perversity
US /pɚˈvɝː.sə.t̬i/
UK /pəˈvɜː.sə.ti/
名詞
任性, 反常, 乖張
a deliberate desire to behave in an unreasonable or unacceptable way; stubbornness
範例:
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Out of sheer perversity, he refused to agree with anything I said.
出於純粹的任性，他拒絕同意我說的任何話。
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The perversity of the decision shocked everyone involved.
這一決定的反常令所有相關人員感到震驚。