wanton

英 [ˈwɒntən]

美 [ˈwɑːntən]

adj.  恶意的; 不怀好意的; 恣意的; 淫荡的; 淫乱的; 水性杨花的
n.  淫荡的人; 嬉闹的人

复数：wantons　现在分词：wantoning　过去式：wantoned　第三人称单数：wantons　过去分词：wantoned　

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Collins.1 / BNC.18971 / COCA.19031

牛津词典

adj.

• 恶意的；不怀好意的；恣意的
  causing harm or damage deliberately and for no acceptable reason
  1. wanton destruction
     肆意破坏
  2. a wanton disregard for human life
     全然不顾人的死活
• 淫荡的；淫乱的；水性杨花的
  behaving in a very immoral way; having many sexual partners

柯林斯词典

• ADJ 有意伤害的;肆无忌惮的；恶意的
  Awantonaction deliberately causes harm, damage, or waste without having any reason to.
  1. ...this unnecessary and wanton destruction of our environment...
     对我们环境毫无必要的肆意破坏
  2. Wanton violence is now becoming a regular feature of urban life.
     肆无忌惮的暴行在城市生活中越来越司空见惯。
• ADJ-GRADED (女人)放荡的，淫乱的
  If someone describes a woman aswanton, they disapprove of her because she clearly enjoys sex or has sex with a lot of men.
  1. ...the idea that only wanton women have sexual passions.
     认为只有放荡女人才有性激情的观念

双语例句

• Wanton violence is now becoming a regular feature of urban life.
  肆无忌惮的暴行在城市生活中越来越司空见惯。
• I used to own now in this placid, once placed in the back of the wanton guffaw inside.
  我习惯了现在这个波澜不惊的自己，曾经的恣意狂笑放到了背后里。
• But today, it eloquent, wanton, self-willed.
  可是今日，它却洋洋洒洒，放肆，任性。
• These are malicious acts of aggression, abductions and wanton killing.
  这些都是恶意的侵略行径，绑架和肆意杀戮。
• If it makes the water wanton and wild, I will not row my boat by your bank.
  如果我使水花飞溅，我就不在你的河边划船。
• She was surprised by a wanton thought that rushed into her mind.
  一个放肆的念头在她心里闪过，叫她吃了一惊。
• Based on a certain types mine characteristic, the trajectory wanton the all of shootings in detail is studied.
  结合某型号布雷弹的特点，详细地研究了弹道任意一点处的射击诸元。
• You "gentleman" and the wanton thugs who say that freedom;
  你们“绅士”地把肆无忌惮的暴徒说成自由人士；
• The youths showed their wanton disrespect for the law by drinking in public.
  这些年轻人在公众场合饮酒以表达他们对法律的蔑视。
• Under the hedge, the old man in some wanton mood had planted hyacinths.
  老人一时心血来潮，在树篱下边种上了风信子。