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wantonness

/won-tn/US // ˈwɒn tn //UK // (ˈwɒntən) //

肆意妄为,恣意妄为,放荡不羁,恣意

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : 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.
    • : sexually lawless or unrestrained; loose; lascivious; lewd: wanton behavior.
    • : extravagantly or excessively luxurious, as a person, manner of living, or style.
    • : luxuriant, as vegetation.
    • : Archaic. sportive or frolicsome, as children or young animals.having free play: wanton breezes; a wanton brook.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a wanton or lascivious person, especially a woman.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to behave in a wanton manner; become wanton.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to squander, especially in pleasure: to wanton away one's inheritance.

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Examples

  • 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.