I am not convinced that the poem's radical and most subversive and most exquisite rhetorical effects, these amazing similes, present us with anything like a simple and unambiguous religious message.

我并不认为诗中最极端最颠覆,即那些令人惊叹的比喻，给我们提供了,非常简单明了的宗教寓意。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

Some scholars refer to Deuteronomy as a kind of counter treaty, if you will, right? A subversive document that's trying to shift the people's loyalty from the Assyrian overlord to God, the true sovereign, and it's part of a national movement.

有些学者把申命记看做是一份对应的条约，如果你会这样的话，是吗？一份颠覆性的条约，试图将人们的忠诚,从亚述帝王那里引向上帝，真正的统治者，并且这是一次全国性行动的一部分。

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This is probably as subversive as a work of art on display at Louis Vuitton will ever get.

ECONOMIST: The art of marketing

Like his previous best sellers, it presents a familiar story with a subversive twist.

WSJ: Seth Grahame-Smith: The Master of the Mash-Up

On Friday, Mr Berlusconi told supporters there was "a subversive aim" of bringing down his government.

BBC: Silvio Berlusconi 'avoiding justice', demonstrators say