perversity

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Thus there is a certain perversity to suggestions that the proper reaction to a potential recession is to enact protectionist measures.
但是，還是有一種固執(zhí)的建議，說(shuō)對(duì)付潛在衰退的方法應(yīng)該是採(cǎi)取貿(mào)易保護(hù)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.
盡琯恒心毅力是個(gè)令人羨慕的品質(zhì)竝且是成功必不可少的要素，但是一旦過(guò)度它就變成了固執(zhí)--不可控制的重複--或者簡(jiǎn)單的堅(jiān)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.
接著，威爾遜說(shuō)，“如果我不是基督徒，我想我會(huì)瘋掉，但是我對(duì)上帝的信仰讓我堅(jiān)信，他在以某種方式通過(guò)人類(lèi)的邪惡和錯(cuò)誤制定他的計(jì)劃。

Freud had this wonderful phrase, "polymorphous perversity," this pure desire for pleasure.
弗洛伊德美其名曰“多形性反?！?即追求純粹的快樂(lè)。
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Some kinds of perversity are so bizarre that one despairs of ever understanding them.
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An examination of the regulation of participants in the investment management process reveals a certain perversity.
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The alleged accomplice of al-Qaeda rails in vain at the perversity of American justice.
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