pervert
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 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
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pervert• It 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
pervert• She 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”per·vert1 verbper·vert2 nounChineseSyllable
often to something and an change harmful Corpus in unnatural
pervert
per‧vert1 /pəˈvɜːt $ pərˈvɜːrt/
verb [transitive]
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
per‧vert2 /ˈpɜːvɜːt $ ˈpɜːrvɜːrt/
noun [countable]
someone whose sexual behaviour is considered unnatural and unacceptable
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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:Language: Old French
Origin: pervertir, from Latin pervertere, from vertere 'to turn'
2. to influence someone so that they begin to think or behave in an immoral way
SYN corrupt:
3. pervert the course of justice law to deliberately prevent a fair examination of the facts about a crime
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noun [countable]someone whose sexual behaviour is considered unnatural and unacceptable