alter (something) from its original course, meaning, or state to a distortion or corruption of what was first intended 使错乱,使反常;歪曲,曲解;误用,滥用;颠倒 he was charged with conspiring to pervert the course of justice. 他被指控阴谋枉法。 ■lead (someone) away from what is considered right, natural, or acceptable 使走上邪路,使堕落;使变坏 Hector is a man who is simply perverted by his time. 赫克托只是一个被时代引上邪路的人。
noun
a person whose sexual behaviour is regarded as abnormal and unacceptable 性欲反常者;性倒错者;性变态者
派生 perverter noun 语源
late 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