Pervert



GRE Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• v. 使堕落; 滥用
• ［英］ v. 使堕落 ( corrupt; debase) ; 滥用 ( divert to a wrong purpose; misuse)
• ［记］ per ( 全部) ＋vert ( 转) -> 全部转到邪路上 -> 堕落

Webster Collegiate

I. transitive verb

• Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French purvertir, pervertir, from Latin pervertere to overturn, corrupt, pervert, from per- thoroughly + vertere to turn — more at per-, worth
• Date: 14th century
• 1.
  • a. to cause to turn aside or away from what is good or true or morally right ; corrupt
  • b. to cause to turn aside or away from what is generally done or accepted ; misdirect
• 2.
  • a. to divert to a wrong end or purpose ; misuse
  • b. to twist the meaning or sense of ; misinterpret
• Synonyms: see debase
• ? perverter noun

II. noun

• Date: circa 1661
• one that has been perverted; specifically one given to some form of sexual perversion

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