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单词 perverse
释义 perverse /pəˈvɜːs/ adj.
1.(wrong-headed)有意背离常情的;故意作对的

It would be perverse to try to stop this positive trend.企图阻止这一积极的发展势头是有悖常理的。

to take a perverse delight in doing sth幸灾乐祸地做某事

He takes a perverse delight in irritating people.他以激怒他人为乐。

2.(obstinate)固执的;倔强的;执拗的

I suspect we are being perverse because of the opposition.我怀疑我们是因为有人反对而固执己见。

3.(paradoxical)自相矛盾的;古怪的;看似荒谬的

There is a perverse logic in the suggestion that fewer people should be imprisoned because prisons have almost reached maximum capacity.有人建议入狱人员的数量应当减少, 理由是监狱快要人满为患了, 这其中的逻辑很怪。

In some perverse way the ill-matched partners do actually need each other.有悖常理的是, 那些不般配的伴侣实际上却彼此需要。

4.<古>(perverted)走上邪路的;错乱的;反常的
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