subvert
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++sub·vert /səbˈvɜːt $ -ˈvɜːrt/ verb [transitive] formal 1 PPREBELLION/REVOLUTIONto try to destroy the power and influence of a government or the established system 颠覆，暗中破坏〔现政府或现有制度〕 an attempt to subvert the democratic process 颠覆民主进程的企图2. DESTROYto destroy someone’s beliefs or loyalty 腐蚀；败坏；使放弃〔信念或忠诚〕→ See Verb table
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subvert• Neville's genius was to subvert and turn round press attacks on Oz, but they could still cost dearly.• It is as if the filters of distance and time were subverted by the complex connecting of everything to everything.• Smith was sentenced to 14 years for plotting to subvert the government.• Coercion and domination subvert the integrity of love by creating power relationships that are its antithesis.• Too much control and predictability might eventually subvert the organizational goals.• A more contemporary comparison might be deconstruction, which tries to subvert the text by turning its own unacknowledged premises against it.• Other officials with different views were also subverting them.Origin subvert (1300-1400) Old French subvertir, from Latin subvertere “to turn from beneath, subvert”sub·vert verbChineseSyllable
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subvert
sub‧vert /səbˈvɜːt $ -ˈvɜːrt/
verb [transitive] formal
an attempt to subvert the democratic process
2. to destroy someone’s beliefs or loyalty
sub‧vert /səbˈvɜːt $ -ˈvɜːrt/
verb [transitive] formal Date: 1300-1400
Language: Old French
Origin: subvertir, from Latin subvertere 'to turn from beneath, subvert'
1. to try to destroy the power and influence of a government or the established system:Language: Old French
Origin: subvertir, from Latin subvertere 'to turn from beneath, subvert'
2. to destroy someone’s beliefs or loyalty