English Dictionary

subvert

IPA（発音記号）

/səbˈvɜːt/

動詞

他動詞

(transitive) To overturn from the foundation; to overthrow; to ruin utterly. / (transitive) To pervert, as the mind, and turn it from the truth; to corrupt; to confound.

日本語の意味

根底から覆す、転覆させる。 / 転覆させる、完全に破壊あるいは台無しにする。 / 心や思想を誤った方向に導き、堕落させる、腐敗させる。

The activists aimed to subvert the corrupt system that had oppressed citizens for decades.

その活動家たちは、何十年にもわたって市民を抑圧してきた腐敗した体制を根底から覆すことを目指した。

意味（1）

(transitive) To overturn from the foundation; to overthrow; to ruin utterly.

He […] razeth your cities, and subverts your towns.

意味（2）

(transitive) To pervert, as the mind, and turn it from the truth; to corrupt; to confound.

A dictator stays in power only as long as he manages to subvert the will of his people.

意味（3）

(transitive) To upturn convention from the foundation by undermining it (literally, to turn from beneath).

subverts （ present singular third-person ）

subverting （ participle present ）

subverted （ participle past ）

subverted （ past ）