subvert

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /səbˈvɜːt/    美 /səbˈvɝt/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An advertisement created by subvertising.
动词 v.
  1. To overturn from the foundation; to overthrow; to ruin utterly. transitive
    — He […] razeth your cities, and subverts your towns.
  2. To pervert, as the mind, and turn it from the truth; to corrupt; to confound. transitive
    — The oppressive regime stays in power only as long as they manage to subvert the will of the people.
  3. To upturn convention from the foundation by undermining it (literally, to turn from beneath). transitive

词形变化

subverts present,singular,third-person subverting participle,present subverted participle,past subverted past subverts plural

词汇关系

衍生词
resubvert subversion subversive subvertable subvertible subvertingly unsubverted

词源

词源 1
From Middle English subverten, from Old French subvertir, from Latin subvertō (“to overthrow”, literally “to underturn, turn from beneath”).
词源 2
Back-formation from subvertising, by analogy with advert.
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