willy-nilly

英 [ˌwɪli ˈnɪli]

美 [ˌwɪli ˈnɪli]

adv.  不管愿意不愿意; 无论想要不想要; 随意地; 乱糟糟地

牛津词典

adv.

• 不管愿意不愿意；无论想要不想要
  whether you want to or not
  1. She was forced willy-nilly to accept the company's proposals.
     她被迫无奈接受了公司的提议。
• 随意地；乱糟糟地
  in a careless way without planning
  1. Don't use your credit card willy-nilly.
     别拿着你的信用卡随便花。

柯林斯词典

• ADV 不管喜欢不喜欢;无可奈何地
  If something happens to youwilly-nilly, it happens whether you like it or not.
  1. The government were dragged willy-nilly into the confrontation.
     政府不管情愿不情愿，也被拖进了这场冲突。
• ADV 随意地;胡乱地
  If someone does somethingwilly-nilly, they do it in a careless and disorganized way, without planning it in advance.
  1. Clerks bundled papers into files willy-nilly.
     职员们随意地将文件塞进文件夹里。

英英释义

adv

• in a random manner
  1. the houses were randomly scattered
  2. bullets were fired into the crowd at random
  Synonym:randomlyindiscriminatelyhaphazardlyarbitrarilyat randomevery which way
• without having a choice

双语例句

• You can't just do as you please, willy-nilly.
  不管你愿不愿意，你不能想怎么干就怎么干。
• They introduced the new laws willy-nilly.
  他们不管大家喜不喜欢就引进了法律。
• Willy-nilly, we are all card-carrying citizens of the One Earth.
  无可奈何地，我们是全部一地球的卡片运载的公民。
• In the end, American taxpayers will have to pay the bill, willy-nilly, out of fear.
  到头来，由于恐惧，美国纳税人将不得不埋单。
• Clerks bundled papers into files willy-nilly.
  职员们随意地将文件塞进文件夹里。
• Add fuel subsidies to the currency peg, cheap labour and light planning regulation, and the incentive to expand capacity willy-nilly is overwhelming.
  燃油补贴，再加上盯住汇率制、廉价劳动力和计划调控监管不力，使得大肆扩大产能的动机占了上风。
• For example anger may provoke violent feelings towards another, but generally people refrain from stabbing each other willy-nilly.
  比如，愤怒可能激起对他人的过激行为，但是一般情况下，人们会避免和人死磕。
• She threw her clothes willy-nilly into a drawer.
  她将自己的衣服杂乱地扔入一个抽屉中。
• I found myself being dragged willy-nilly into their petty disputes.
  我发现自己无端地卷入他们琐碎的纠纷之中。
• Into this universe, and why not knowing nor whence, like water willy-nilly flowing; and out of it, as wind along the waste, I know not whither, willy-nilly blowing.
  飘飘入世，如水之不得不流，不知何故来，也不知来自何处；飘飘出世，如风之不得不吹，风过漠地又不知吹向何许。