perversity
US /pɚˈvɝː.sə.t̬i/
UK /pəˈvɜː.sə.ti/
名词
任性, 反常, 乖张
a deliberate desire to behave in an unreasonable or unacceptable way; stubbornness
示例:
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Out of sheer perversity, he refused to agree with anything I said.
出于纯粹的任性，他拒绝同意我说的任何话。
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The perversity of the decision shocked everyone involved.
这一决定的反常令所有相关人员感到震惊。