perversity
英 [pə'vɜːsɪtɪ]
美
助記提示
1、per- "through" 在這裏引申為：由好的一方麵through到不好的一方麵，=> away；同類單詞：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、該詞來源於pervert的拉丁語對應詞的過去分詞。由此取形容詞詞性並引申出如今的含義。
5. per- + vers- + -ity.
英文詞源
- perversity (n.)
- 1520s, from Middle French perversité "depravity, degeneracy" (12c.), from Latin perversitatem (nominative perversitas) "forwardness, untowardness," from perversus (see perverse).
雙語例句
- 1. It would be wrong to continue out of perversity.
- 為了故意作對而繼續這樣做是不對的。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. She's marrying him out of sheer perversity.
- 她嫁給他純粹是任性.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. The best of us have a spice of perversity in us.
- 在我們最出色的人身上都有任性的一麵.
來自辭典例句
- 4. Inclination as well as perversity made the decision easy.
- 傾慕再加上任性便不難作出決定了.
來自辭典例句
- 5. He did it out of slick perversity.
- 他全然是出於不合情理的想法做了這件事的.
來自辭典例句