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 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。
• When I left school I continued to be heavily involved in sports and training but I did start to associate with groups of the wrong people and this lead me, at times, onto a wayward path.
  当我离开学校里，我继续大力参与体育和训练，但我并开始联系组的错误的人，这使我，有时到一个任性的道路。
• About picking up, wayward hitchhikers.
  关于让一个任性的旅行者搭便车。
• 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。
• When Dan died, the wayward boys he had befriended were among the chief mourners.
  丹死时，他曾与之为友的顽童们都在主要悼丧者之列。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。