perverse
英 [p?'v??s]
美 [p?'v?s]
- adj. 墮落的，不正當?shù)?；倔強的；違反常情的
助記提示
1、per- "through" 在這里引申為：由好的一方面through到不好的一方面，=> away；同類單詞：pervert, perjury.
2、per- + vers- + -e.
3、literally "turn sb or sth through to the wrong way".
4、該詞來源于pervert的拉丁語對應(yīng)詞的過去分詞。由此取形容詞詞性并引申出如今的含義。
中文詞源
perverse 顛倒的，任性的，變態(tài)的來自pervert,使顛倒，-s,過去分詞格。引申詞義任性的，變態(tài)的等。
英文詞源
- perverse (adj.)
- mid-14c., "wicked," from Old French pervers "unnatural, degenerate; perverse, contrary" (12c.) and directly from Latin perversus "turned away, contrary, askew," figuratively, "turned away from what is right, wrong, malicious, spiteful," past participle of pervertere "to corrupt" (see pervert (v.)). The Latin word is glossed in Old English by forcerred, from past participle of forcyrran "to avoid," from cierran "to turn, return." Meaning "wrong, not in accord with what is accepted" is from 1560s; sense of "obstinate, stubborn" is from 1570s. It keeps the non-sexual senses of pervert (v.) and allows the psychological ones to go with perverted. Related: Perversely; perverseness.
雙語例句
- 1. Psychotherapists often take a perverse delight in criticizing other psychotherapists.
- 精神治療師們經(jīng)常幸災(zāi)樂禍地批評自己的同行。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. In some perverse way the ill-matched partners do actually need each other.
- 奇怪的是，那些不相配的伴侶實際上卻彼此需要。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. It's perverse of him to buy hot dogs when we want ice - cream .
- 我們要 雪糕,他偏買熱狗,這個人脾氣乖張.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. I find a perverse delight in listening to traffic.
- 我從聽車輛發(fā)出的聲音中找到一種怪異的樂趣.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 5. This kind of reasoning is deeply perverse.
- 這種推理是極其有悖常理的.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》