Pervert
[pə'vɜːt] or [pɚ'vɝt]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior.
(verb.) change the inherent purpose or function of something; 'Don't abuse the system'; 'The director of the factory misused the funds intended for the health care of his workers'.
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解釋/意思:
(v. t.) To turnanother way; to divert.
(v. t.) To turn from truth, rectitude, or propriety; to divert from a right use, end, or way; to lead astray; to corrupt; also, to misapply; to misinterpret designedly; as, to pervert one's words.
(v. i.) To become perverted; to take the wrong course.
(n.) One who has been perverted; one who has turned to error, especially in religion; -- opposed to convert. See the Synonym of Convert.
錄入:罗宾逊
同義詞及近義詞：
v. a. [1]. Distort, stretch, falsify, make an ill use of.[2]. Entice, tempt, corrupt.
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同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Twist, distort, corrupt, falsify, misrepresent,[See REPRESENT_and_TWIST]
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解釋/意思:
v.t. to turn wrong or from the right course: to change from its true use: to corrupt: to turn from truth or virtue.—v.i. to go wrong or out of the right course.—n. (per′vert) one who has changed from a former position: an apostate.—ns. Perver′sion the act of perverting: a diverting from the true object: a turning from truth or propriety: misapplication; Pervert′er.—adj. Pervert′ible able to be perverted.
校對:迈拉
例句/造句/用法:
- Or rather, they are affected, but in such a way as to pervert them. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- To overlook this fact means to distort and pervert human nature. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- When I am gone, they pervert--but they don't mean it--even Maggy. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- The sovereign himself can never have either interest or inclination to pervert the order of justice, or to oppress the great body of the people. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- Mystery; Finessehow they pervert the understanding! 簡·奧斯丁. 愛瑪.
- The prodigal perverts it in this manner: By not confining his expense within his income, he encroaches upon his capital. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- The two factors of truth in the conception may easily be disentangled from association with the false context which perverts them. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- Jarndyce and Jarndyce has warped him out of himself and perverted me in his eyes. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- The trust is not checked, but it is perverted. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- The effervescence of boys on the street, wasted and perverted through neglect or persecution, was drained and applied to fine uses. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- They-all's a desecrating us, right here on this here perverted island. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- I was much disconcerted, but I reflected that if the main point were gained, it mattered little how strangely he perverted everything leading to it. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- Mr Rokesmith, it is to me you owe this perverted account of what passed between us that night. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- Nor was there anything perverted about it. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
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