| 单词 | subvert |
| 释义 | subvert (once / 1310 pages) v When you subvert something, your words or actions criticize or undermine the usual way of doing something or common values. The girl who wears a tuxedo to the prom might subvert traditional ideas about beauty. To subvert an institution like a school or a government is to overthrow it or stop its normal way of functioning. Subvert comes from the Latin word subvertere, which combines the prefix sub, under, and the suffix vertere, to turn. So you can imagine something that subverts as overturning or flipping the usual way of doing things, like a student who subverts a teacher's authority, causing chaos in the classroom. WORD FAMILYsubvert: subversion, subversive, subverted, subverter, subverting, subverts+/subversion: countersubversion, subversions/subversive: subversively, subversiveness, subversives/subverter: subverters USAGE EXAMPLESMr Younger also warned that "hybrid warfare", which included cyber-attacks and subverting democracy, was becoming an "increasingly dangerous phenomenon". BBC(Jan 01, 2017) For any American leader, an attempt to subvert U.S. democracy ought to be unforgivable — even if he is the intended beneficiary. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) What if he tries to subvert investigations of Russian hacking that are being conducted by our intelligence agencies and Congress? Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016) 1v destroy completely we must not let our civil liberties be subverted by the current crisis Hyper destroy, ruin destroy completely; damage irreparably 2v destroy property or hinder normal operations Syn|Hypo|Hyper counteract, countermine, sabotage, undermine, weaken derail cause to run off the tracks disobey refuse to go along with; refuse to follow; be disobedient 3v corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality Do school counselors subvert young children? Syn|Hypo|Hyper corrupt, debase, debauch, demoralise, demoralize, deprave, misdirect, pervert, profane, vitiate carnalise, carnalize, sensualise, sensualize debase through carnal gratification infectcorrupt with ideas or an ideology lead astray, lead offteach immoral behavior to poisonspoil as if by poison bastardise, bastardizechange something so that its value declines; for example, art forms subornincite to commit a crime or an evil deed alter, change, modify cause to change; make different; cause a transformation 4v cause the downfall of; of rulers subvert the ruling class Syn|Hypo|Hyper bring down, overthrow, overturn revolutionize overthrow by a revolution, of governments depose, force out force to leave (an office) |
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