perversity

英 [pə'vɜːsɪtɪ] 美
  • n. 邪恶;任性;性变态

助记提示


1、per- "through" 在这里引申为:由好的一方面through到不好的一方面,=> away;同类单词:pervert, perjury.
2、per- + vers- + -e.
3、literally "turn sb or sth through to the wrong way". => turned away from what is right, wrong.
4、该词来源于pervert的拉丁语对应词的过去分词。由此取形容词词性并引申出如今的含义。
5. per- + vers- + -ity.

双语例句


1. It would be wrong to continue out of perversity.
为了故意作对而继续这样做是不对的。

来自柯林斯例句

2. She's marrying him out of sheer perversity.
她嫁给他纯粹是任性.

来自《简明英汉词典》

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.

来自辞典例句

4. Inclination as well as perversity made the decision easy.
倾慕再加上任性便不难作出决定了.

来自辞典例句

5. He did it out of slick perversity.
他全然是出于不合情理的想法做了这件事的.

来自辞典例句

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