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way·ward 英ˈweɪwəd美ˈwewədAHDwāʹwərd ★☆☆☆☆高八ＧCOCA²²⁴³⁷BNC¹⁷⁵⁰⁰iWeb²⁰²⁵⁶Economist¹³³⁶²
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adj.任性的⁸⁴;倔强的⁶;刚愎的¹⁰副词waywardly名词waywardness
adj.形容词
任性的；刚愎自用的changeable and not easy to guide in character
Adjective:
resistant to guidance or discipline;Mary Mary quite contrary an obstinate child with a violent temper a perverse mood wayward behavior way-,缩写自 away,离开，-ward,转走，词源同 toward.引申词义难以控制的，倔强的。way道路+ward朝…的→一条路走到底的⇒任性的近义词 loose松的wanton淫乱的wilful任性的errant错误的erratic古怪的lawless违法的flighty轻浮的willful任性的naughty顽皮的defiant挑衅的contrary相反的perverse任性的backward向后的unruly难控制的ornery脾气坏的immoral不道德的difficult困难的aimless无目的的obstinate固执的changeable易变的unsteady不稳定的headless不在意的rebellious叛逆的irregular不规则的unsettled未处理的disorderly无秩序的aberrant脱离正道的disobedient不服从的capricious变化无常的troublesome令人烦恼的insubordinate不顺从的wavering摇摆的,摇幌的…strong-willed意志坚强的undisciplined不遵守纪律的…
用作形容词adj.
用作表语
S+be+～She could be wayward,petulant,and disagreeable.她有时也会任性、脾气很坏、很暴躁。
形容词97%,名词3%
用作形容词Hiswaywardyouth continued into middle age.他任性的青年时代一直延续到中年。
Wayward students are always getting into trouble.任性的学生老是惹麻烦。
Nick has always been awaywardand naughty boy.尼克一直是个倔强淘气的男孩。
They can keep constant tabs onwaywardemployees.他们能持续关注刚愎自用的员工。adj.contrary, unmanageable
同义词 capricious,delinquent,errant,erratic,headstrong,rebellious,recalcitrant,unrulyaberrant,arbitrary,balky,changeable,contumacious,cross-grained,disobedient,disorderly,fickle,flighty,fractious,froward,immoral,inconstant,incorrigible,insubordinate,intractable,mulish,obdurate,obstinate,ornery,perverse,refractory,restive,self-indulgent,self-willed,stubborn,uncompliant,undependable,ungovernable,unpredictable,unstable,variable,whimsical,willful
反义词 compliant,dependable,obedient,steadycontrollable,manageable
aimlessadjective having no goal
accidental,any which way,bits and pieces,blind,capricious,careless,casual,chance,desultory,directionless,drifting,erratic,fanciful,fickle,fits and starts,flighty,fortuitous,frivolous,goalless,haphazard,heedless,hit-or-miss,indecisive,indiscriminate,irresolute,objectless,pointless,purposeless,random,shiftless,stray,thoughtless,unavailing,undirected,unguided,unplanned,unpredictable,vagrant,wandering,wanton
arbitraryadjective whimsical, chance
approximate,capricious,discretionary,erratic,fanciful,frivolous,inconsistent,injudicious,irrational,irresponsible,offhand,optional,random,subjective,supercilious,superficial,unaccountable,unreasonable,unscientific,wayward,willful
capriciousadjective given to sudden behavior change
any way the wind blows,arbitrary,blowing hot and cold,careless,changeful,contrary,crotchety,effervescent,erratic,every which way,fanciful,fickle,fitful,flaky,flighty,freakish,gaga,helter-skelter,humorsome,impulsive,inconstant,kinky,lubricious,mercurial,moody,mutable,notional,odd,picky,punchy,queer,quirky,temperamental,ticklish,unpredictable,unreasonable,unstable,up and down,vagarious,variable,volatile,wayward,whimsical,yo-yo
contrariousadjective contrary
antagonistic,difficult,impossible,inimical,inimitable,ornery,perverse,refractory,wayward
contraryadjective antagonistic; opposite
adverse,anti,antipathetic,antipodal,antipodean,antithetical,balky,clashing,conflicting,contradictory,contrariant,contumacious,converse,counter,diametric,discordant,dissentient,dissident,froward,headstrong,hostile,inconsistent,inimical,insubordinate,intractable,negative,nonconforming,nonconformist,obstinate,opposed,ornery,paradoxical,perverse,rebellious,recalcitrant,recusant,refractory,restive,reverse,stubborn,unruly,wayward,wrongheaded
deviantadjective abnormal, different
aberrant,anomalous,atypical,bent,devious,divergent,freaky,heretical,heteroclite,irregular,kinky,off-key,perverse,perverted,preternatural,queer,twisted,unorthodox,unrepresentative,untypical,variant,varying,wandering,wayward,weird A wayward Emperor penguin that washed up in New Zealand will be shipped back to sub- antarctic waters later this month on a scientific research vessel, Wellington Zoo said Wednesday.
周三，惠灵顿动物园表示：在新西兰，这只任性的小企鹅已经精疲力尽了，它将在这个月之内被科考研究船送回亚南极洲。 yeeyan
The wayward young can get into trouble at an early age.
倔强任性的年轻人小小年纪时便会惹上麻烦。 yeeyan
To be sure, one might have doubted, after the wayward and impatient existence she had led, whether she merited a haven of peace at last.
的确，有人可以怀疑，在她度过了任性的、急躁的一生后，到末了她配不配得到和平的安息之处。 putclub
With no definite intent, from no motive but the wayward impulse of a madman, Murlock sprang to the wall, with a little groping seized his loaded rifle, and without aim discharged it.
没有明确的目标，没有任何动机，而仅仅是出于一个疯子的任性冲动，摩洛克冲向墙边，摸索到已经上膛的来复枪，毫无目标的扫射。 yeeyan
A wayward or unconventional artist will show a wayward or unconventional style.
一个任性或不依传统的艺术家会表现一种任性或不依传统的风格； putclub
But the wayward son meets the woman of his dreams: Laura Bush, played by Elizabeth Banks, leads him out of the darkness and helps him towards the light of the born again movement.
但这个任性儿子却得到了自己梦中的女人,由伊丽莎白·班克斯 Elizabeth Banks扮演的劳拉·布什带领他走出生命的灰暗期并帮助他看到重生之光. yeeyan
By placing addiction on equal footing with more conventional medical disorders, they sought to create an image of the addict as a hapless victim of his own wayward neurochemistry.
他们把瘾君子放到了和那些传统精神障碍患者同等的地位，让他们显得只是自身任性神经元的不幸受害者。 yeeyan
Crucially, he also had an unusual knack for looking at computers from the outside, as a user, not just from the inside, as an engineer— something he attributed to the experiences of his wayward youth.
而更重要的是，他拥有一个用户的视角，却不单单只看外表的功能；他身为一名工程师，却不被内在的结构所束缚——也许这一切就来自与他执拗的青春。 ecocn
Every now and then, the black hole swallows a bit of gas, a wayward planet, or even an entire star.
这个黑洞时不时吞下一点气体、一颗任性的行星，乃至一颗完整的恒星。 yeeyan
For the German chancellor, Angela Merkel, creating a club- within-a- club is the only means of imposing discipline on wayward members.
对于德国总理默克尔来说，创建“俱乐部中俱乐部”是对任性的成员施加纪律的唯一手段。 ecocn
Hadley— justifiably— did not excuse her wayward husband.
哈德利理所当然没有原谅她任性的丈夫。 yeeyan
I feel as if I’m always dragging my wayward brain back to the text.
我感觉自己仿佛常常要强拖着自己任性的脑袋瓜回到文章上来。 yeeyan
IF THE euro zone were an old-fashioned family, Germany would be the stern father telling his wayward children to go to bed early and not to spend all their pocket money at once.
如果欧元区是个老式家庭，德国将是那个严厉的父亲，告诉他任性的孩子们早点上床睡觉、不要一下子花光他们的零花钱。 ecocn
Like a wayward pet, the belt has gone missing before and has always returned.
这个云带就像一个任性的宠物，在它经常要返回之前，现在已经失踪了。 yeeyan
Man, therefore, is a curious, dreamy, humorous and wayward creature.
人类是一种好奇的、梦想的、幽默的、任性的动物。 hxen
SUBATOMIC particles can be wayward.
亚原子粒子可能是任性的。 ecocn
There is also talk of creating a self- regulatory body with powers to discipline wayward hedge funds.
同时还有讨论建立一个自我监管的机构，授予其权力来约束任性的基金。 ecocn
This helps your body override some of the conflicting messages it may be getting from wayward hormones activated by perimenopause.
它能帮助你的身体忽略从准更年期激活的任性荷尔蒙中得到的相互矛盾的信息。 yeeyan
Whatever the time is in America it is always, at every moment, the mad and wayward hour when the prince is finding the little foot that alone fits into the slipper of glass.
不管是美国历史上的什么时候，它总是愚蠢、任性地把每时每刻写成王子正在寻找适合水晶鞋的唯一小脚。 ecocn
Whatever the private thoughts of Mr Obama, America has refused to join the international outcry against its wayward ally.
不管奥巴马总统个人想法如何，美国并没有同国际社会一道谴责它这位任性妄为的盟友。 ecocn
When she suspected the cats were not using the litter box in the basement, the robot was sent below to watch. The battery ran out long before we spotted any wayward cat.
当她怀疑猫没有使用地下室的垃圾箱的时候，就会派机器人下去视察，但在它发现任何一只任性的猫之见，就已经没有电了。 yeeyan
While Paul is describing this behavior as the result of wayward passions, the chief sin is idolatry and separation from the one true God.
虽然保罗描述这种行为为任性激情的结果，主要的罪来自偶像崇拜，将一个人与独一的真神分开。 yeeyan |