He gets perverse satisfaction from embarrassing people.
他通过使人难堪获得变态的满足感。
—perverselyadverbadv
Perversely, she was irritated by his kindness.
他的好意反倒激怒了她。
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perverse• Accordingly, the initialreaction of the equity markets was utterly perverse.• His characters seem at first sightuseless or even perverse.• The whole idea is too perverse.• These perverse effects are compounded by the heavy political price that has to be paid: the abandonment of monetarysovereignty.• Louise could be perverse, often for reasons unclear to him.• Sadistic people deriveperversepleasure from the suffering of others and may seek out situations in which they can inflict this.• a perversepolicy• People in Minneapolis take a perversepride in how cold their winters are.• But he didn't know that, and a perverse sense of devilry urged her to lead him on.• In a perverse way, the same is now true of moderncapitalism.
Originperverse
(1300-1400)Latin past participle of pervertere; → PERVERT1
VERBS | ADVERBVERBS➤be, seem, sound任性;好像執拗;聽起來不近情理ADVERB➤extremely, fairly, very, etc.極為/相當/非常執拗▸➤deeply非常不合常理◇This kind of reasoning is deeply perverse.這種推理極不符合常理。➤almost幾乎反常▸➤a little, slightly, etc.有點兒/稍有些執拗▸➤mildly, vaguely輕微/隱約反常▸➤deliberately, wilfully/willfully故意作對◇Had you truly forgotten or were you just being deliberately perverse?你是真的忘記了,還是故意作對?
perverse ♦︎ difficult ♦︎ unhelpful ♦︎ awkward ♦︎ obstructive ♦︎ uncooperativeThese words all describe sb who behaves in a way that is not helpful, is unreasonable or causes problems.这些词均表示不愿帮助的、不通情达理的或麻烦的。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆unhelpful / obstructive to sth◆to be difficult / awkward about sth◆a difficult / an awkward / an uncooperative child◆a difficult / an awkward customer◆deliberately perverse / awkward / obstructive■perverse pəˈvɜːs; NAmEpərˈvɜːrs(of a person or their behaviour) showing determination to behave in a way that most people think is wrong, unacceptable or unreasonable(人或行为)执拗的,任性的,不通情达理的◆Do you really mean that, or are you just being deliberately perverse?你是真要那样,还是故意作对?◆For some perverse reason he is refusing to see a doctor.他太固执,拒不去看病。◆It would be perverse to quit now that we're almost finished.我们就快完工了,现在要退出,未免太任性了。▸perversely
adverb
◆She seemed perversely proud of her criminal record.她似乎不通人事,以自己曾经犯过事为荣。▸perversity
noun
[uncountable] ◆He refused to attend out of sheer perversity.他拒不出席,纯属任性固执。■difficult(of a person) not easy to please; not helpful(人)难以取悦的,不愿帮助的◆Don't pay any attention to her-she's just being difficult.别理她-她是在故意刁难。◆We have training in how to deal with difficult customers.我们有培训课教大家如何对付难缠的顾客。■unhelpful(of a person) not willing to help sb; (of an action) not helpful or useful(人)不愿帮助的;(行为)无益的,无用的◆The taxi driver was being very unhelpful.那个出租车司机不肯帮忙。◆We were disappointed by the rather unhelpful response from the insurance company.保险公司的回答于事无补,我们对此很失望。OPPhelpful ⇨ helpful, helpful ⇨ valuable2▸unhelpfully
adverb
◆'Who was that?' 'No idea,' she replied unhelpfully.“那是谁?”“不知道。”她一副不想帮忙的语气回答道。■awkward(of a person) difficult to deal with(人)难对付的,难处理的◆Please don't be awkward about letting him come.关于让他来这件事,请你不要从中作梗。◆He can be an awkward customer(= a difficult person to deal with generally).他可是个难对付的家伙。■obstructiveəbˈstrʌktɪv (of a person or their behaviour) trying to prevent sb/sth from making progress(人或行为)阻挠的,妨碍的◆Of course she can do it. She's just being deliberately obstructive.这事她当然做得到,她只是故意刁难。OPPconstructiveⓘ Constructive describes behaviour or a course of action that has a useful and helpful effect rather than being negative and with no purpose. * constructive指行为或行动是有用和有帮助的,而不是负面的、没有目的的◆constructive criticism / suggestions / advice建设性的批评/建议/劝告■uncooperativeˌʌnkəʊˈɒpərətɪv; NAmEˌʌnkoʊˈɑːpərətɪv(of a person) not willing to be helpful to other people or do what they ask(人)不愿合作的,不愿配合的◆The witness was extremely uncooperative.目击者一点都不配合。OPPcooperative ⇨ helpful