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

• She has always been a wayward indivial!
  她一直是一个任性的人。
• About picking up, wayward hitchhikers.
  关于让一个任性的旅行者搭便车。
• My pupil was a lively child, who had been spoilt indulged, and therefore was sometimes wayward.
  我的学生是个活泼的孩子，娇生惯养，所以有时候任性。
• She could be wayward, petulant, and disagreeable.
  她有时也会任性、脾气很坏、很暴躁。
• Like I'm some wayward child.
  好像我是个任性的孩子。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。