willy-nilly
英 [ˌwɪli ˈnɪli]
美 [ˌwɪli ˈnɪli]
adv. 不管愿意不愿意; 无论想要不想要; 随意地; 乱糟糟地
牛津词典
adv.
- 不管愿意不愿意；无论想要不想要
whether you want to or not- She was forced willy-nilly to accept the company's proposals.
她被迫无奈接受了公司的提议。
- She was forced willy-nilly to accept the company's proposals.
- 随意地；乱糟糟地
in a careless way without planning- Don't use your credit card willy-nilly.
别拿着你的信用卡随便花。
- Don't use your credit card willy-nilly.
柯林斯词典
- ADV 不管喜欢不喜欢;无可奈何地
If something happens to youwilly-nilly, it happens whether you like it or not.- The government were dragged willy-nilly into the confrontation.
政府不管情愿不情愿，也被拖进了这场冲突。
- The government were dragged willy-nilly into the confrontation.
- ADV 随意地;胡乱地
If someone does somethingwilly-nilly, they do it in a careless and disorganized way, without planning it in advance.- Clerks bundled papers into files willy-nilly.
职员们随意地将文件塞进文件夹里。
- Clerks bundled papers into files willy-nilly.
英英释义
adv
- in a random manner
- the houses were randomly scattered
- bullets were fired into the crowd at random
- without having a choice
双语例句
- I found myself, willy-nilly, alchemized into an American the moment I touched French soil.
我发现当我的双脚踏上法国的土地，就身不由己地一下子认识到自己是美国人。 - Into this universe, and why not knowing nor whence, like water willy-nilly flowing; and out of it, as wind along the waste, I know not whither, willy-nilly blowing.
飘飘入世，如水之不得不流，不知何故来，也不知来自何处；飘飘出世，如风之不得不吹，风过漠地又不知吹向何许。 - There are early signs that programmes are being implemented willy-nilly, without due thought to overarching national goals.
已有一些苗头显示，部分项目的执行十分随意，缺乏综合考虑国家目标的深思熟虑。 - Heed my words here: Willy-nilly, no-schema, non-organized data is a recipe for disaster!
请注意我这里的一句话：杂乱无章、无模式、无组织的数据是造成灾难的因素！ - Don't use you credit card willy-nilly.
别拿着你的信用卡随便花。 - Obviously, we are not bound to use the language just as it was used a hundred years ago, but neither is it in our interest to change the language willy-nilly.
显而易见的是：我们既不愿意像百多年前那样使用语言，也不愿意去勉强的改变语言。 - For example anger may provoke violent feelings towards another, but generally people refrain from stabbing each other willy-nilly.
比如，愤怒可能激起对他人的过激行为，但是一般情况下，人们会避免和人死磕。 - "He recognized that you can't just abrogate contracts willy-nilly, but he moved to do what could be done," Larry Summers, Obama's chief economic adviser, told the AP in an interview Tuesday.
“他知道你不能被迫取消合同，但他做了应该做的事情，”Obama的首席经济顾问LarrySummers在周二的一次访谈中告诉美联社。 - I found myself being dragged willy-nilly into their petty disputes.
我发现自己无端地卷入他们琐碎的纠纷之中。 - The perplexed and willy-nilly character has finally make a big mistake.
一路迷糊，半推半就的个性，终于让我铸下大错。