wilful

英 [ˈwɪlfl]

美 [ˈwɪlfl]

adj.  故意的; 有意的; 成心的; 任性的; 固执的; 倔强的

CET6法律

Collins.1 / BNC.14018 / COCA.44654

牛津词典

adj.

• 故意的；有意的；成心的
  done deliberately, although the person doing it knows that it is wrong
  1. wilful damage
     蓄意破坏
• 任性的；固执的；倔强的
  determined to do what you want; not caring about what other people want
  1. a wilful child
     任性的孩子

柯林斯词典

in AM, use 美国英语用 willful


• ADJ 故意的，有意的，成心的(尤指意在造成伤害)
  If you describe actions or attitudes aswilful, you are critical of them because they are done or expressed deliberately, especially with the intention of causing someone harm.
  1. Wilful neglect of our manufacturing industry has caused this problem...
     故意忽略我们的制造业引起了这个问题。
  2. A jury found the airline guilty of wilful misconduct because its lax security allowed a suitcase bomb on to the plane.
     航空公司安保措施漏洞百出，致使一颗放在手提箱里的炸弹被带上了飞机，陪审团因此认定其存在故意不当行为。
• ADJ-GRADED 任性的;一意孤行的
  If you describe someone aswilful, you mean that they are determined to do what they want to do, even if it is not sensible.
  1. ...as the beautiful Lara becomes ever more wilful and irresponsible.
     随着漂亮的拉拉变得越来越任性、越来越不负责任

英英释义

adj

• habitually disposed to disobedience and opposition
  Synonym:frowardheadstrongself-willedwillful
• done by design
  1. the insult was intentional
  2. willful disobedience
  Synonym:willful

双语例句

• A jury found the airline guilty of wilful misconduct because its lax security allowed a suitcase bomb on to the plane.
  航空公司安保措施漏洞百出，致使一颗放在手提箱里的炸弹被带上了飞机，陪审团因此认定其存在故意不当行为。
• A number of considerations have led her to have a wilful abortion.
  多种考虑使她执意堕胎。
• He's bad-tempered and wilful.
  他脾气很坏，而且蛮不讲理。
• The universe is a society of wilful personalities, not an irrefragable chain of cause and effect.
  宇宙是一个各种固执的个体的社会，而不是原因和结果之间无懈可击的链条。
• I realised that you were from a wealthy family but definitely not a wilful girl.
  我意识到你来自一个富裕的家庭但是并不是一个不好相处的女孩。
• Members shall provide for criminal procedures and penalties to be applied at least in cases of wilful trademark counterfeiting or copyright piracy on a commercial scale.
  各成员应规定至少将适用于具有商业规模的蓄意假冒商标或盗版案件的刑事程序和处罚。
• So the emergence of parliamentary-style parties in America is a formula for "wilful obstruction" and gridlock.
  所以美国出现了这种议会制形态的政党，下场就只能是“蓄意阻挠”和僵局。
• No one can manage him when he starts being wilful.
  他逞起性子来，谁都管不住。
• Sadly there are those who, either through ignorance of the facts or wilful foolishness, deny that God exists, and therefore did not create the heavens and earth, and mankind upon the earth.
  否认神的存在是愚蠢的行为有一些人，不论他们是出于刚愎的愚蠢或是忽略了这些事实，他们否认神的存在，否认神创造了天和地，创造了人类。
• "You wilful girl!" scolded her mother, indulgently.
  “你这个任性的姑娘！”她的母亲带着宽容的心情申斥道。