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.

  1. 不管愿意不愿意;无论想要不想要
    whether you want to or not
    1. She was forced willy-nilly to accept the company's proposals.
      她被迫无奈接受了公司的提议。
  2. 随意地;乱糟糟地
    in a careless way without planning
    1. Don't use your credit card willy-nilly.
      别拿着你的信用卡随便花。

柯林斯词典

  1. ADV 不管喜欢不喜欢;无可奈何地
    If something happens to you willy-nilly, it happens whether you like it or not.
    1. 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。
  2. ADV 随意地;胡乱地
    If someone does something willy-nilly, they do it in a careless and disorganized way, without planning it in advance.
    1. Clerks bundled papers into files willy-nilly.
      职员们随意地将文件塞进文件夹里。

双语例句

  1. 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。
  2. Clerks bundled papers into files willy-nilly.
    职员们随意地将文件塞进文件夹里。
  3. 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!
  4. In the end, American taxpayers will have to pay the bill, willy-nilly, out of fear.
    到头来,由于恐惧,美国纳税人将不得不埋单。
  5. She found herself forced, willy-nilly, to lend him more money.
    她发现自己被迫,不管是否乐意,得借给他更多钱。
  6. "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。
  7. 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。
  8. 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。
  9. They are too many, and willy-nilly they'll drag down the would-be equestrian before ever he gets astride.
    奴隶太多,无论他们愿不愿意,不等你那人跨上马背,已经被他们拉了下来。
  10. 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。
  11. She threw her clothes willy-nilly into a drawer.
    她将自己的衣服杂乱地扔入一个抽屉中。
  12. The Chinese are acquiring resources all around the world and with them, willy-nilly, an overseas empire that threatens U.
    中国人在全世界收购资源,并凭此成就一个威胁美国利益的海外帝国。
  13. You can't just do as you please, willy-nilly.
    不管你愿不愿意,你不能想怎么干就怎么干。
  14. She was forced willy-nilly to accept the company's proposals.
    她被迫无奈接受了公司的提议。
  15. They introduced the new laws willy-nilly.
    他们不管大家喜不喜欢就引进了法律。
  16. 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。
  17. 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。
  18. Don't use you credit card willy-nilly.
    别拿着你的信用卡随便花。
  19. The neighbouring countries have become involved willy-nilly in the conflict.
    邻国已经无可奈何地卷进了这场冲突。
  20. Add fuel subsidies to the currency peg, cheap labour and light planning regulation, and the incentive to expand capacity willy-nilly is overwhelming.
    燃油补贴,再加上盯住汇率制、廉价劳动力和计划调控监管不力,使得大肆扩大产能的动机占了上风。
  21. Willy-nilly, we are all card-carrying citizens of the One Earth.
    无可奈何地,我们是全部一地球的卡片运载的公民。
  22. 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。
  23. 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。

英英释义

adv

  1. in a random manner
    1. the houses were randomly scattered
    2. bullets were fired into the crowd at random

    Synonym:    randomlyindiscriminatelyhaphazardlyarbitrarilyat randomevery which way

  2. without having a choice