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pervert v. 使堕落；误用；歪曲 pervert (v.) c.1300 (transitive), "to turn someone aside from a right religious belief to a false or erroneous one," from Old French pervertir "pervert, undo, destroy" (12c.) and directly from Latin pervertere "overthrow, overturn," figuratively "to corrupt, subvert, abuse," literally "turn the wrong way, turn about," from per- "away" (see per) + vertere "to turn" (see versus).Related: Perverted; perverting. Replaced native froward, which embodies the same image. Old English had mishweorfed "perverted, inverted," an identical formation to the Latin word using native elements.pervert (n.) 1660s, "one who has forsaken a doctrine or system regarded as true, apostate," from pervert (v.). Psychological sense of "one who has a perversion of the sexual instinct" is attested from 1897 (Havelock Ellis), originally especially of homosexuals. 【记】per 完全 + vert turn 翻转，转变，同perverse

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[pə'və:t] 【英】 v. 使堕落(corrupt; debase)；滥用(divert to a wrong purpose; misuse)【记】 per(全部)＋vert(转) →全部转到邪路上→ 堕落【例】 The corrupt politician was accused of perverting the power of his office for his own gain. 无

单词	pervert
音标	[pə'və:t]
解释	v. 使堕落；误用；歪曲
红宝书	【英】 v. 使堕落(corrupt; debase)；滥用(divert to a wrong purpose; misuse) 【记】 per(全部)＋vert(转) →全部转到邪路上→ 堕落【例】 The corrupt politician was accused of perverting the power of his office for his own gain.
字源	pervert (v.) c.1300 (transitive), "to turn someone aside from a right religious belief to a false or erroneous one," from Old French pervertir "pervert, undo, destroy" (12c.) and directly from Latin pervertere "overthrow, overturn," figuratively "to corrupt, subvert, abuse," literally "turn the wrong way, turn about," from per- "away" (see per) + vertere "to turn" (see versus). Related: Perverted; perverting. Replaced native froward, which embodies the same image. Old English had mishweorfed "perverted, inverted," an identical formation to the Latin word using native elements. pervert (n.) 1660s, "one who has forsaken a doctrine or system regarded as true, apostate," from pervert (v.). Psychological sense of "one who has a perversion of the sexual instinct" is attested from 1897 (Havelock Ellis), originally especially of homosexuals.
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趣味全助记	【记】per 完全 + vert turn 翻转，转变，同perverse

Pervert Turn V Wrong Latin Native Pə'Və:T 使堕落；误用；歪曲