| 单词 | willful |
| 释义 | willful adjective uk/ˈwɪl.fəl/us/ˈwɪl.fəl/USspelling ofwilfuldisapproving （wilful 的美式拼写）Strong-willed
willful| American Dictionarywillful adjective us/ˈwɪl·fəl/(of somethingbad) doneintentionally, or (of aperson)determinedto doexactlyas youwant,evenif youknowit iswrong: Ithinkheshoweda willfuldisregardforsafety. Examplesofwillfulwillful Relativism counsels tolerance, it is believed, whereas nonrelativism engenders accusations of irrationality orwillfulmalice and a dogmatic attachment to one's own cultural prejudices. From theCambridge English Corpus The term "willful" seemed to escape proper notice, partially because the petitioners never contended that they had not acted willfully. From theCambridge English Corpus Although done in the name of freeing nature's own expressiveness, thewillfuland directed character of chemists' activity necessarily constrained the outcome. From theCambridge English Corpus By the looks of it, the alien hand is quitewillful. From theCambridge English Corpus A dignified being cannot be unwise, unjust,willful, or cowardly. From theCambridge English Corpus Kipling'swillfulrefusal to employ categories of race is at variance with his standard fictional practice. From theCambridge English Corpus This is most easily accomplished in an environment ofwillful(not forced) collaboration, peace, and serious concern for the betterment of communities. From theCambridge English Corpus First, it gives rise to free andwillfultransactions. From theCambridge English Corpus At times, the forced participation in collective violence against thewillfulverged on riot. From theCambridge English Corpus Thiswillfuldestruction of languages reduces cultural diversity and thus creates an unhealthy sociopolitical climate. From theCambridge English Corpus The most typical contraindication that carries this implication is "noncompliance," portrayed as awillfulact. From theCambridge English Corpus Although animals and (young) children move, transfor m and destroy matter, such actions do not establish rights claims because such actions are notwillful. From theCambridge English Corpus The feeling of conation, resurrected briefly as awillful"cognitive emotion," is a promising candidate from that periconscious realm. From theCambridge English Corpus Both involve a kind ofwillfulblindness to history, a youthful refusal to be concerned with the dead. From theCambridge English Corpus Modarres discusses the loss of local identity throughwillfuldestruction. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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