英语词汇“perverse”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	perverse
释义	per·verse \pərˈvərs, pəˈvəs, pəˈvəis, ˈpərˌv-, ˈpəˌv-, ˈpəiˌv-\ adjective Etymology: Middle English pervers, from Latin perversus, from past participle of pervertere to turn the wrong way, destroy, corrupt, pervert — more at pervert 1. a. : turned away from what is right or good : corrupt, wicked < the only righteous in a world perverse — John Milton > b. : contrary to accepted standards or practice : incorrect, improper < felt it perverse that a bondman's son should be made a bishop — G.G.Coulton > c. of a verdict : contrary to the evidence or the direction of the judge on a point of law 2. a. : stubborn, obstinate, and persistent by temperament and disposition in opposing what is right, reasonable, correct, or accepted : wrongheaded < a dual nature, one half positive, and passionate to yearning, one half negative, satirical, and really perverse — H.S.Canby > < certain matters of fact which not even the most perverse of … clerks could disguise — F.M.Stenton > b. : arising from or indicative of stubbornness or obstinacy < will gain nothing by keeping it except a possible perverse satisfaction in doing so — Hervey Allen > 3. obsolete : adverse, unfavorable 4. : marked by peevishness or petulance : cranky < if thou thinkest I am too quickly won, I'll frown and be perverse — Shakespeare > 5. a. : relating to, characterized by, or resulting from a perverted disposition or inclination < the last perverse whim which has taken possession of the debauchee — J.W.Krutch > b. : suffering from a perversion Synonyms: see contrary
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