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pervert

verb
🔊/pəˈvɜːt/
🔊/pərˈvɜːrt/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they pervert
🔊/pəˈvɜːt/
🔊/pərˈvɜːrt/
he / she / it perverts
🔊/pəˈvɜːts/
🔊/pərˈvɜːrts/
past simple perverted
🔊/pəˈvɜːtɪd/
🔊/pərˈvɜːrtɪd/
past participle perverted
🔊/pəˈvɜːtɪd/
🔊/pərˈvɜːrtɪd/
-ing form perverting
🔊/pəˈvɜːtɪŋ/
🔊/pərˈvɜːrtɪŋ/
Idioms
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  1. pervert something to change a system, process, etc. in a bad way so that it is not what it used to be or what it should be败坏；使走样；误导；误用
    • Some scientific discoveries have been perverted to create weapons of destruction.某些科学发明被滥用来生产毁灭性武器。🔊🔊
  2. pervert somebody/something to affect somebody in a way that makes them act or think in an unacceptable or immoral way 腐蚀；侵害；使堕落synonym corrupt
    • Some people believe that television can pervert the minds of children.有些人认为，电视会腐蚀儿童的心灵。🔊🔊
    3. Word Originlate Middle English (as a verb): from Old French pervertir, from Latin pervertere, from per- ‘thoroughly, to ill effect’ + vertere ‘to turn’. The current noun sense dates from the late 19th cent.
Idioms
pervert the course of justice (British English)
(North American English obstruct justice)
  1. (law法律) to tell a lie or to do something in order to prevent the police, etc. from finding out the truth about a crime妨碍司法（如作伪证等）Topics Crime and punishmentc2

pervert

noun
🔊/ˈpɜːvɜːt/
🔊/ˈpɜːrvɜːrt/
(also informal perv)
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  1. a person whose sexual behaviour is not thought to be normal or acceptable by most people性变态者 synonym deviant
    • a sexual pervert性变态者
    Word Originlate Middle English (as a verb): from Old French pervertir, from Latin pervertere, from per- ‘thoroughly, to ill effect’ + vertere ‘to turn’. The current noun sense dates from the late 19th cent.