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subvert

/səbˈvɜːt/ /səbˈvɝt/ /ˈsʌbvɜːt/ /ˈsʌbvɝt/

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verb

颠覆，推翻，破坏。

To overturn from the foundation; to overthrow; to ruin utterly.

Examples :

"The students' protest successfully subverted the school's rigid rules about cell phone use. "

学生的抗议成功地颠覆了学校关于手机使用的僵化规定。

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verb

颠覆，推翻，破坏。

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

Examples :

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

一个独裁者只有在能够持续破坏人民的意愿时，才能维持他的权力。

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verb

颠覆，推翻。

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

Examples :

"The student subtly subverted the traditional classroom rules by organizing a class discussion on topics not typically allowed. "

这位学生巧妙地通过组织课堂讨论一些通常不被允许的话题，从根本上颠覆了传统的课堂规则。

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noun

恶搞广告, 反向宣传广告

An advertisement created by subvertising.

Examples :

"The activist group created a clever subvertising that exposed the company's harmful environmental practices. "

那个激进组织制作了一个巧妙的恶搞广告，揭露了该公司有害的环境行为。

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