mixing it with water or another liquid

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Dilute the bleach in water before adding it to the wash., he disinfected the tub with a solution of…

verb

Pull or twist out of shape.

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A grimace distorted her mouth

verb

To change something from its natural or usual shape or condition

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Agony distorted his face., there are those who would distort the facts to serve their own political…

verb

To change something from its original, natural, or intended meaning, condition, or shape, especially in a negative way

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Governments are able to maintain discriminatory procurement practices which significantly distort t…

noun

A person who is qualified to treat people who are ill.

Примеры использования:

Doctor thornhill

verb

Change the content or appearance of (a document or picture) in order to deceive; falsify.

Примеры использования:

The reports could have been doctored

noun

A person with a medical degree whose job is to treat people who are ill or injured

Примеры использования:

This health plan lets you choose your own doctor., he claimed the photo had been doctored.

verb

Alter (information, a document, or evidence) so as to mislead.

Примеры использования:

A laboratory which was alleged to have falsified test results

verb

To change documents, figures, records, etc. in order to deceive someone

Примеры использования:

She was charged with falsifying bank records., the certificate had clearly been falsified., five pe…

verb

To change something, such as a document, in order to deceive people

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The certificate had clearly been falsified.

noun

A violin.

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This tradition is still at the heart of their music, with the female voices front-lining the instru…

verb

Touch or fidget with something in a restless or nervous way.

Примеры использования:

Lena fiddled with her cup

verb

To move things around or touch things without a particular purpose

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He stood there fiddling with his keys.

verb

Fasten (something) securely in a particular place or position.

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They had candles fixed to their helmets

noun

A difficult or awkward situation from which it is hard to extricate oneself; a predicament.

Примеры использования:

How on earth did you get into such a fix?

verb

Restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken

idiom

To try to keep someone satisfied and pleased with you so that you can continue to get what you want

Примеры использования:

He made a few concessions to keep the shareholders sweet.

verb

Handle or control (a tool, mechanism, information, etc.) in a skilful manner.

Примеры использования:

He manipulated the dials of the set

verb

Influence or control shrewdly or deviously

verb

To influence or control someone to your advantage, often without that person knowing it

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Her success is partly due to her ability to manipulate the media., the wheelchair is designed to be…

verb

Try to influence or thwart by underhand or unfair methods.

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An attempt to nobble the jury

verb

To make something fail, especially to make a horse in a race fail by giving it drugs

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The jury who convicted him were suspected of being nobbled., he nobbled her in the corridor to sign…

noun

A plane figure with four equal straight sides and four right angles.

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A grid of ruled squares

adjective

Having the shape or approximate shape of a square.

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A square table

adverb

Directly; straight.

Примеры использования:

The ball hit me square in the forehead

verb

Bribe or otherwise induce (someone) to commit an unlawful act such as perjury.

Примеры использования:

He was accused of conspiring to suborn witnesses

verb

To persuade someone, for example by offering them money, to commit an illegal act, especially to tell lies in a court of law

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He is a liar, and he suborned perjury from her early on in this investigation., such agreements cou…

noun

A trace of a bad or undesirable substance or quality.

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The lingering taint of creosote

verb

Contaminate or pollute (something).

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The air was tainted by fumes from the cars

noun

The perineum.

verb

Spoil or impair the quality or efficiency of.

Примеры использования:

Development programmes have been vitiated by the rise in population

verb

To destroy or damage something

Примеры использования:

He said that american military power should never again be vitiated by political concerns.