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wilful

/wil-fuhl/US // ˈwɪl fəl //UK // (ˈwɪlfʊl) //

故意的,故意,蓄意的,蓄意

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : willful.

Examples

  • Observe the wayward boy whose chief inheritance is a wild, wilful nature.

  • Seized of that wilful, daring spirit called Love, her sight was bounded by the little field where she strayed.

  • Eric rose, and resolutely tried to mount the rigging, determined at least to give no ground he could help to their wilful cruelty.

  • Mistress Margery Wimpole was a poor, dull creature, having no wilful harm in her, but endowed with neither dignity nor wit.

  • A nature passionate, wilful—hardly good-tempered, hardly very clever, but gifted—was expressed in every feature.