| 单词 | perverse |
| 释义 | perverse (pəʳvɜːʳs ) adjective Someone who is perverse deliberately does things that are unreasonable or that result in harm for themselves. [disapproval] It would be perverse to stop this healthy trend. In some perverse way the ill-matched partners do actually need each other. perversely adverb [usually ADVERB with verb] She was perversely pleased to be causing trouble. Some saw it, perversely, as a victory. perversity (pəʳvɜːʳsɪti ) uncountable noun It would be wrong to continue out of perversity. Synonyms: perversion, abnormality, deviation, vice Synonyms: contrariness, intransigence, obduracy, waywardness Collocations: perverse consequences But this bid to save us from ourselves has perverse consequences. The Sun Regulatory changes in the wake of the current crisis may have comparably perverse consequences. Times, Sunday Times The question has added urgency when you consider the perverse consequences of these huge subsidies. Times, Sunday Times Do they want a means test, with yet more perverse consequences? Times, Sunday Times It offends many common -sense principles of justice and will, no doubt unintentionally, have perverse consequences. Times, Sunday Times As a result, negative rates risk having the perverse effect of making borrowing more expensive as banks try to protect their profits. Times, Sunday Times Our league tables also create another perverse effect. Times, Sunday Times Similarly, the potted plants dotted here and there - presumably to cheer the place up a bit - have a perverse effect. Times, Sunday Times Here lies the second perverse effect of the system: it encourages people to fib. Times, Sunday Times This has the perverse effect of penalising success and removing incentives for the worst to improve. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 乖戾的 Japanese: ひねくれた |
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