perversity

音标发音

Thus there is a certain perversity to suggestions that the proper reaction to a potential recession is to enact protectionist measures.
但是，还是有一种固执的建议，说对付潜在衰退的方法应该是采取贸易保护措施。
And though perseverance can be an admirable trait and is essential for all success in life, when taken too far it becomes perseveration — uncontrollable repetition — or simple perversity.
尽管恒心毅力是个令人羡慕的品质并且是成功必不可少的要素，但是一旦过度它就变成了固执--不可控制的重复--或者简单的坚持。
Wilson then said, “If I were not a Christian, I think I should go mad, but my faith in God holds me to the belief that He is in some way working out his plan through human perversity and mistakes.
接着，威尔逊说，“如果我不是基督徒，我想我会疯掉，但是我对上帝的信仰让我坚信，他在以某种方式通过人类的邪恶和错误制定他的计划。

Freud had this wonderful phrase, "polymorphous perversity," this pure desire for pleasure.
弗洛伊德美其名曰“多形性反常“,即追求纯粹的快乐。
耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

Some kinds of perversity are so bizarre that one despairs of ever understanding them.
NEWYORKER: Double Lives
An examination of the regulation of participants in the investment management process reveals a certain perversity.
FORBES: Investment Consultants: It's Time to Clearly Define Their Role (June 1, 1995)
The alleged accomplice of al-Qaeda rails in vain at the perversity of American justice.
ECONOMIST: Is George Bush protecting or punishing Saudi Arabia?