perverse

英 [pəˈvɜːs]

美 [pərˈvɜːrs]

adj.  执拗的; 任性的; 不通情理的

最高级：perversest　

IELTSGRE法律

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

• He had almost seemed like a human being and not the perverse wretch she knew so well.
  他几乎真像个有良心的好人，而不是她所熟悉的乖戾的坏蛋。
• 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。
• While that was technically correct, they distributed it in a perverse way.
  尽管从技术上讲这是正确的，但它们分散风险的方式却不恰当。
• But supposing we are perverse.
  但如果我们是邪恶的。
• And they worry that policy measures taken to combat inequality directly will have perverse side effects.
  他们也担心，为直接消除不平等而采取的政策措施，将产生扭曲的副作用。
• At this movement she felt angry with the perverse Sir James.
  这时候，她是对纠缠不清的詹姆士爵士生气。
• It would be perverse to refuse to support this plea.
  拒绝支持这一请愿是违反常情的。
• We all wanted to go tomorrow, but he had to be perverse, and chose to go today.
  我们都希望明天去，但他固执己见，偏要今天走。
• PROBABLY the most perverse impediment is our immigration law.
  也许最有悖常理的障碍就是我们的移民法。
• And they may have perverse consequences.
  它们可能会造成有害的后果。