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.

  1. 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

  1. ADJ-GRADED 任性的;故意作对的;无理取闹的
    Someone who is perverse deliberately 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。

双语例句

  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。
  4. 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。
  5. 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。
  6. 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。
  7. 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。
  8. It would be perverse to refuse to support this plea.
    拒绝支持这一请愿是违反常情的。
  9. But supposing we are perverse.
    但如果我们是邪恶的。
  10. 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。
  11. 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。
  12. 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。
  13. 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。
  14. And they may have perverse consequences.
    它们可能会造成有害的后果。
  15. 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。
  16. With perverse inconsistency she began to wish him to come to her.
    她怀着矛盾的心理,希望他到这儿来。
  17. In such circumstances, aggressive monetary policy may have weak, even perverse, effects on the real economy.
    在这种情况下,激进的货币政策可能对实体经济产生较弱甚至是不当的影响。
  18. 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。
  19. 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。
  20. He is one perverse entity.
    他是一个不正常的东西。
  21. 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。
  22. To doubt the resilience of the world economy must now look perverse.
    质疑世界经济的弹性,现在看上去肯定有悖常情。
  23. As noted, countries in this region have a number of so-called "perverse incentives" that encourage and sustain the misuse and overuse of antibiotics.
    正如所指出的,该区域各国具有一系列所谓的“不正当刺激措施”,鼓励和维持着对抗生素的滥用和过度使用。
  24. After all, were not his own criticisms often questionable and his tastes perverse?
    说到底,他自己的评论难道不是经常成问题,他自己的趣味难道不乖僻?
  25. 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。
  26. 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。
  27. 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。
  28. 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。
  29. I do not like you, because I think that you are perverse!
    我不喜欢你,因为我认为你不正经!
  30. 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。

英英释义

adj

  1. 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

  2. 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

  3. marked by a disposition to oppose and contradict
    1. took perverse satisfaction in foiling her plans