| 词汇 | example_english_perverse-effect |
| 释义 | perverse effectcollocation in Englishmeanings of perverseand effectThese words are often used together. Click on the links below to explore the meanings. Or, see other collocations with effect. perverse adjective uk /pəˈvɜːs/ us /pɚˈvɝːs/ strange and not what most people would expect ... See more at perverse effect noun uk /ɪˈfekt/ us /əˈfekt/ the result of a ... See more at effect Examples of perverse effectThese examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. In its global coverage, the book creates a slightly perverseeffect. Charges based on pollutant concentrations may have the perverseeffect of reducing water conservation, increasing industrial costs of treatment, and increasing pollutant damages. This has the perverseeffect of increasing fuel consumption, increasing pollution, and increasing maintenance costs. Assumption (5) assures that this somewhat perverseeffect is dominated by the effect of decreasing marginal benefits. For the medium term, this plan seems likely to reduce the attention such specialists can devote to the patients who need their time - again, an odd perverseeffect. Indeed, one might think that tax breaks even have a perverseeffect. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 What is more, far from favouring young artists, the resale right has a perverseeffect. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English However, this increase in production has also had a perverseeffect on the farmers themselves. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English The fourth disadvantage of high interest rates is their perverseeffect on the balance of payments. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It obscures the underlying trend and produces the perverseeffect that the tightening of monetary policy causes an apparent rise in recorded inflation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Placing a duty on the director to consider that might therefore also have the perverseeffect of encouraging a relaxation of effort on energy efficiency. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Indeed, it now has the perverseeffect at night of adding to the sum of the disturbance that may be caused. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It also has the perverseeffect of increasing the purchase of gilts, thereby depressing the yield on annuities. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He mentioned a perverseeffect, but talked about one particular aspect. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 What in the world are we doing putting in place a system that has such a thoroughly perverseeffect? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I know of no other system that does not have this kind of perverseeffect. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Adding this phrase to subsection (2) could have the perverseeffect of narrowing the agency's scope for action rather than broadening it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I also said that one perverseeffect of these amendments would be to diminish the usefulness of accounts. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 However, including sugar—and, for that matter, rum, bananas and rice, but sugar concerns me most—will have a perverseeffect. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I certainly would not want to push an amendment that had the perverseeffect described. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. Want to learn more? Go to the definition of perverse Go to the definition of effect See other collocations with effect |
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