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perversity


n. 邪恶;任性;性变态

英文词源

perversity (n.)
1520s, from Middle French perversité "depravity, degeneracy" (12c.), from Latin perversitatem (nominative perversitas) "forwardness, untowardness," from perversus (see perverse).

中文解释

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.

实用例句

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