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
- 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。 - Rescuers are trying to hurl the last of a group of wayward dolphins back out to sea.
营救人员试图将最后一些任性的海豚投掷回海里。 - She has always been a wayward indivial!
她一直是一个任性的人。 - By now the critics had evidently made their peace with Gould's wayward readings of Beethoven.
在这里,评论家很显然对古尔德在贝多芬作品上任性的诠释保持了友好的态度。 - In a wayward mood, he ran away from home.
他任性地离家出走了。 - 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。 - 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。 - Subatomic particles can be wayward.
亚原子粒子可能是任性的。 - 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。 - 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。