Perverse 是個形容詞,意為「一意孤行的;知錯不改的,逆情悖理的;剛愎的;頑固的」(obstinate; stubborn; wrong-headed),如 She gets a perverse satisfaction from making other people embarrassed. (她有一種不正常的心態,以使別人難堪來取樂);He’s not really opposed to our marriage; he’s just being perverse. (他不是真的反對我們的婚姻;他只是反常罷了)。與這個字同義的名詞是 perversity,意為「剛愎;悖理;反常;荒謬」,如 the perversity of the Taiwan weather (台灣氣候的反常)。
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