perverse
英 [pəˈvɜːs]
美 [pərˈvɜːrs]
adj. 执拗的; 任性的; 不通情理的
最高级:perversest
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- a perverse decision (= one that most people do not expect and think is wrong)
悖谬的决定 - 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。 - Do you really mean that or are you just being deliberately perverse ?
你是真要那样,还是故意作对?
- a perverse decision (= one that most people do not expect and think is wrong)
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.- 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。 - 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。 - 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。
- It would be perverse to stop this healthy trend...
英英释义
adj
- deviating from what is considered moral or right or proper or good
- depraved criminals
- a perverted sense of loyalty
- the reprobate conduct of a gambling aristocrat
- resistant to guidance or discipline
- Mary Mary quite contrary
- an obstinate child with a violent temper
- a perverse mood
- wayward behavior
- marked by a disposition to oppose and contradict
- took perverse satisfaction in foiling her plans
双语例句
- 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - But supposing we are perverse.
但如果我们是邪恶的。 - 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。