with obj.
1- alter (something) from its original course, meaning, or state to a distortion or corruption of what was first intended使错乱, 使反常; 歪曲, 曲解; 误用, 滥用; 颠倒:
he was charged with conspiring to pervert the course of justice.
他被指控阴谋枉法。
1.1
- lead (someone) away from what is considered right, natural, or acceptable使走上邪路, 使堕落; 使变坏:
Hector is a man who is simply perverted by his time.
赫克托只是一个被时代引上邪路的人。
- a person whose sexual behaviour is regarded as abnormal and unacceptable性欲反常者; 性倒错者; 性变态者。
派生词
perverter
noun词源
late Middle English (as a verb): from Old French pervertir, from Latin pervertere, from per- 'thoroughly, to ill effect' + vertere 'to turn'. The current noun sense dates from the late 19th cent.