perverse

US [pərˈvɜs]
UK [pə(r)ˈvɜː(r)s]
  • adj.执拗的；任性的；不通情理的
  • n.【数,医】倒错
  • Web乖张；不正当的；倔强

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perverse
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
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，从任性中得到快乐。
Do you really mean that or are you just being deliberately perverse ?
你是真要那样，还是故意作对？

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Definition:
AllAll,执拗的执拗的,任性的任性的,不通情理的不通情理的,倒错倒错,乖张乖张,不正当的不正当的,倔强倔强
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1.
The point system creates perverse incentives to design around the checklist rather than to build the greenest building possible.
扣分制度创造了不良动机设计围绕清单，而不是建立环保的大楼的可能。
kòu fēn zhì dù chuàng zào le bù liáng dòng jī shè jì wéi rào qīng dān , ér bú shì jiàn lì huán bǎo de dà lóu de kě néng 。
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2.
The Fall of mankind is a myth at once recounting the perverse nature of men and attaching to them the responsibility.
人类的堕落是一个神话，它既详述了人的刚愎天性，同时又把责任赋予他们。
rén lèi de duò luò shì yī gè shén huà , tā jì xiáng shù le rén de gāng bì tiān xìng , tóng shí yòu bǎ zé rèn fù yǔ tā men 。
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3.
Not only could it raise up to $250 billion a year but it would also fix some perverse incentives.
这样不但可以增加每年2500亿美元的税收，还可以避免一些反向激励。
zhè yàng bú dàn kě yǐ zēng jiā měi nián liǎng qiān wǔ bǎi yì měi yuán de shuì shōu , hái kě yǐ bì miǎn yì xiē fǎn xiàng jī lì 。
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4.
It was the perverse nature of the world monetary system that allowed it to happen in the way it did.
正是由于世界货币体系的反常本性，才形成了当前这种局面。
zhèng shì yóu yú shì jiè huò bì tǐ xì de fǎn cháng běn xìng , cái xíng chéng liǎo dàng qián zhè zhǒng jú miàn 。
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5.
A propensity to be saucy was one; and a perverse will, that indulged children invariably acquire, whether they be good-tempered or cross.
莽撞的性子是一个；还有倔强的意志，这是被娇惯的孩子们一定有的，不论他们脾气好坏。
mǎng zhuàng de xìng zǐ shì yī gè ; hái yǒu jué jiàng de yì zhì , zhè shì bèi jiāo guàn de hái zi men yí dìng yǒu de , bú lùn tā men pí qi hǎo huài 。
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6.
The attitude of the invalid toward the cattleman was something like that of a peevish, perverse child toward an indulgent parent.
这个病人对牧场主的态度，正如一个倔强乖张的小孩儿对待溺爱的父母。
zhè ge bìng rén duì mù chǎng zhǔ de tài du , zhèng rú yī gè jué jiàng guāi zhāng de xiǎo hái ér duì dài nì ài de fù mǔ 。
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7.
The savage sun beat down like a drum, and a perverse part of me thought that it was a wonderful day to decay.
凶猛的烈日晒得我火辣辣，我异乎寻常地想到，今天真是个让尸体腐烂的好日子。
xiōng měng de liè rì shài de wǒ huǒ là là , wǒ yì hū xún cháng de xiǎng dào , jīn tiān zhēn shì gè ràng shī tǐ fǔ làn de hǎo rì zi 。
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In its fervor and obsession, this attitude is similar to that of a perverse religious cult .
它所带来的热度和迷恋犹如一种过激的宗教狂热。
tā suǒ dài lái de rè dù hé mí liàn yóu rú yī zhǒng guò jī de zōng jiào kuáng rè 。
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9.
"In a very perverse way, this attack may be the best testimony of all that human intelligence has improved, " said the former official.
一位前官员说：“作为一种非常反常的方式，这种攻击可能是最好的改善证明。”
yī wèi qián guān yuán shuō : " zuò wéi yī zhǒng fēi cháng fǎn cháng de fāng shì , zhè zhǒng gōng jī kě néng shì zuì hǎo de gǎi shàn zhèng míng 。 "
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10.
Zhang's actions seem to spring not, like Visser's, from perverse, greedy corruption, but rather from adherence to a deep, unspoken code.
和维瑟一样，张三的杀人动机似乎并不是出自堕落和贪婪，而是源于对某种深层且无以言表的准则的坚持。
hé wéi sè yí yàng , zhāng sān de shā rén dòng jī sì hū bìng bú shì chū zì duò luò hé tān lán , ér shì yuán yú duì mǒu zhǒng shēn céng qiě wú yǐ yán biǎo de zhǔn zé de jiān chí 。
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