wanton 的 4 个定义
- done, shown, used, etc., maliciously or unjustifiably: a wanton attack; wanton cruelty.
- deliberate and without motive or provocation; uncalled-for; headstrong; willful: Why jeopardize your career in such a wanton way?
- without regard for what is right, just, humane, etc.; careless; reckless: a wanton attacker of religious convictions.
- (7)
- a wanton or lascivious person, especially a woman.
- to behave in a wanton manner; become wanton.
- to squander, especially in pleasure: to wanton away one's inheritance.
wanton 近义词
extravagant, lustful
cruel, malicious
careless
profligate person
更多wanton例句
- Although legislation could have prevented such wanton misuse, digitalization would also enable authorities to microtarget where every cent of every stimulus payment went and what it achieved.
- Best of all, riding old bikes doesn’t mean you have to forego the delights of wanton consumerism.
- Over a decade, his teaching often took place in an atmosphere of what one cadet called “wanton disrespect.”
- One of the reasons the Vikings are viewed so negatively is that their violence could seem wanton or irrational.
- His story is largely devoid of wanton violence and gratuitous sex.
- Lind ruled that evidence that al Qaeda had obtained information via WikiLeaks was also relevant to proving “wanton publication.”
- The new movie Pacific Rim has brought robots bursting back into our collective consciousness like wanton property damage.
- He stood by the side of the little river, its clear waters showing the fish darting to and fro, as if in wanton play.
- Because the Christian regards the hooligan, the thief, the wanton, and the drunkard as men and women who have done wrong.
- You only encourage him in his wanton mischief, and no one takes any heed how he torments my poor Margaret.
- Wrongs less wanton and outrageous precipitated the French Revolution.
- Mary Manley died; an English authoress, of considerable reputation as a writer, but of a wanton and licentious character.