subvert

英 [səbˈvɜːt]

美 [səbˈvɜːrt]

v.  颠覆; 暗中破坏; 使背叛; 使变节; 策反

过去分词：subverted　现在分词：subverting　第三人称单数：subverts　过去式：subverted　

TOEFLGRETEM8法律

Collins.1 / BNC.12159 / COCA.11404

牛津词典

verb

• 颠覆；暗中破坏
  to try to destroy the authority of a political, religious, etc. system by attacking it secretly or indirectly
• 使背叛；使变节；策反
  to try to destroy a person's belief in sth or sb

柯林斯词典

• VERB 颠覆;破坏
  Tosubvertsomething means to destroy its power and influence.
  1. ...an alleged plot to subvert the state.
     涉嫌颠覆国家的阴谋
  2. ...a last attempt to subvert culture from within.
     试图从内部瓦解文化的最后一击

英英释义

verb

• destroy completely
  1. we must not let our civil liberties be subverted by the current crisis
• cause the downfall of
  1. The Czar was overthrown
  2. subvert the ruling class
  Synonym:overthrowoverturnbring down
• destroy property or hinder normal operations
  1. The Resistance sabotaged railroad operations during the war
  Synonym:sabotageunderminecounterminecounteractweaken
• corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality
  1. debauch the young people with wine and women
  2. Socrates was accused of corrupting young men
  3. Do school counselors subvert young children?
  4. corrupt the morals
  Synonym:corruptpervertdemoralizedemoralisedebauchdebaseprofanevitiatedepravemisdirect

双语例句

• Enough of this type of treatment and users will be primed to use any chance to subvert the system.
  受够了这种对待，用户会利用一切机会背离这种系统。
• One theme of "black romantic" in contemporary Hong Kong film is to subvert the systematized culture, while the other one is to describe the feeling of abandoned babies and loafers.
  “黑色浪漫”在当代香港电影中的一条主线是对体制性文化的颠覆，另一条主线是对弃婴和浪子心态的抒写。
• Now, however, they-and other, similar, types of malicious software-support a multibillion-dollar industry in which those who use them to steal information and subvert computers struggle with those who devise and sell digital protection.
  而现在，他们和其他类似类型的恶意软件一起，支撑了一个价值数十亿美元的产业，这中间，那些使用它们窃取信息和破坏电脑的人和设计和销售数字保护程序的人展开了斗争。
• Who corrupt and subvert the very principles our constitution exists to uphold.
  我们宪法所维护的准则被这些人腐化和破坏。
• This was badly received by other countries, which accused the White House of trying to subvert the UN.
  但其它国家对此反响不佳，纷纷谴责白宫试图给联合国捣乱。
• The experts contributing to this book have conducted their own research into this seminal event that the Bush administration has used to subvert civil liberties, conduct preemptive wars, and bring the world perilously closer to chaos.
  专家们作出贡献，这本书已进行自己的研究，这具有开创性的事件说，布什政府已用来破坏公民自由，进行先发制人的战争，使世界更危险地接近混乱。
• How does HIV subvert the immune sys-tem?
  艾滋病病毒是怎样破坏免疫系统的？
• If there are days that I can find for me to subvert the world.
  如果有天我能找到为我颠覆世界的人。
• Reason: Subvert the traditional ideas, and start the love between teachers and students.
  理由：颠覆传统思维，开师生恋之先河。
• They must not be used to impose damaging regulations or subvert legitimate ones.
  它们不得被用于推行破坏性的法规或是颠覆正当法规。