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

• 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。
• 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。
• About picking up, wayward hitchhikers.
  关于让一个任性的旅行者搭便车。
• She has always been a wayward indivial!
  她一直是一个任性的人。
• 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。
• Subatomic particles can be wayward.
  亚原子粒子可能是任性的。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。