wayward

英 [ˈweɪwəd]

美 [ˈweɪwərd]

adj.  难以控制的; 任性的; 倔强的

TEM8法律

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
  1. a wayward child
     任性的孩子
  2. wayward emotions
     反复无常的情绪

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.
  1. ...wayward children with a history of severe emotional problems.
     出现过严重情绪问题的任性的孩子

英英释义

adj

• resistant to guidance or discipline
  1. Mary Mary quite contrary
  2. an obstinate child with a violent temper
  3. a perverse mood
  4. wayward behavior
  Synonym:contraryobstinateperverse

双语例句

• They will keep you from the adulteress, from the wayward wife with her seductive words.
  他们将随时向你从奸，从任性的妻子与她的诱人字眼。
• When I left school I continued to be heavily involved in sports and training but I did start to associate with groups of the wrong people and this lead me, at times, onto a wayward path.
  当我离开学校里，我继续大力参与体育和训练，但我并开始联系组的错误的人，这使我，有时到一个任性的道路。
• Subatomic particles can be wayward.
  亚原子粒子可能是任性的。
• Didio also discussed Batman's sidekick Robin, the role of which is currently taken by Bruce Wayne's wayward son Damian.
  Didio还讨论了蝙蝠侠的密友罗宾的角色，这是目前被布鲁斯·韦恩的任性的儿子光盘。
• 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。
• But sometimes he is very wayward, for example, when we have dinner, he always makes his parents angry.
  但有时，他很任性，例如，当我们有晚餐，他总是使他的父母愤怒。
• The wayward boy soon spurned the shelter of his roof, and sought associates more congenial to his taste.
  那个刚愎的男孩子不久就拒绝了他的庇护，寻找和他兴趣相投的同伴去了。
• 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。
• My pupil was a lively child, who had been spoilt indulged, and therefore was sometimes wayward.
  我的学生是个活泼的孩子，娇生惯养，所以有时候任性。
• In a wayward mood, he ran away from home.
  他任性地离家出走了。