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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++per·vert1 /pəˈvɜːt $ pərˈvɜːrt/ verb [transitive]  1 HARM/BE BAD FORto change something in an unnatural and often harmful way 歪曲,扭曲;败坏 Genetic scientists are often accused of perverting nature. 遗传学家经常被指责违背了自然。2 BAD BEHAVIOUR OR ACTIONSto influence someone so that they begin to think or behave in an immoral way 使走上邪路,使堕落,使变坏,腐蚀 SYN corrupt TV violence perverts the minds of young children. 电视暴力腐蚀了孩子们的心灵。3. pervert the course of justice lawSCL to deliberately prevent a fair examination of the facts about a crime 妨碍司法公正→ See Verb table
Examples from the Corpus
pervertIt was no wonder that he felt heartsick over the purposes to which the glorious ship was perverted.I hope every driver who got stabbed by this perverted human being has a speedy recovery.The friend, Ted Francis, denies perverting the course of justice.Negative advertising is perverting the democratic process.TV sex and violence perverts the minds of young children.During 20 years of perverted worship, I wallowed in the futility of hedonism.
per·vert2 /ˈpɜːvɜːt $ ˈpɜːrvɜːrt/ noun [countable]  SYsomeone whose sexual behaviour is considered unnatural and unacceptable 性行为反常者,性变态者
Examples from the Corpus
pervertShe took him to court, accusing him of being a pervert who was unfit to raise a child.You don't know what a pervert is, I suppose.It provides cheap entertainment for illiterate people and perverts.For it was known that the Green, and other parts in the city, were the haunts of peeping-Toms and perverts.His role of mutant son extended itself to incorporate pervert as well.What are you, some kind of pervert?Clive thought she might be a rare type of pervert who gets off on vociferously condemning all the vices she actually practises.The sentences meted out to the seven perverts who downloaded pornographic images of children as young as three months were laughable.He was going to take them to court, declare them perverts, unfit to raise a child.
Origin pervert1 (1300-1400) Old French pervertir, from Latin pervertere, from vertere to turn
often to something and an change harmful Corpus in unnatural


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pervert1 /pəˈvɜːt $ pərˈvɜːrt/ verb [transitive]
 Date: 1300-1400
 Language: Old French
 Origin: pervertir, from Latin pervertere, from vertere 'to turn'
1. to change something in an unnatural and often harmful way:
    Genetic scientists are often accused of perverting nature.
2. to influence someone so that they begin to think or behave in an immoral way
   SYN  corrupt:
    TV violence perverts the minds of young children.
3. pervert the course of justice law to deliberately prevent a fair examination of the facts about a crime

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pervert2 /ˈpɜːvɜːt $ ˈpɜːrvɜːrt/ noun [countable]
someone whose sexual behaviour is considered unnatural and unacceptable


per·vert verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they pervert BrE /pəˈvɜːt/ 🔊 NAmE /pərˈvɜːrt/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it perverts BrE /pəˈvɜːts/ 🔊 NAmE /pərˈvɜːrts/ 🔊past simple perverted BrE /pəˈvɜːtɪd/ 🔊 NAmE /pərˈvɜːrtɪd/ 🔊past participle perverted BrE /pəˈvɜːtɪd/ 🔊 NAmE /pərˈvɜːrtɪd/ 🔊 -ing form perverting BrE /pəˈvɜːtɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /pərˈvɜːrtɪŋ/ 🔊BrE /pəˈvɜːt/ 🔊NAmE /pərˈvɜːrt/ 🔊~ sth to change a system, process, etc. in a bad way so that it is not what it used to be or what it should be 败坏;使走样;误导;误用Some scientific discoveries have been perverted to create weapons of destruction. 某些科学发明被滥用来生产毁灭性武器。🔊🔊~ sb/sth to affect sb in a way that makes them act or think in an immoral or unacceptable way 腐蚀;侵害;使堕落 SYN corrupt Some people believe that television can pervert the minds of children. 有些人认为,电视会腐蚀儿童的心灵。🔊🔊perˌvert the course of ˈjustice(BrE) (NAmE obˈstruct justice) (law 法律) to tell a lie or to do sth in order to prevent the police, etc. from finding out the truth about a crime 妨碍司法(如作伪证等)
per·vert nounBrE /ˈpɜːvɜːt/ 🔊NAmE /ˈpɜːrvɜːrt/ 🔊 (also informal perv) a person whose sexual behaviour is not thought to be normal or acceptable by most people 性变态者 SYN deviant a sexual pervert性变态者