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 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。
• Raindrops keep falling on my head obstinately perverse in judgment or opinion.
  雨点不断落在我头上，在判断或者观点上顽固的坚持错误。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• He is one perverse entity.
  他是一个不正常的东西。
• But supposing we are perverse.
  但如果我们是邪恶的。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。