subvert

英 [səb'vɜːt] 美 [səb'vɜːrt]

• vt. 推翻；颠覆；毁灭；使败坏

详尽释义

v. 动词

1. 推翻
2. 暗中破坏
3. 策反
4. 搅乱（人心）
5. 败坏（风化）
6. 腐蚀（思想）
7. 歪曲
8. 颠覆
9. 使背叛
10. 使变节
11. 毁灭
12. 使（某人）道德败坏或不忠
13. 毁减

英英释义

Verb:

1. cause the downfall of; of rulers;

   "The Czar was overthrown"
   "subvert the ruling class"
   

2. corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality;

   "debauch the young people with wine and women"
   "Socrates was accused of corrupting young men"
   "Do school counselors subvert young children?"
   "corrupt the morals"
   

3. destroy property or hinder normal operations;

   "The Resistance sabotaged railroad operations during the war"
   

4. destroy completely;

   "we must not let our civil liberties be subverted by the current crisis"
   

例句

用作及物动词 (vt.)

1. The rebellious troops attempted to subvert the present government.
   叛军曾企图推翻现政府。
2. He intended to subvert lawful government in his country.
   他阴谋颠覆自己国家的合法政府。
3. This doctrine would subvert the very foundation of all written constitutions
   这种论说将使一切成文宪法的根本基础遭到破坏。
4. Democracy can easily be subverted from within.
   民主政体容易自内部加以破坏。

经典引文

• When those more ancient Churches were subverted, Aldred..erected another.

  出自： P. Holland

近反义词

【近义词】

• overthrow 推翻
• undermine 逐渐削弱
• bring down 使倒下
• sabotage 怠工
• destabilize 使不稳定
• disrupt 干扰
• topple 使倒塌
• deteriorate 恶化
• pervert 误用
• debauch 使堕落
• corrupt 腐败的
• demoralise 使堕落
• vitiate 使败坏
• debase 降低质量、地位或价值...
• countermine 反地道
• profane 亵渎的
• demoralize 使士气低落
• misdirect 指错方向
• deprave 使堕落
• counteract 抵制
• weaken 使 ... 弱，削弱...
• overturn 翻倒

【反义词】

• uphold 支持