subverting
present participle ofsubvert
| 单词 | subverting |
| 释义 | subverting present participle ofsubvert subvert verb[T] formaluk/səbˈvɜːt/us/səbˈvɝːt/totrytodestroyordamagesomething,especiallyanestablishedpoliticalsystem: Therebelarmyisattemptingto subvert thegovernment. Ourbestintentionsare sometimes subverted byournaturaltendencytoselfishness. Deteriorating and making worse
Examplesofsubvertingsubverting In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. It is also a theme that students latch onto with enthusiasm, and enjoysubverting. From theCambridge English Corpus What should finally be stressed though is that our historically reflexive awareness of psychoanalysis is a major factor insubvertingits totalizing aspirations. From theCambridge English Corpus The negative, apophatic approach can be seen either assubvertingitself, or as being restricted to certain properties, or as resting on a self-excluding principle. From theCambridge English Corpus Instead of having been passive objects in a history driven by colonial forces, they continued to pursue their own agendas, sometimessubvertingcolonial authority. From theCambridge English Corpus This question has the possibility ofsubvertingthe doctrine of informed consent entirely. From theCambridge English Corpus To 'stay strange' requiredsubvertingthe genre-oriented, archival listening of the jazu-kissa, but also demanded the creation of new sounds. From theCambridge English Corpus They have done so by integrating, and then oftensubverting, existing particularist institutional and ideological structures. From theCambridge English Corpus The theory of the king's two bodies allowed crimes to be considered treason which indirectly attacked him bysubvertinghis authority. From theCambridge English Corpus In fact, there was not one but several insurgencies in the same locale, all competing with andsubvertingone another. From theCambridge English Corpus Participants who intend to form independent organizations or have connections with overseas organizations may be accused of 'subvertingthe government', which is a political crime. From theCambridge English Corpus In many ways this passacaglia is a parody,subvertingthe techniques of the traditional form and denying the expectations raised by the title. From theCambridge English Corpus These typically use elements of repetitiveness and uniformity, oftensubvertinga much more regular plan form. From theCambridge English Corpus This they may do either by competing with and evensubvertingformal institutions, or by complementing them and sometimes helping to sustain them. From theCambridge English Corpus Without rejecting the first, she wants to wed it to the second - although it is clear that she preferssubvertingsocial forms to applying controls. From theCambridge English Corpus All this suggested a rich variety of experiences and practices, indifferent to (and sometimes evensubverting) the tyrannies of respectability and standardization. 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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