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subvert 【subvert】v.败坏Much of the city was subverted by the earthquake and a great fire.这座城市的大部都被地震和大火所毁坏了。

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[səb'vɜːrt] 
subvertdestroy completely
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.
All forms of 'subvert' will appear on average once every 1309 pages.countersubversionsubversivenesssubversionsubversivesubvertsubverter

Front	subvert
Pron	[səb'vɜːrt]
Back	【subvert】 v.败坏 Much of the city was subverted by the earthquake and a great fire. 这座城市的大部都被地震和大火所毁坏了。
Vocab	subvertdestroy completely 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. All forms of 'subvert' will appear on average once every 1309 pages. countersubversion subversiveness subversion subversive subvert subverter

Subvert Usual Səb'vɜːrt V.败坏 City Subverted Earthquake Great