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

• 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。
• Subatomic particles can be wayward.
  亚原子粒子可能是任性的。
• 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。
• In a wayward mood, he ran away from home.
  他任性地离家出走了。
• 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。
• So that, when my mother died, and I was left the responsibility of a damaged sister and a wayward brother, I returned to my village in anger and bitterness.
  因此，母亲去世后，我要负责照顾一个残疾的妹妹和一个任性的弟弟，我满怀怨恨和痛苦地返回村庄。
• We also have ample, sense, I been a wayward girl, but he has been in love with him all inclusive I, a time of lost, and then restore times and finally he is not invisible to bury my people.
  我们也有充足的，某种意义上说，我是一个任性的女孩，但他已爱上了他的所有包容我，一时间失去了，然后恢复时期和最后他并非无形埋葬我的人。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。