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Subvert Government Usual 英 Səb'vɜːt] 美 Səb'vɜːrt Vt.推翻;颠覆;毁灭;使败坏 Rebellious

英语单词 subvert
英美音标 英 [səb'vɜːt] 美 [səb'vɜːrt]
中文释义 vt.推翻;颠覆;毁灭;使败坏
英语例句 (1) The rebellious troops attempted to subvert the present government.
(2) He intended to subvert lawful government in his country.
(3) Democracy can easily be subverted from within.
中文例句 (1) 叛军曾企图推翻现政府。
(2) 他阴谋颠覆自己国家的合法政府。
(3) 民主政体容易自内部加以破坏。
vocabulary简明 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.
vocabulary扩展 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.
柯林斯解释
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[VERB 动词]颠覆;破坏 To subvert something means to destroy its power and influence.
  [V n]
  [FORMAL 正式]
  • ...an alleged plot to subvert the state.

    涉嫌颠覆国家的阴谋

  • ...a last attempt to subvert culture from within.

    试图从内部瓦解文化的最后一击

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