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subvert + noun
直接接宾语，表示颠覆或破坏某事物。
They attempted to subvert the government.
他们企图颠覆政府。
暗中破坏；逐渐削弱；动摇
subverted — past of subvert
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
暗中破坏；逐渐削弱；动摇
to weaken or destroy something such as an institution, idea, or system gradually or secretly
They attempted to subvert the government.
他们企图颠覆政府。
常指通过间接方式削弱制度、观念或权威。
从根本上推翻；颠覆；彻底毁灭。
To overturn from the foundation; to overthrow; to ruin utterly.
使(思想)堕落,使其偏离真理；腐蚀；使困惑。
To pervert, as the mind, and turn it from the truth; to corrupt; to confound.
通过破坏从根本上颠覆常规(字面意思:从下面翻转)。
To upturn convention from the foundation by undermining it (literally, to turn from beneath).
subvert
Base
原形
subverts
3rd person
第三人称单数
subverting
-ing
现在分词
subverted
Past
过去式
subverted
Past participle
过去分词
They subvert the established order.
他们颠覆既有秩序。
The rebels are subverting the government.
叛乱分子正在颠覆政府。
He has subverted the system.
他颠覆了系统。
The manager worried that the new policy would subvert the team's hard-won trust.
经理担心新政策会破坏团队来之不易的信任。
His constant excuses were subverting the group's morale during the project.
在项目期间，他不断的借口正在削弱团队的士气。
They subverted the old rules by starting a completely new tradition.
他们通过开创全新的传统来颠覆旧规则。
直接接宾语，表示颠覆或破坏某事物。
They attempted to subvert the government.
他们企图颠覆政府。
常接抽象名词如authority, order, system等。
Propaganda can subvert the social order.
宣传可以颠覆社会秩序。
被动结构，强调主语被颠覆。
The system was subverted by internal corruption.
该系统被内部腐败所颠覆。
Not this
The rebels subverted.
Use this
The rebels subverted the regime.
subvert 是及物动词，必须带宾语。中文中“颠覆”可单独使用，但英语中需要明确被颠覆的对象。
Not this
He subverted the table.
Use this
He overturned the table.
subvert 通常用于抽象概念（如政权、制度），不用于物理上的推翻。物理上的“推倒”应用 overturn。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
颠覆政府
The rebels attempted to subvert the government.
叛乱者企图颠覆政府。
颠覆民主
Online disinformation can subvert democracy.
网络虚假信息可能颠覆民主。
颠覆预期
The final episode subverts expectations with a surprising twist.
最后一集以出人意料的转折颠覆了预期。
颠覆权威
The comic uses satire to subvert authority.
这部漫画用讽刺来颠覆权威。
颠覆传统价值观
The film was criticized for subverting traditional values.
这部电影因颠覆传统价值观而受到批评。
颠覆社会规范
Her art aims to subvert social norms.
她的艺术旨在颠覆社会规范。
颠覆预期
The sequel subverted expectations by killing off the main character in the first scene.
续集在第一幕就杀死了主角，颠覆了大家的预期。
颠覆现状
Her campaign aimed to subvert the status quo in the tech industry.
她的竞选旨在颠覆科技行业的现状。
颠覆体制
The documentary shows how activists subvert the system through peaceful protest.
这部纪录片展示了活动人士如何通过和平抗议颠覆体制。
颠覆主流范式。
Activists often urge us to subvert the dominant paradigm.
活动人士经常敦促我们颠覆主流范式。
Use subverted naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
把 sub- 想成‘下’，vert 想成‘转’：从下面一转，根基被掀翻——这就是‘颠覆’。
语域：formal 常见场景：political discourse、academic writing、literary criticism subvert 是正式用语，多用于政治、社会或文学讨论，表示从根本上推翻或颠覆某种制度、观念或传统。日常口语中很少使用，比较常见于书面语或正式演讲。
These six words all end in -vert and, in the pronunciations given, rhyme with subvert because their stressed vowel and the following /vəːt/ are the same. Watch out for lookalikes like introvert /ˈɪntrəvəːt/ and extrovert /ˈɛkstrəvəːt/: they also end in -vert but stress the first syllable, so they do not rhyme with subvert.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.