wayward
英 [ˈweɪwəd]
美 [ˈweɪwərd]
adj. 难以控制的; 任性的; 倔强的
Collins.1 / BNC.13952 / COCA.14211
牛津词典
adj.
- 难以控制的;任性的;倔强的
difficult to control- a wayward child
任性的孩子 - wayward emotions
反复无常的情绪
- a wayward child
柯林斯词典
- ADJ-GRADED 任性的;不易管教的;难以捉摸的
If you describe a person or their behaviour aswayward, you mean that they behave in a selfish, bad, or unpredictable way, and are difficult to control.- ...wayward children with a history of severe emotional problems.
出现过严重情绪问题的任性的孩子
- ...wayward children with a history of severe emotional problems.
英英释义
adj
- resistant to guidance or discipline
- Mary Mary quite contrary
- an obstinate child with a violent temper
- a perverse mood
- wayward behavior
双语例句
- Subatomic particles can be wayward.
亚原子粒子可能是任性的。 - Like I'm some wayward child.
好像我是个任性的孩子。 - 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。 - About picking up, wayward hitchhikers.
关于让一个任性的旅行者搭便车。 - She could be wayward, petulant, and disagreeable.
她有时也会任性、脾气很坏、很暴躁。 - The boy is wayward, but he'll knuckl down under discipline.
这男孩任性得很,不过用纪律约束他会服服帖帖的。 - At least his wife Karin knew how to deal with the wayward device: with a hammer.
起码他的妻子凯琳(karin)知道如何对付这个不听话的东西:一锤砸碎。 - So that, when my mother died, and I was left the responsibility of a damaged sister and a wayward brother, I returned to my village in anger and bitterness.
因此,母亲去世后,我要负责照顾一个残疾的妹妹和一个任性的弟弟,我满怀怨恨和痛苦地返回村庄。 - Mary Mary quite contrary; an obstinate child with a violent temper; a perverse mood; wayward behavior.
玛丽玛丽十分叛逆;脾气暴烈的不听话的的孩子;乖张的情绪;任性的行为。 - No longer because wayward bow and would not, no longer because stubborn and light speech to break up.
不再因为任性而不肯低头,不再因为固执而轻言分手。