ADJ-GRADED 任性的;故意作对的;无理取闹的 Someone who is perverse deliberately does things that are unreasonable or that result in harm for themselves. 任性的;故意作对的;无理取闹的 [disapproval]
It would be perverse to stop this healthy trend.
阻止这种健康发展的趋势是没有道理的。
Psychotherapists often take a perverse delight in criticizing other psychotherapists.
精神治疗师们经常幸灾乐祸地批评自己的同行。
In some perverse way the ill-matched partners do actually need each other.