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形容詞

corruptible (comparative more corruptible, superlative most corruptible)

1. (of a person) bribable, that can be bought

   Antonyms: incorruptible, unbribable

   • 1791, Edmund Burke, A Letter from Mr. Burke: To a Member of the National Assembly; in Answer to Some Objections to his Book on French Affairs, Paris, Printed, Dublin, reprinted by William Porter, page 31:

     They systematically corrupt a very corruptible race, (for some time a growing nuisance amongst you)

2. perishable, subject to decay

   Antonym: incorruptible

   • The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], 1611, →OCLC, 1 Peter 1:18.

     that yee were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and golde,

同意語

• (possible to corrupt): corruptable

派生語

名詞

corruptible (plural corruptibles)

1. (archaic) That which may decay and perish; the human body.
   • The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], 1611, →OCLC, 1 Corinthians 15:53.

     For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortall must put on immortalitie.