subvert

🇺🇸 /səbˈvɜːrt/ 🇬🇧 /səbˈvɜːt/
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verb
R

To secretly or indirectly try to weaken or destroy something, like a government or belief.

The spies were trying to subvert the country's government.

间谍试图颠覆国家的政府。

R

To change the usual way of thinking about something, often by showing a different point of view.

The movie subverts the idea that heroes always wear capes.

这部电影颠覆了英雄总是穿披风的观念。

translation

v. 颠覆

词形变化

3rd Present subverts
Past subverted
Perfect subverted
Progressive subverting