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cussedness n.〔美口〕乖戾;(事情)別扭;不如意。

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Was , he was bound to admit , an exceedingly plucky deed which he could not too highly praise , so that frankly he was utterly at a loss to fathom what earthly reason could be at the back of it except he put it down to sheer cussedness or jealousy , pure and simple 必須承認這是一種怎樣稱贊也不過分的無比勇敢的行為。他對穆利根所感到的厭惡倘若不是純粹出于惡意或嫉妒,骨子里究竟又有什么理由,就實在難以捉摸了。