wayward
['weiwəd]
adj.任性的, 倔强的, 刚愎的
例句与用法:
That wayward child is very hard to teach.
那个任性的孩子很难教。
词形变化:
副词: waywardly | 名词: waywardness |
a.
1. 任性的; 刚愎的, 倔强的
In a wayward mood, he ran away from home.
他任性地离家出走了。
2. 难捉摸的, 反复无常的; 不规则的
3. 【古】讨厌的; 不如意的
wayward
词形变化:
副词: waywardly | 名词: waywardness |
词义辨析:
同义:
a.任性的
disobedient
lawless
undisciplined
troublesome
loose
immoral
difficult
perverse
contrary
wanton
a.不定的; 不规则的
irregular
unsteady
changeable
unsettled
wavering
erratic
同义参见:
capricious
disorderly
aberrant
flighty
aimless
backward
headless
wayward['weiwəd]adj.1.■固执的,倔强的,刚愎自用的,任性的2.■反复无常的3.■[古语]不如意的,与愿望相违的
waywardwayward[ˈweiwəd]adj.1.■任性的, 刚愎自用的, 固执的; 不听教导的2.■反复无常的; (方针、方向等)不定的3.■不如意的, 违背愿望的
继承用法waywardlyadv.waywardnessn.
adjective
- difficult to control or predict because of unusual or perverse behaviour
任性的;难以捉摸的,反复无常的
her wayward, difficult sister.
她那个任性的、难于相处的妹妹。
his wayward emotions.
他那无法预测的情绪。
waywardly
adverb
waywardness
noun
语源
- late Middle English: shortening of obsolete awayward 'turned away'; compare with froward
wayward
■Ms.Edelman, who is married and the mother of three sons, is often asked what is wrong with today's seemingly aimless and wayward children.
" 经常有人问结婚成家已经是三个儿子母亲的埃德尔曼,今天这些看上去胸无志向、任性娇惯的孩子们到底怎么了。
■NIV] keeping you from the immoral woman, from the smooth tongue of the wayward wife.
[和合]能保你远离恶妇,远离23外女谄媚的舌头。
■wayward minor
[法] 胡作非为的未成年人
■“You must discipline yourself,” replied the elderly master with a serious expression.“You must disentangle yourself from your wayward habits and earthly desires.
“你必须训练自己,”上年纪的校长回答时表情很严肃,“你必须摆脱自己任性的习惯和尘世的欲望。
■"A lively child,who had been spoilt and indulged,and therefore was sometimes wayward(Charlotte Bront.
“原本是一个活泼可爱的小孩,可因为被宠惯了,所以有时也会刚愎自用,任性倔强”(夏洛蒂·勃朗特)。
■A lively child, who had been spoilt and indulged, and therefore was sometimes wayward(Charlotte Bront).
“原本是一个活泼可爱的小孩,可因为被宠惯了,所以有时也会刚愎自用,任性倔强”(夏洛蒂·勃朗特)。
■a lively child, who had been spoilt and indulged, and therefore was sometimes wayward(Charlotte Bront.One who is Iornery is marked by a mean - spirited, often defiant contrariety:
一个活泼的孩子,因为被娇宠溺爱而有时任性倔强(夏洛蒂 勃朗特)。用IOrnery来形容人时具有心胸狭窄,又常常违抗不服的互相矛盾的特征:
■a lively child, who had been spoilt and indulged, and therefore was sometimes wayward (Charlotte Bront?). One who is ornery is marked by a mean - spirited, often defiant contrariety:
一个活泼的孩子,因为被娇宠溺爱而有时任性倔强(夏洛蒂 勃朗特)。用Ornery来形容人时具有心胸狭窄,又常常违抗不服的互相矛盾的特征:
■Some residents and experts said the predator may be a bear, a wayward panther or cougar, or even a wolf because 3-inch paw tracks were found at the scene.
一些居民和专家认为这种食肉动物可能是一只熊,一头任性的豹子或狮子,抑或是一头狼,因为在现场发现了3英寸长的爪迹。
■A wayward bear made his way into a Nevada casino, hoping to try his luck finding some food.
一只顽皮的熊为了觅食进入了内达华州的一间娱乐场。
■wayward child
不听话的儿童
■No matter you are not welcome it, it would always come, like Zoujiu Zou, was as if a wayward urchin.
不管你是不是欢迎它,它总是想来就来,想走就走,任性得好象一个顽童。
■Still, it is no bad thing if Mr Cameron's unilateral action - his "scrutiny committee" - starts a competition to be the most vigorous purger of wayward MPs.
不过,如果卡梅伦的单方面行动-他的“审查委员会”-启动一个肃清刚愎议员的竞争也不是什么坏事。
■There is no sign of the two wayward whales that have been lost near San Francisco and that could be a good thing.
两只一度失踪的任性的鲸鱼在旧金山附近再次失去踪影,这也许是个好消息。
■China expends extraordinary energy on pestering other governments to preserve the strange limbo inhabited by Taiwan, a self-governing island of23 m that it insists is a wayward province.
中国一再花费巨大心思说服其他国家承认台湾只是中国一个不太听话的省,而无视台湾早已是2300万人自治的现实,这样一来对台湾来说无疑就是孤立。
■China expends extraordinary energy on pestering other governments to preserve the strange limbo inhabited by Taiwan, a self-governing island of 23m that it insists is a wayward province.
中国花费巨大的精力纠缠其他国家来孤立台湾,坚持认为一个2300万人自治的岛屿只是个不听话的一个省。
■When Dan died, the wayward boys he had befriended were among the chief mourners.
丹死时,他曾与之为友的顽童们都在主要悼丧者之列。
■In order to make themselves and their homes less inviting to these wayward spirits, the ancient Celts would douse all their fires.
为了让他们自己和他们的家不要收到这些任性的鬼魂的骚扰,古老的凯尔特人弄熄他们所有的火。
■the distressed parents of wayward youths.
为任性的年轻人而苦恼的双亲
■After Leigh is attacked and turned by a wayward vampire named Morgan, Lucian becomes her unwilling tutor in the vampiric lifestyle.
书中很多事例,由于涉及外交和他国声誉,故而不能具体点出这些国家的名字和涉及的国家的人员的具体姓名。
■I also teaches us restraint and tolerance, two effective means of preventing wayward killing and destruction
亦教导吾人自制与容忍自制与容忍乃防止任意杀戮和破坏的两条有效途径。
■At age 62, he has obviously learned something about the wayward ways of officials and reporters, and he knows how to talk about his job without saying too much.
今年62岁的舒尔茨,显然已经学会了官员对付记者那种令人捉摸不定的手法,他懂得怎样谈工作而不至于说过了头。
■And Views from an American Kurd reports his frustration at finding out that a wayward brother has returned to Iraq against his own better judgement.
从库德地区近期的少女自杀率、就学率来看,土耳其政府所应该做的,是在政策上的根本改变。
■They can keep constant tabs on wayward employees.
他们能持续关注刚愎自用的员工。
■In a wayward mood, he ran away from home.
他任性地离家出走了。
■In a wayward mood, he left home.
他任性地离开了家。
■His wayward youth continued into middle age.
他任性的青年时代一直延续到中年。
■his wayward fate
他命途多舛
■Many of his early poems were portraits of lonely, wayward, confused, insecure men
他早期有许多诗写孤独、任性、无所适从、缺乏安全感的人。
■Many of his early poems were portraits of lonely, wayward , corfussed, inse cure men.
他早期有许多诗,写孤独、任性、无所适从,缺乏安全感的人。
■The wayward older twin brother of Jacob.
他是雅各的双胞胎儿子中的老大.
■He has a wayward daughter.
他有一个任性的女儿。
■More than ever he had the air of a teacher taking pains with a wayward but promising child
他比刚才更加像一个教师在想尽办法对付一个误入歧途但很有培养前途的孩子。
■His silly inventor, an Indian man who ludicrously butchers the English language, teams up with some local retailers to re-capture his wayward creation .
他的愚蠢的发明者、个操持糟糕英语的印度人,带领一队零售商重新捉到他的顽皮的发明。
■He sought unquestioning obedience from his staff in part to short-circuit apparently wayward Presidential commands
他要求下属无条件服从,部分原因是为了绕开总统那些显然反复无常的指示。
■Wayward students are always getting into trouble.
任性的学生老是惹麻烦。
■a wayward child
任性的孩子
■a wayward child/animal
任性的孩子;难以驾驭的动物
■Wayward life in my childhood, my mother has often provoke angry, but that characters do?
任性的我在童年生活里时常会惹妈妈生气,而那个主角呢?
■wayward youth
任性青少年
■The Wayward Knights - Roland Green
任性骑士
■Good sense and duty counseled her to control her wayward spirit
优秀的情感和责任劝告她控制住自己任性的情绪。
■But when disobedience broke the trusting relationship, God added more rules to protect the wayward couple and their offspring.
但是当他们不遵守规定,破坏了这个信任的关系,上帝必须加上更多规定,以保护这对任性的夫妻及他们的后代。
■Yet if erroneously understood and improperly handled, foreignization could also go wayward, resulting in nonsensical or even absurd rendition of the source text.
但是,如果出现认知偏差或对其处理不当,异化翻译也会导致邯郸学步,造成译文表述荒谬,乃至丧失意义。
■The Sith deception was devilish enough to point Vos in false directions, and to corrupt the wayward Jedi and color him with the taint of the dark side.
但西斯的欺骗之恶毒,足以将沃斯指向错误的方向,并且腐蚀这位任性的绝地,将他染上黑暗面的色彩。
■Using OnStar, he chip would telephone the wayward parent to even the emergency services, without having to rely on the kindness of strangers.
你可以用这种芯片打电话给正在路上的父母,甚至直接通知急救部门,而不必指望陌生人大发慈悲。
■Wear clothes that are comfortable for the environment in which you're working, but also will protect your body from any wayward wood chips that might result from cutting.
你穿的衣服要使你在那种工作环境下感到舒服,同时也要防止被木屑割伤。
■in a wayward course, over a deep ocean of anguish, reaching to the very verge of despair.
倏忽无定,飞越深深的苦海,濒临绝望的边缘。
■a wayward disposition
倔强的性格.
■On the few occasions he did escape his marker, his passing was wayward.
偶尔他也能摆脱防守,但是传球则不对路子。