Word · Frequency #12159
Fully loadedsubverting
暗中破坏；逐渐削弱；动摇
subverting is the present participle of subvert.
to weaken or destroy something such as an institution, idea, or system gradually or secretly
常指通过间接方式削弱制度、观念或权威。
- 1.
To overturn from the foundation; to overthrow; to ruin utterly.
从根本上推翻；颠覆；彻底毁灭。
- 2.
To pervert, as the mind, and turn it from the truth; to corrupt; to confound.
使(思想)堕落,使其偏离真理；腐蚀；使困惑。
- 3.
To upturn convention from the foundation by undermining it (literally, to turn from beneath).
通过破坏从根本上颠覆常规(字面意思:从下面翻转)。
推翻；颠覆；彻底摧毁；腐蚀；败坏；使堕落；从根本上推翻；颠覆；彻底毁灭。；使(思想)堕落,使其偏离真理；腐蚀；使困惑。；通过破坏从根本上颠覆常规(字面意思:从下面翻转)。
In use
The manager worried that the new policy would subvert the team's hard-won trust.
His constant excuses were subverting the group's morale during the project.
They subverted the old rules by starting a completely new tradition.
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。
subvert the + noun
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。
be subverted
被动结构，强调主语被颠覆。
Connections
Collocations
- subvert the government
- 颠覆政府
- The rebels attempted to subvert the government.叛乱者企图颠覆政府。
- subvert democracy
- 颠覆民主
- Online disinformation can subvert democracy.网络虚假信息可能颠覆民主。
- subvert expectations
- 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。
- subvert authority
- 颠覆权威
- The comic uses satire to subvert authority.这部漫画用讽刺来颠覆权威。
- subvert traditional values
- 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。
- subvert social norms
Learner notes
Memory Tip
把 sub- 想成‘下’，vert 想成‘转’：从下面一转，根基被掀翻——这就是‘颠覆’。
Context & Register
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。
Pronunciation & Spelling
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.
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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