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perverse

英 [pəˈvɜːs]

美 [pərˈvɜːrs]

adj.  执拗的; 任性的; 不通情理的

最高级:perversest 

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Collins.1 / BNC.9523 / COCA.10193

牛津词典

    adj.

    • 执拗的;任性的;不通情理的
      showing deliberate determination to behave in a way that most people think is wrong, unacceptable or unreasonable
      1. a perverse decision (= one that most people do not expect and think is wrong)
        悖谬的决定
      2. She finds a perverse pleasure in upsetting her parents.
        她让父母担惊受怕,从中取得任性的快乐。
      3. Do you really mean that or are you just being deliberately perverse ?
        你是真要那样,还是故意作对?

    柯林斯词典

    • ADJ-GRADED 任性的;故意作对的;无理取闹的
      Someone who isperversedeliberately does things that are unreasonable or that result in harm for themselves.
      1. It would be perverse to stop this healthy trend...
        阻止这种健康发展的趋势是没有道理的。
      2. Psychotherapists often take a perverse delight in criticizing other psychotherapists...
        精神治疗师们经常幸灾乐祸地批评自己的同行。
      3. In some perverse way the ill-matched partners do actually need each other.
        奇怪的是,那些不相配的伴侣实际上却彼此需要。

    英英释义

    adj

    • deviating from what is considered moral or right or proper or good
      1. depraved criminals
      2. a perverted sense of loyalty
      3. the reprobate conduct of a gambling aristocrat
      Synonym:depravedpervertedreprobate
    • resistant to guidance or discipline
      1. Mary Mary quite contrary
      2. an obstinate child with a violent temper
      3. a perverse mood
      4. wayward behavior
      Synonym:contraryobstinatewayward
    • marked by a disposition to oppose and contradict
      1. took perverse satisfaction in foiling her plans

    双语例句

    • In some perverse way the ill-matched partners do actually need each other.
      奇怪的是,那些不相配的伴侣实际上却彼此需要。
    • The public has progressed slowly, but steadily, in rejecting the perverse tolerance of bribes.
      公众在抗拒顽固的贿赂恶习上已经取得了缓慢的、但是稳步的进展。
    • The perverse acts of the reactionaries taught the people by negative example.
      反动派的倒行逆施从反面教育了人民。
    • The police investigating the case believed that the murderer was a person who took a perverse pleasure in violence.
      调查谋杀案的警察以为谋杀者是一个以暴力为乐的反常人。
    • Had what problem. Perverse stimulate unapt cause menstruation to defer.
      有什么问题了吧.剌激不至于引起月经推迟的。
    • But the novelty of air-con in developing Asia has stoked a perverse desire to fight the natural climate.
      但在发展中的亚洲,空调这一新奇事物激发了人们与自然气候做斗争的执拗愿望。
    • Psychotherapists often take a perverse delight in criticizing other psychotherapists
      精神治疗师们经常幸灾乐祸地批评自己的同行。
    • It would be perverse to refuse to support this plea.
      拒绝支持这一请愿是违反常情的。
    • This has the perverse effect of robbing any particular argument of authority.
      这样做的结果事与愿违,让任何具体的论证失去了权威性。
    • And they may have perverse consequences.
      它们可能会造成有害的后果。