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。
• 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。
• 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。
• At least his wife Karin knew how to deal with the wayward device: with a hammer.
  起码他的妻子凯琳（karin）知道如何对付这个不听话的东西：一锤砸碎。
• But sometimes he is very wayward, for example, when we have dinner, he always makes his parents angry.
  但有时，他很任性，例如，当我们有晚餐，他总是使他的父母愤怒。
• And find obi-wan's wayward planet we will.
  我们就会找到欧比旺的不听话的星球。
• Mary Mary quite contrary; an obstinate child with a violent temper; a perverse mood; wayward behavior.
  玛丽玛丽十分叛逆；脾气暴烈的不听话的的孩子；乖张的情绪；任性的行为。
• Man, therefore, is a curious, dreamy, humorous and wayward creature.
  人类是一种好奇的、梦想的、幽默的、任性的动物。
• Subatomic particles can be wayward.
  亚原子粒子可能是任性的。
• Like I'm some wayward child.
  好像我是个任性的孩子。