pervert

英 [pəˈvɜːt , ˈpɜːvɜːt]

美 [pərˈvɜːrt , ˈpɜːrvɜːrt]

v. 败坏; 使走样; 误导; 误用; 腐蚀; 侵害; 使堕落
n. 性变态者

复数：perverts　过去分词：perverted　现在分词：perverting　过去式：perverted　第三人称单数：perverts　

Collins.1 / BNC.21266 / COCA.19510

习惯用语

pervert the course of justice

作伪证；妨碍司法
to tell a lie or to do sth in order to prevent the police, etc. from finding out the truth about a crime

verb

败坏；使走样；误导；误用
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
1. 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。
腐蚀；侵害；使堕落
to affect sb in a way that makes them act or think in an immoral or unacceptable way
1. Some people believe that television can pervert the minds of children.
  有些人认为，电视能腐蚀儿童的心灵。

noun

性变态者
a person whose sexual behaviour is not thought to be normal or acceptable by most people
1. a sexual pervert
  性变态者

The verb is pronounced /pə'vɜːt/. The noun is pronounced /'pɜːvɜːt/. 动词读作/pə'vɜːt/, 名词读作/'pɜːvɜːt/。

VERB 破坏；颠覆；使走样；误导
If youpervertsomething such as a process or society, you interfere with it so that it is not as good as it used to be or as it should be.
1. Any reform will destroy and pervert our constitution...
  任何改革都会破坏并歪曲我们的宪法。
2. He perverted her mind.
  他误导了她的思想。
PHRASE 妨碍司法公正
If someoneperverts the course of justice, they deliberately do something that will make it difficult to discover who really committed a particular crime, for example, destroying evidence or lying to the police.
1. He was charged with conspiring to pervert the course of justice.
  他被控谋划妨碍司法公正。
性变态者
If you say that someone is apervert, you mean that you consider their behaviour, especially their sexual behaviour, to be immoral or unacceptable.

noun

a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior
Synonym:deviantdeviatedegenerate

verb

change the inherent purpose or function of something
1. Don't abuse the system
2. The director of the factory misused the funds intended for the health care of his workers
Synonym:misuseabuse
practice sophistry
1. Don't twist my words
Synonym:twisttwist aroundconvolutesophisticate
corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality
1. debauch the young people with wine and women
2. Socrates was accused of corrupting young men
3. Do school counselors subvert young children?
4. corrupt the morals
Synonym:corruptsubvertdemoralizedemoralisedebauchdebaseprofanevitiatedepravemisdirect