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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• About picking up, wayward hitchhikers.
  关于让一个任性的旅行者搭便车。
• 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。
• In a wayward mood, he ran away from home.
  他任性地离家出走了。