subverted
past simple and past participle ofsubvert
| 单词 | subverted |
| 释义 | subverted past simple and past participle ofsubvert subvert verb[T] formaluk/səbˈvɜːt/us/səbˈvɝːt/totrytodestroyordamagesomething,especiallyanestablishedpoliticalsystem: Therebelarmyisattemptingto subvert thegovernment. Ourbestintentionsare sometimes subverted byournaturaltendencytoselfishness. Deteriorating and making worse
Examplesofsubvertedsubverted In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. However, during other episodes or parts thereof the performers intentionallysubvertedthe 'seriousness and compulsion for precision', as though to ridicule or laugh at themselves. From theCambridge English Corpus Each had been 'subverted' by the corrosive spread of irreligious philosophies within its elites. From theCambridge English Corpus However, according to one view, this basic configuration can besubvertedin order to accommodate neutralisation. From theCambridge English Corpus Immediately the hierarchical arrangement that characterizes the other schemes, with a clear circulation system branching out from the main entrance, issubverted. From theCambridge English Corpus What is more, he was reported to havesubvertedschool decorum by mocking his fellow teachers and making light of the school's activities. From theCambridge English Corpus The masker's performance, however,subvertedthe mood and message of the character's song. From theCambridge English Corpus It is the multiplicity of ways such communication can be effected,subvertedor rendered problematic that concerns me here. From theCambridge English Corpus Euripides' pre-existing narrative (and its mythical sources) weresubverted, deconstructed, and replaced by a new narrative. From theCambridge English Corpus It presupposed that deals struck with these authorities would survive in the legislature and not to besubvertedby local governments or the courts. From theCambridge English Corpus Libertarians shared the objections of corporate and traditionalist conservatives, contending that federal social programmes entailed burdensome taxes andsubvertedindividual rights and responsibilities. From theCambridge English Corpus However, expectations may besubverted, resulting in incongruity, and this incongruity may give rise to humour. From theCambridge English Corpus Without such parity there is a serious risk that democracy will besubvertedby powerful economic interests. From theCambridge English Corpus The very institutions of socialization were beingsubverted. From theCambridge English Corpus In contrast, use of cloning by infertile couples does not necessarily entail that the offspring's interests aresubvertedto advance the interests of the procreators. From theCambridge English Corpus By fabricating this continuity, hesubvertedthe position of contemporary professional philosophers, who on the whole were not concerned with the natural sciences. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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