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单词 subversive
释义
subversive1 adjectivesubversive2 noun
subversivesub‧ver‧sive1 /səbˈvɜːsɪv $ -ˈvɜːr-/ adjective Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • subversive organizations
  • The loyalty oath was intended to protect students from so-called subversive teachers.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • Again, though, the Fundamental Theorem was doing its subversive work behind the scenes.
  • But, as Marx saw long ago, free-market capitalism is quintessentially populist and inherently subversive of traditions and rituals.
  • I do not wish to suggest that New Historians are involved in some huge subversive critical enterprise duping credulous students.
  • I think this is genuinely subversive.
  • Most of those words are cynical, humorous and often subversive to the established order.
  • Plato wrote that the potentially subversive qualities of music were such that it would not be permitted in the perfect state.
  • Reggae was what was called for, some subversive atmosphere in the place.
  • This time the language and violence seem only frantic, not genuinely subversive or liberating.
word sets
WORD SETS
adversarial, adjectiveamnesty, nounanarchism, nounanarchist, nounanticlerical, adjectivearms control, nounbigot, nounbigoted, adjectivebigotry, nounbilateral, adjectiveBlimp, nouncarpetbagger, nouncaucus, nounchancellor, nouncoalition, nounconsensus, nounconstituency, nounconstitutionalism, nounconsumerism, nouncredo, noundemagogue, noundestabilize, verbdétente, noundisorder, noundissent, noundivine right, nounferment, nounfirebrand, noungerrymandering, nounheartland, nounhonours list, nouninterventionist, adjectiveisolationism, nounliberal, adjectiveliberal, nounliberalism, nounlobby, nounlobby, verbMaoism, nounnationalistic, adjective-ocracy, suffix-ocrat, suffixopinion-makers, nounopinion poll, nounpersonality cult, nounpetition, nounphoto opportunity, nounplacard, nounplatform, nounpolitical, adjectivepolitical asylum, nounpolitical geography, nounpolitical machine, nounpopulist, adjectivepork barrel, nounprivilege, nounpropaganda, nounrealpolitik, nounrevolution, nounsoapbox, nounsound bite, nounstump, verbsubversive, adjectivesubvert, verbwar of words, nounwheeler-dealer, nounwheeling and dealing, noun
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY
 He was engaged in subversive activities.
subversive ideas, activities etc are secret and intended to damage or destroy a government or an established system:  He was engaged in subversive activities.subversive propaganda/literaturesubversively adverb
subversive1 adjectivesubversive2 noun
subversivesubversive2 noun [countable] Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • CIA agents infiltrated the group, looking for alleged subversives.
  • Pablo Picasso was for a long time regarded as a dangerous subversive.
  • the kidnap and torture of a suspected subversive
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • If two subversives want to meet and pass unnoticed, then do it in the smartest, most exclusive hotel in Geneva.
  • Postimpressionist art was also taboo, especially Pablo Picasso, who was regarded as a dangerous subversive.
  • The new openness meant that there was a marked reduction in the arrests of alleged subversives and in the closures of newspapers.
  • The twins, at almost eleven, were clowns, especially Shaw, who was beginning a career as the family subversive.
  • They became scapegoats for crimes committed and were widely bruited as potential subversives.
  • Too many subversives, they said.
Thesaurus
Longman Language Activatorsomeone who encourages rebellion
someone who encourages people to oppose the government by trying to make them angry enough to use violence: · The riots were the work of political agitators.· The genuine protestors were joined by outside agitators, intent on encouraging violence.
someone who spends a lot of time trying to encourage people to oppose the government or to accept new and different political beliefs: · The Global Communications Group links ecological and other political activists via the Net. · Clinton's AIDS "czar" resigned after being criticized by gay activists for being weak.
someone who is secretly trying to make their own government weak by encouraging people to oppose the government or to take part in a rebellion: · Pablo Picasso was for a long time regarded as a dangerous subversive. alleged/potential/suspected subversive (=someone that the authorities think is a subversive, but who may not be): · the kidnap and torture of a suspected subversive· CIA agents infiltrated the group, looking for alleged subversives.
someone who secretly tries to damage or destroy the government or an established system:  a known subversivesubversiveness noun [uncountable]
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