perversely
adverb uk/pəˈvɜːs.li/ us/pɚˈvɝːs.li/
反常地
in a way that is strange and not what most people would expect or enjoy
The best way to understand this book is to start, perversely, at the end.
Perversely, the shrinking demand for oil may have indirectly caused yesterday's price jump. 石油需求的萎缩可能间接导致了昨天的价格上涨，这是个反常的现象。
See: perverse
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- Londoners are perversely proud of a health service that does not serve them well.
- The ship's carpenter was a good worker, but perversely independent.
- a perversely black comedy