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- She was forced willy-nilly to accept the company's proposals.
她被迫无奈接受了公司的提议。
- She was forced willy-nilly to accept the company's proposals.
- 随意地；乱糟糟地
in a careless way without planning- Don't use your credit card willy-nilly.
别拿着你的信用卡随便花。
- Don't use your credit card willy-nilly.
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.- 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。
- The government were dragged willy-nilly into the confrontation.
- 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.- Clerks bundled papers into files willy-nilly.
职员们随意地将文件塞进文件夹里。
- Clerks bundled papers into files willy-nilly.
英英释义
adv
- in a random manner
- the houses were randomly scattered
- bullets were fired into the crowd at random
- without having a choice
双语例句
- 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。 - They introduced the new laws willy-nilly.
他们不管大家喜不喜欢就引进了法律。 - Obviously, we are not bound to use the language just as it was used a hundred years ago, but neither is it in our interest to change the language willy-nilly.
显而易见的是：我们既不愿意像百多年前那样使用语言，也不愿意去勉强的改变语言。 - 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。 - The Chinese are acquiring resources all around the world and with them, willy-nilly, an overseas empire that threatens U.
中国人在全世界收购资源，并凭此成就一个威胁美国利益的海外帝国。 - 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。 - She found herself forced, willy-nilly, to lend him more money.
她发现自己被迫，不管是否乐意，得借给他更多钱。 - 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。 - Heed my words here: Willy-nilly, no-schema, non-organized data is a recipe for disaster!
请注意我这里的一句话：杂乱无章、无模式、无组织的数据是造成灾难的因素！ - 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。