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

• How does HIV subvert the immune sys-tem?
  艾滋病病毒是怎样破坏免疫系统的？
• The ability of the protagonists to subvert the society also subverts the monolithic power typical of a dystopia.
  主角的能力不仅能推翻这个社会，更能推翻一个典型反乌托邦拥有牢不可破的力量。
• To subvert this crucial principle is to undermine the construction of the entire Jewish community and to utterly destroy any hope for Jewish national salvation in this country.
  对这个原则的颠覆就是对建立民族之家的削弱，就是对犹太民族获得拯救的希望的完全破坏。
• Perhaps this is just a flood of emotions in some micro-ON care can subvert the youth.
  或许，这只是一个情感泛滥的年代，一些微掩的关怀就可以颠覆青春。
• 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。
• And organizations have ways of dealing with employees who subvert the team.
  而且公司有办法对付那些破坏团队的员工。
• 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。
• I call on heads of state and heads of government to stand rock-hard against the despicable efforts of the tobacco industry to subvert this treaty.
  我呼吁国家元首和政府首脑们坚定反对烟草业为颠覆这一条约所作的卑鄙行径。
• 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。