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单词 wayward
释义 way·ward
\ˈwāwə(r)d\ adjective
Etymology: Middle English wayward, weyward, short for awayward, aweyward turned away, from away, awey, adverb, away + -ward — more at away
1. : characterized by extreme willfulness and by determination to follow one's own capricious, wanton, or depraved inclinations to the point of being ungovernable
 < the wayward child who persists in wandering away — A.R.Mead >
 < the glamorous sin … associated with what is known as wayward passion — Tomorrow >
 < the wayward power of the emotionally excited masses — Vernon Mallinson >
2. : following no clear principle or law : unpredictable, erratic
 < there was no room in that precision for the eccentricity, the wayward act — Graham Greene >
3. : opposite to what is desired or expected : untoward, vexing
 < wayward fate >
Synonyms: see contrary
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