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

• 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。
• 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。
• But this would not mean that the reform is having a perverse effect.
  但是，这并不意味着改革将产生反效果。
• 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。
• 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。
• Maybe that's perverse, but I quite often feel like that guy.
  也许那是乖张，但是我经常地与他感觉相似。
• The perverse pay incentives we have in this country need to be turned on their head.
  支付奖励的倒行逆施，我们在这个国家需要把他们的头。
• Mary Mary quite contrary; an obstinate child with a violent temper; a perverse mood; wayward behavior.
  玛丽玛丽十分叛逆；脾气暴烈的不听话的的孩子；乖张的情绪；任性的行为。
• 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。
• 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。