Perversion

(noun.) the action of perverting something (turning it to a wrong use); 'it was a perversion of justice'.

(noun.) an aberrant sexual practice;.

(noun.) a curve that reverses the direction of something; 'the tendrils of the plant exhibited perversion'; 'perversion also shows up in kinky telephone cords'.

编辑:罗达

• Catastrophes are disastrous to radical and conservative alike: they do not preserve what was worth maintaining; they allow a deformed and often monstrous perversion of the original plan. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• Of these the first and second were extremely condensed, while the last is, as I shall now show, an absolute perversion of the facts. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
• I saw in this that I, too, was tormented by a perversion of ingenuity, even while the prize was reserved for me. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• I certainly do not admire the end he serves: the extension of an autocrat's power is a frivolous perversion of government. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• Horrid perversion of Scripture and of religion! 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• Instead of being its transcript, it was a perversion. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• I do not make perversions. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.

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