Venality is the noun for being venal: the condition of a person or a system whose power and decisions can be bought with money. You use it when you want to name the problem as a whole rather than accuse one person — 'the venality of the old regime', 'widespread venality in the customs service', 'he wrote about the venality of the courts'.

VenalityVenality is是 the noun for being venalvenal的名詞：the condition of a person or a system一個人或一個體制的狀態，whose power and decisions can be bought with money他的權力和決定可以用錢買到。You use it when you want to name the problem as a whole你想把問題當成整體來講的時候會用這個字，rather than accuse one person而不是指控某一個人——'the venality of the old regime'像『the venality of the old regime』（舊政權的貪腐風氣）、'widespread venality in the customs service'『widespread venality in the customs service』（海關普遍的貪腐）、'he wrote about the venality of the courts'『he wrote about the venality of the courts』（他寫了關於法院貪腐風氣的文章）。

Because it names a general state, it appears in the same places venal does: history writing, journalism, political analysis, formal complaint. It is uncountable, so no 'a venality' and no plural.

Because it names a general state因為它講的是一種整體狀態，it appears in the same places venal does它出現的地方跟venal一樣：history writing, journalism, political analysis, formal complaint歷史寫作、新聞、政治分析、正式的指控。It is uncountable它是不可數名詞，so no 'a venality' and no plural所以沒有『a venality』，也沒有複數。

Like venal, it has a milder literary use meaning 'the habit of doing things purely for money' — the venality of a writer who will praise anything for a fee.

Like venal跟venal一樣，it has a milder literary use meaning它也有一個比較溫和的文學用法：'the habit of doing things purely for money'指「純粹為了錢做事的習慣」——the venality of a writer who will praise anything for a fee像收了錢什麼都能誇的作家那種venality。

In everyday speech almost nobody says it; people say 'corruption'. Choosing venality over corruption puts the stress on the buying and selling — the price tag — rather than on the crime.

In everyday speech日常對話裡，almost nobody says it幾乎沒有人會說這個字；people say 'corruption'大家會說『corruption』。Choosing venality over corruption選擇用venality而不是corruption，puts the stress on the buying and selling把重點放在買賣這件事上——the price tag也就是那個價碼——rather than on the crime而不是放在犯罪本身。