perversity

1 I said the words, then started to laugh wildly at the perversity of having the discussion in that place.

2 In an article written in 1950, the critic and curator David Sylvester questioned the perversity of feeling in Freud's latest portrayals.

3 He has also made certain that, despite the perversities of the Mishras’ lives, their humanity shines through, which gives the novel a deep sense of hope.

4 Tom Zé is alive to paradox and perversity; he celebrates it, shoving inapposite ideas together, appreciating the dirtiness of life.

5 There’s some deliberate perversity there, and some trust in the flexibility, forgiveness and loyalty of its audience.

6 Unruliness, perversity, pigheadedness—psychologists have long been interested in this bestiary of paradoxical thought and action.

7 The deeper perversity rides on his suggestion that discussing stranger-groping, in stark language, is a thing that men do when they’re left alone in gyms, private clubs, or, apparently, a bus.

8 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。

9 The show begins with the expected milking of classic Addams perversity, in which morbidity is automatically substituted for cheerfulness.

10 The perversity of the weather did some damage to the crops.

反常的天气给作物带来了一些损害.

11 It is rightly illegal to clone a human being in the UK, but it would not be beyond human perversity for someone to try to do it elsewhere in the world.

在英国，克隆人被正确地规定为非法。但不能排除在世界某个地方有某个有悖常情的人试图那样做。

12 “Beloved” is at once whimsical and heartfelt, alive to the absurdity and perversity of amorous behavior and also to the gravity and intensity of human emotions.

13 The perversity begins with the fact that “Notes on an Appearance” primarily concerns a disappearance.

14 Considering the amount of perversity that goes on behind the Internet’s curtain, this is not altogether a throwaway sentiment.

15 In his show notes Mr. Vaccarello said: “For Saint Laurent, elegance is mandatory but it also goes with perversity; one without the other would only be plain bourgeoisie or vulgarity.”

16 It’s a bit unsettling to realize how much our ideas about manliness owe to an ancient theory holding that all men, no matter how noble, will eventually reveal their perversities.

17 I thought I had heard the whole range of perversities until I later became a steerer taking white men to what they wanted.

18 She has a perverse fascination with death.

19 Most annoyingly, her objections were not mere perversity: at this stage the embarrassing fact came out that my recollection of the water content of Rosy’s DNA samples could not be right.

20 A small dose of perversity might have its benefits.

1 反常

freak abnormal eccentric erratic wacky paradoxical anomalous preposterous freakish batty unseasonable perversive pathology anomaly abnormality eccentricity abnormity pervert

2 堕落

vicious fallen decadent immoral degenerate outcast abject depraved ignoble reprobate benighted rakish corruptive fall vice ruin corruption decay degradation degeneracy sink lapse stoop grovel backslide retrogress corrupt degrade taint demoralize debauch go bad vitiable abandoned prostitute rotten ruined degenerative perverse perverted putrid deprave profligate degrading graceless god-forsaken ruinate draggletailed astray pollution rot relapse deterioration slime falling degeneration perversion decadence depravity slough gangrene morass declension profligacy retrogression putrescence putridity pravity decline stray deteriorate perish retrograde pervert moulder putrefy pollute vilify debase sophisticate downfall cave-in

3 任性

perverse wayward capricious wilful petulant obstreperous pettish wilfully perversely petulantly petulance waywardness wilfulness contrary selfish heady wanton headstrong froward humorsome self-will self-willed

4 固执

bitterend hardmouthed ramstam pervicacious set tough contrary persistent stubborn tenacious hard-boiled obstinate dogged recalcitrant unteachable wrongheaded froward pertinacious standfast incompliant persistently adamantly wilfully pragmatically insistently contrarily persistence toughness kink tenacity obstinacy recalcitrance wilfulness pertinacity contrariness crossness recalcitrancy stick persist cling hold by

5 执拗

stubborn perverse ornery obdurate cussed obduracy

6 乖僻

erratic morose rantankerous kink

7 倔强

game rank stiff stubborn perverse refractory intractable headstrong untoward dour fractious peevish stiff-necked thrawn cross-grained indocile hard-mouthed rantankerous refractorily recalcitrant crustiness indocility

8 邪恶

black dark evil foul wicked abandoned vicious sinful immoral Satanic unclean ill unholy ungodly diabolical villainous impious unrighteous miscreant felonious reprobate baleful iniquitous unregenerate maleficent blackguard pestiferous squint-eyed awry wrong harm vice bale iniquity immorality depravity villainy turpitude devilry harden god ugly grim sinister naughty malignant satanic babylonian oblique perverse lewd perverted malign godless malefic graceless thrawn god-forsaken unblessed peccant blackly iniquitousness nigritude naught belial improbity pravity

9 刚愎

pervicacious perverse wayward headstrong strong-willed chesty unbending pigheaded froward cross-grained contrariwise cursedness kink contrary naughty heady obstinate untoward self-will rackle offish