单词 | perverse |
释义 | perverse 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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