| 单词 | pervert |
| 释义 | pervert (once / 888 pages) 1vn 2v To pervert something is to corrupt it. For example, you could "pervert the course of justice" by lying on the witness stand. Another common use of pervert is as a word for a person who is sexually deviant; however, people also use this word more loosely to describe anyone who seems creepy. Perverting also means changing or subverting something. A cop who breaks the law is perverting the law. A criminal who convinces other people to become criminals is perverting them. So when you think of pervert, think change — change for the worse. WORD FAMILYpervert: perversion, perversive, perverted, perverting, perverts+/perversion: perversions/perverted: pervertedly USAGE EXAMPLESTwo former investigators for Northern Ireland's policing watchdog have been arrested on suspicion of conspiring to pervert the course of justice. BBC(Nov 30, 2016) Chait said that leftists were “perverting liberalism” and appointed himself the defender of a liberal centre; Trump said that liberal media had the system “rigged”. The Guardian(Nov 30, 2016) “With that kind of dynamic, it’s easy to see how bureaucrats have perverted the original intent of the Right-to-Know Law,” he said. Washington Times(Nov 28, 2016) 1 1v corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality Syn|Hypo|Hyper corrupt, debase, debauch, demoralise, demoralize, deprave, misdirect, profane, subvert, vitiate carnalise, carnalize, sensualise, sensualize debase through carnal gratification infectcorrupt with ideas or an ideology lead astray, lead offteach immoral behavior to poisonspoil as if by poison bastardise, bastardizechange something so that its value declines; for example, art forms subornincite to commit a crime or an evil deed alter, change, modify cause to change; make different; cause a transformation 2n a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior 2Syn|Hypo|Hyper degenerate, deviant, deviate fetishist one who engages in fetishism (especially of a sexual nature) masochistsomeone who obtains pleasure from receiving punishment nympho, nymphomaniaca woman with abnormal sexual desires child molester, paederast, pederasta man who has sex (usually sodomy) with a boy as the passive partner paedophile, pedophilean adult who is sexually attracted to children sadistsomeone who obtains pleasure from inflicting pain or others sadomasochistsomeone who enjoys both sadism and masochism lech, lecher, letch, satyrman with strong sexual desires flagellanta person who is whipped or whips himself for sexual gratification miscreant, reprobate a person without moral scruples 1v change the inherent purpose or function of something Syn|Hypo|Hyper abuse, misuse fracture violate or abuse take in vainuse a name, such as God, without proper respect expend, use use up, consume fully 2v practice sophistry; change the meaning of or be vague about in order to mislead or deceive Syn|Hyper convolute, sophisticate, twist, twist around denote, refer have as a meaning |
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