释义 |
subvertsub‧vert /səbˈvɜːt $ -ˈvɜːrt/ verb [transitive] formal  subvertOrigin: 1300-1400 Old French subvertir, from Latin subvertere ‘to turn from beneath, subvert’ VERB TABLEsubvert |
Present | I, you, we, they | subvert | | he, she, it | subverts | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | subverted | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have subverted | | he, she, it | has subverted | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had subverted | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will subvert | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have subverted |
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Present | I | am subverting | | he, she, it | is subverting | | you, we, they | are subverting | Past | I, he, she, it | was subverting | | you, we, they | were subverting | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been subverting | | he, she, it | has been subverting | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been subverting | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be subverting | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been subverting |
- Smith was sentenced to 14 years for plotting to subvert the government.
- A more contemporary comparison might be deconstruction, which tries to subvert the text by turning its own unacknowledged premises against it.
- Coercion and domination subvert the integrity of love by creating power relationships that are its antithesis.
- It is as if the filters of distance and time were subverted by the complex connecting of everything to everything.
- Neville's genius was to subvert and turn round press attacks on Oz, but they could still cost dearly.
- Other officials with different views were also subverting them.
- Too much control and predictability might eventually subvert the organizational goals.
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