Word · Frequency #11635
subversive
/səbˈvəːsiv/
adjective
颠覆性的；破坏性的
intending to subvert, overturn, undermine, or debase
- 1.
Intending to subvert, overturn, undermine or debase.
意图颠覆、推翻、破坏或贬低的。
意图颠覆、推翻、破坏或贬低的。；从事颠覆的；破坏性的
In use
The teacher warned us that the article contained subversive ideas.
Some people see the new book as a subversive attack on traditional values.
His subversive jokes often made his colleagues laugh nervously.
Connections
Collocations
- subversive activities
- 颠覆活动
- The government banned the group for engaging in subversive activities.政府因该组织从事颠覆活动而予以取缔。
- subversive ideas
- 颠覆性思想
- The regime feared that his subversive ideas might spread among the students.该政权担心他的颠覆性思想会在学生中传播。
- subversive group
- 颠覆集团
- They were accused of forming a subversive group to overthrow the government.他们被指控组建颠覆集团以推翻政府。
- subversive propaganda
- 颠覆性宣传
- The authorities arrested him for distributing subversive propaganda.当局因他散发颠覆性宣传材料而将其逮捕。
- subversive influence
- 颠覆性影响
- Some parents worried about the subversive influence of the new media on their children.一些家长担心新媒体对孩子产生颠覆性影响。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
别把 subversive 只当“地下”；它像在地下悄悄翻转（verse）秩序，让人防不胜防——颠覆性的。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：政治与社会评论、文学与艺术评论、学术写作 subversive 通常用于正式或书面语境，多出现在政治、社会或文艺评论中，表示“颠覆性的”。日常口语中较少使用，较常见的搭配有 subversive ideas 或 subversive activity。
Grammar Note
subversive 为形容词，常与 of 或 to 连用，表示‘颠覆……的’。
Pronunciation & Spelling
immersive 和 cursive 与 subversive 真押韵（重读元音 /ɜː/ + /sɪv/）；decisive, aggressive, offensive, massive 是 -sive 拼写相似的词，但发音中的元音不同。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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