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

• 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。
• About picking up, wayward hitchhikers.
  关于让一个任性的旅行者搭便车。
• 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。
• They might be wayward thoughts that impinge on your consciousness, and no longer serve you.
  这可能是一些侵害你意识的顽固情绪，但不会再支配你。
• The sometimes wayward Bush reached a turning point in his personal and professional life.
  时常有些任性的布什在个人生活和事业上迎来了一个转折点。
• 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。
• In this latest dramatization the novel's wayward heroine is played by Sara huws.
  在这最近改编的舞台剧中，小说中任性的女主角由萨拉修斯扮演。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。