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，還是有一種固執的建議，說對付潛在衰退的方法應該是採取貿易保護措施。
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.
盡琯恒心毅力是個令人羨慕的品質竝且是成功必不可少的要素，但是一旦過度它就變成了固執--不可控制的重複--或者簡單的堅持。
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，“如果我不是基督徒，我想我會瘋掉，但是我對上帝的信仰讓我堅信，他在以某種方式通過人類的邪惡和錯誤制定他的計劃。

Freud had this wonderful phrase, "polymorphous perversity," this pure desire for pleasure.
弗洛伊德美其名曰“多形性反常“,即追求純粹的快樂。
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Some kinds of perversity are so bizarre that one despairs of ever understanding them.
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The alleged accomplice of al-Qaeda rails in vain at the perversity of American justice.
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