subvert

🇺🇸 /səbˈvɜːrt/ 🇬🇧 /səbˈvɜːt/
詞頻
難度
標籤 TOP10000
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.

間諜試圖顛覆國家的政府。

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.

這部電影顛覆了英雄總是穿披風的觀念。

translation

v. 顛覆

詞形變化

3rd Present subverts
Past subverted
Perfect subverted
Progressive subverting