1.执拗的;任性的;不通情理的showing deliberate determination to behave in a way that most people think is wrong, unacceptable or unreasonable
a perverse decision(= one that most people do not expect and think is wrong)悖谬的决定
She finds a perverse pleasure in upsetting her parents.她让父母担惊受怕,从任性中得到快乐。
Do you really mean that or are you just being deliberately perverse ?你是真要那样,还是故意作对?
The point system creates perverse incentives to design around the checklist rather than to build the greenest building possible.
扣分制度创造了不良动机设计围绕清单,而不是建立环保的大楼的可能。
The Fall of mankind is a myth at once recounting the perverse nature of men and attaching to them the responsibility.
人类的堕落是一个神话,它既详述了人的刚愎天性,同时又把责任赋予他们。
There seems to be some perverse human characteristic that likes to make easy things difficult.
人的天性中似乎存在着偏执的特色,喜欢把简单的事情弄得更复杂。
Not only could it raise up to $250 billion a year but it would also fix some perverse incentives.
这样不但可以增加每年2500亿美元的税收,还可以避免一些反向激励。
It was the perverse nature of the world monetary system that allowed it to happen in the way it did.
正是由于世界货币体系的反常本性,才形成了当前这种局面。
A propensity to be saucy was one; and a perverse will, that indulged children invariably acquire, whether they be good-tempered or cross.
莽撞的性子是一个;还有倔强的意志,这是被娇惯的孩子们一定有的,不论他们脾气好坏。
The attitude of the invalid toward the cattleman was something like that of a peevish, perverse child toward an indulgent parent.
这个病人对牧场主的态度,正如一个倔强乖张的小孩儿对待溺爱的父母。
The savage sun beat down like a drum, and a perverse part of me thought that it was a wonderful day to decay.
凶猛的烈日晒得我火辣辣,我异乎寻常地想到,今天真是个让尸体腐烂的好日子。
In its fervor and obsession, this attitude is similar to that of a perverse religious cult .
它所带来的热度和迷恋犹如一种过激的宗教狂热。
"In a very perverse way, this attack may be the best testimony of all that human intelligence has improved, " said the former official.
一位前官员说:“作为一种非常反常的方式,这种攻击可能是最好的改善证明。”
Zhang's actions seem to spring not, like Visser's, from perverse, greedy corruption, but rather from adherence to a deep, unspoken code.
和维瑟一样,张三的杀人动机似乎并不是出自堕落和贪婪,而是源于对某种深层且无以言表的准则的坚持。
At least part of this is due to a banking system failure that banks were encouraged to court by perverse incentives and implicit subsidies.
至少在一定程度上,这要归咎于银行体系的失灵,而银行业之所以走到这一步,是因为受到不正当的激励措施和隐形补贴的鼓动。
For Japan, a swift restructuring under special legislation is better than a bail-out of bondholders that perpetuates perverse incentives.
对日本来说,依据特别法进行快速重组,胜于向债券持有人施以援手,那将使不当激励长期化。
With the Church unable to resist the sexual revolution, efforts to prevent contraception were seen as likely to have perverse consequences.
面对这场性革命,教会无力阻挡,甚至任何阻止避孕的企图都成了荒谬的。
A perverse heart will cause grief, and a man of experience will resist it.
歪曲的心使人悲伤,但有经验的人,却能防备他。
A type of unintended consequences, perverse incentives are the result of an honest good intention.
作为未预期后果的一种,不当诱因是诚实的善意带来的结果。
A man of perverse heart does not prosper; he whose tongue is deceitful falls into trouble.
心存邪僻的,寻不着好处;舌弄是非的,陷在祸患中。
And Jesus answering said, O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you, and suffer you? Bring thy son hither.
耶稣说,嗳,这又不信又悖谬的世代阿,我在你们这里,忍耐你们,要到几时呢?将你的儿子带到这里来吧。
Perverse impulses seem to arise when people focus intensely on avoiding specific errors or taboos.
当人们非常紧张的试图避免犯某种错误或禁忌时,反常冲动似乎就出现了。
Low prices are one of the fruits of competition: penalising business giants for price cuts would be perverse.
低价是竞争带来的成果之一:因削价而惩治商业巨人,有些不通情理。
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