wilful

英 [ˈwɪlfl]

美 [ˈwɪlfl]

adj.  故意的; 有意的; 成心的; 任性的; 固执的; 倔强的

CET6法律

Collins.1 / BNC.14018 / COCA.44654

牛津词典

adj.

• 故意的；有意的；成心的
  done deliberately, although the person doing it knows that it is wrong
  1. wilful damage
     蓄意破坏
• 任性的；固执的；倔强的
  determined to do what you want; not caring about what other people want
  1. a wilful child
     任性的孩子

柯林斯词典

in AM, use 美国英语用 willful


• ADJ 故意的，有意的，成心的(尤指意在造成伤害)
  If you describe actions or attitudes aswilful, you are critical of them because they are done or expressed deliberately, especially with the intention of causing someone harm.
  1. Wilful neglect of our manufacturing industry has caused this problem...
     故意忽略我们的制造业引起了这个问题。
  2. A jury found the airline guilty of wilful misconduct because its lax security allowed a suitcase bomb on to the plane.
     航空公司安保措施漏洞百出，致使一颗放在手提箱里的炸弹被带上了飞机，陪审团因此认定其存在故意不当行为。
• ADJ-GRADED 任性的;一意孤行的
  If you describe someone aswilful, you mean that they are determined to do what they want to do, even if it is not sensible.
  1. ...as the beautiful Lara becomes ever more wilful and irresponsible.
     随着漂亮的拉拉变得越来越任性、越来越不负责任

英英释义

adj

• habitually disposed to disobedience and opposition
  Synonym:frowardheadstrongself-willedwillful
• done by design
  1. the insult was intentional
  2. willful disobedience
  Synonym:willful

双语例句

• "You wilful girl!" scolded her mother, indulgently.
  “你这个任性的姑娘！”她的母亲带着宽容的心情申斥道。
• He's bad-tempered and wilful.
  他脾气很坏，而且蛮不讲理。
• So the emergence of parliamentary-style parties in America is a formula for "wilful obstruction" and gridlock.
  所以美国出现了这种议会制形态的政党，下场就只能是“蓄意阻挠”和僵局。
• Such wilful blindness makes me worry what catastrophes we are now cultivating for the years ahead.
  这种视而不见的行为让我担心，今后我们将孕育出什么样的灾难。
• His wilful hands and feet began to beat and churn about, spasmodically and feebly.
  他顽强的手和脚开始痉挛地微弱地挣扎和划动。
• This wilful teenager refused to listen to his parents.
  这位小伙子故意不听父母的话。
• The universe is a society of wilful personalities, not an irrefragable chain of cause and effect.
  宇宙是一个各种固执的个体的社会，而不是原因和结果之间无懈可击的链条。
• If one gives to a child a toy too wonderful for its little mind, or too beautiful for its but half-awakened eyes, it breaks the toy, if it is wilful;
  如果把一件玩具给一个小孩，这玩具对那颗小小的心来说太过美妙了，对那双懵懵懂懂的眼睛来说太过美丽了，要是小孩任性，就把玩具摔了；
• The court in Beijing condemned the man of wilful and malicious injury.
  北京朝阳区法院对此案以故意伤害罪定性。
• There is another form of wilful obscurity that masquerades as aristocratic exclusiveness.
  还有一种故意造成的含糊其词，用以掩盖其贵族老爷式的孤傲态度。