1、sub- "under" + vert-
2、含義：turn sth like power to under or below.
中文詞源
subvert 顛覆，暗中破壞
sub-,在下，-vert,轉，詞源同 verse,convert.引申詞義顛覆，暗中破壞等。
英文詞源
subvert (v.)
late 14c., "to raze, destroy, overthrow, undermine, overturn," from Old French subvertir "overthrow, destroy" (13c.), or directly from Latin subvertere "to turn upside down, overturn, overthrow," from sub "under" (see sub-) + vertere "to turn" (see versus). Related: Subverted; subverting.
雙語例句
1. The rebel army is attempting to subvert the government.
反叛軍隊企圖顛覆政府統治.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
2. Who corrupt and subvert the very principles our constitution exists to uphold.
我們憲法所維護的準則被這些人腐化和破壞.
來自電影對白
3. US visa policy that they themselves tried to subvert.
(被他們擾亂的)美國的簽證政策.
來自互聯網
4. I subvert the entire world, only in order to correctly your reflection.
我顛覆了整個世界, 只為了擺正你的倒影!
來自互聯網
5. Marx and Post - modernist both subvert traditional concept of subject.