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Perverse 英 Pə'Vɜːs] 美 Pər'vɜːrs Adj.任性的;固执错误的;故意作对的;有悖常理的 Wanted Tomorrow Insisted

英语单词 perverse
英美音标 英 [pə'vɜːs] 美 [pər'vɜːrs]
中文释义 adj.任性的;固执错误的;故意作对的;有悖常理的
英语例句 (1) We all wanted to go tomorrow, but she had to be perverse and insisted on going today.
(2) I hate his perverse refusal to see a doctor.
(3) That perverse guy has been nagging at me all day.
(4) She gets a perverse satisfaction from making other people embarrassed.
中文例句 (1) 我们都想明天去,但她十分任性偏要今天去。
(2) 我最恨他那拒不就医的固执态度。
(3) 那个故意与我作对的家伙让我终日不得安宁。
(4) 她有一种不正常的心态,以使别人难堪来取乐。
vocabulary简明 Something that's perverse is deviant — it's not completely acceptable, and it may be even a little strange. Your perverse sense of humor probably makes some of your friends laugh while others just look uncomfortable.
vocabulary扩展 Something perverse is unusual, possibly somewhat weird, and even immoral, like that time the odd kid in class announced that a love poem was really all about lovingly poisoning squirrels and no one sat next to him for a week afterwards. That kid's perspective was perverse. Perverse can also mean "stubbornly contradictory" or "perverted." The word originally meant "wicked," from the Latin perversus,"turned away or askew," and figuratively, "turned away from what is right."
柯林斯解释
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[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]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.
  [oft it v-link ADJ to-inf]
  [disapproval]
  • 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。

perversely
  • She was perversely pleased to be causing trouble...

    她以制造麻烦为乐。

  • Some saw it, perversely, as a victory.

    而有些人却执意把它看作胜利。

perversity
  • It would be wrong to continue out of perversity.

    为了故意作对而继续这样做是不对的。

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