perversity

英 [pə'vɜːsɪti] 美 [pər'vɜːsɪti]

• n. 刚愎；堕落；乖僻；性变态

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 刚愎
2. 乖僻
3. 倔强
4. 性变态
5. 堕落
6. 任性
7. 邪恶
8. 反常
9. 沦丧
10. 邪恶的行为

英英释义

Noun:

1. deliberate and stubborn unruliness and resistance to guidance or discipline

2. deliberately deviating from what is good;

   "there will always be a few people who, through macho perversity, gain satisfaction from bullying and terrorism"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. He refused to attend out of sheer perversity.
   他拒不听从纯属任性固执。
2. Inclination as well as perversity made the decision easy.
   倾慕再加上任性便不难作出决定了。
3. The best of us have a spice of perversity in us.
   在我们最出色的人身上都有任性的一面。
4. It is not simple moral perversity that keeps sex and violence on the air.
   性和暴力的节目广为传播，这不单纯是道德沦丧。

词汇搭配

• perverse 任性的

近反义词

【近义词】

• contrariness 反对
• obstinacy 顽固
• wilfulness 任性
• stubbornness 顽固
• intransigence 不妥协
• perverseness 乖张