perversion

英 [pəˈvɜːʃn]

美 [pərˈvɜːrʒn]

n.  反常行为; (性)变态; 颠倒; 歪曲; 颠倒是非

复数：perversions　

医学

Collins.1 / BNC.20668 / COCA.17326

牛津词典

noun

• 反常行为；（性）变态
  behaviour that most people think is not normal or acceptable, especially when it is connected with sex; an example of this type of behaviour
  1. sexual perversion
     性变态
  2. sadomasochistic perversions
     施虐受虐的变态行为
• 颠倒；歪曲；颠倒是非
  the act of changing sth that is good or right into sth that is bad or wrong; the result of this
  1. the perversion of justice
     对正义的歪曲
  2. Her account was a perversion of the truth.
     她的报告颠倒了是非。

柯林斯词典

• 性欲反常；性变态
  You can refer to a sexual desire or action that you consider to be abnormal and unacceptable as aperversion.
• N-VAR 颠倒是非；曲解；歪曲
  Aperversion ofsomething is a form of it that is bad or wrong, or the changing of it into this form.
  1. What monstrous perversion of the human spirit leads a sniper to open fire on a bus carrying children?...
     是何等可怕的心理扭曲会导致狙击手向载满儿童的公共汽车开火？
  2. The past has been scarred by countless perversions of justice.
     无数的是非颠倒使过去的岁月伤痕累累。

英英释义

noun

• the action of perverting something (turning it to a wrong use)
  1. it was a perversion of justice
• an aberrant sexual practice
  Synonym:sexual perversion
• a curve that reverses the direction of something
  1. the tendrils of the plant exhibited perversion
  2. perversion also shows up in kinky telephone cords

双语例句

• Perversion of the criminal law for selfish motives is the important charge of the malfeasance in the criminal law, and it plays an important part in upholding justness of judicature.
  徇私枉法罪作为我国现行刑法渎职罪中的重要罪名之一，在捍卫司法公正方面起到了重要作用。
• In lawrence's opinion, the mechanical civilization is responsible for the unhealthy development of human personalities, the perversion of love and the failure of human fulfillment in marital relationships.
  劳伦斯认为工业机械化的文明是人类个性病态发展，爱情扭曲，婚姻不幸的罪魁祸首。
• This fact, combined with the fatal tendency that exists in the heart of man to satisfy his wants with the least possible effort, explains the almost universal perversion of the law.
  这一事实，加上存在于人类内心的以最少努力满足其需要的致命倾向，解释了对法律的最普遍曲解。
• If children see temper uncontrolled, uncharitableness and suspicion of neighbors, hear gossip, witness arrogant sharp-dealing or lax honor, their own characters can scarcely escape perversion.
  如果孩子们看到有人发脾气、对邻居多疑而不厚道、听到有人散布流言蜚语、目睹有人傲慢诡诈或没有荣辱观念，他们自己的品格几乎不可能不变坏。
• Here I wish to say once again, before the whole international community, that killing in the name of God is an act of blasphemy and a perversion of religion.
  我愿意在此，面对整个国际团体重申：因神之名杀人是亵渎神的行为，是宗教的堕落腐败。
• The past has been scarred by countless perversions of justice.
  无数的是非颠倒使过去的岁月伤痕累累。
• This is truly a perversion of the open source spirit.
  这完全是对开源精神的曲解。
• The systematic perversion of the truth.
  对真相的系统歪曲。
• Such a perversion of force would be, in both cases, contrary to our premise.
  不管哪种情况，力量的扭曲都会违背我们的初衷。
• Idolatry is the perversion of what is real.
  拜偶像是对真实的一种颠倒。