wilful

adj.

1. 故意的；有意的；成心的
   done deliberately, although the person doing it knows that it is wrong
   1. wilful damage
      蓄意破坏
2. 任性的；固执的；倔强的
   determined to do what you want; not caring about what other people want
   1. a wilful child
      任性的孩子

in AM, use 美国英语用 willful


1. ADJ 故意的，有意的，成心的(尤指意在造成伤害)
   If you describe actions or attitudes as wilful, you are critical of them because they are done or expressed deliberately, especially with the intention of causing someone harm.
   1. Wilful neglect of our manufacturing industry has caused this problem...
      故意忽略我们的制造业引起了这个问题。
   2. A jury found the airline guilty of wilful misconduct because its lax security allowed a suitcase bomb on to the plane.
      航空公司安保措施漏洞百出，致使一颗放在手提箱里的炸弹被带上了飞机，陪审团因此认定其存在故意不当行为。
2. ADJ-GRADED 任性的;一意孤行的
   If you describe someone as wilful, you mean that they are determined to do what they want to do, even if it is not sensible.
   1. ...as the beautiful Lara becomes ever more wilful and irresponsible.
      随着漂亮的拉拉变得越来越任性、越来越不负责任

1. He pleaded guilty to wilful dereliction of duty.
   他承认犯有玩忽职守罪。
2. He later accused reporters of wilful distortion and bias.
   他后来指责记者有意歪曲事实并带有偏见。
3. Wilful neglect of our manufacturing industry has caused this problem
   故意忽略我们的制造业引起了这个问题。
4. A jury found the airline guilty of wilful misconduct because its lax security allowed a suitcase bomb on to the plane.
   航空公司安保措施漏洞百出，致使一颗放在手提箱里的炸弹被带上了飞机，陪审团因此认定其存在故意不当行为。
5. A number of considerations have led her to have a wilful abortion.
   多种考虑使她执意堕胎。
6. He's bad-tempered and wilful.
   他脾气很坏，而且蛮不讲理。
7. No one can manage him when he starts being wilful.
   他逞起性子来，谁都管不住。
8. His wilful hands and feet began to beat and churn about, spasmodically and feebly.
   他顽强的手和脚开始痉挛地微弱地挣扎和划动。
9. I see nothing in it but your own wilful ignorance and the malice of Mr. Darcy.
   你这种攻击，倒叫我看穿了你自己的顽固无知和达西先生的阴险。
10. If one gives to a child a toy too wonderful for its little mind, or too beautiful for its but half-awakened eyes, it breaks the toy, if it is wilful;
    如果把一件玩具给一个小孩，这玩具对那颗小小的心来说太过美妙了，对那双懵懵懂懂的眼睛来说太过美丽了，要是小孩任性，就把玩具摔了；
11. Don't be wilful as children.
    别像孩子一样任性。
12. This wilful teenager refused to listen to his parents.
    这位小伙子故意不听父母的话。
13. The present crisis is the result of years of wilful neglect by the council.
    目前的危机是由市政府委员会多年以来故意玩忽职守造成的。
14. I realised that you were from a wealthy family but definitely not a wilful girl.
    我意识到你来自一个富裕的家庭但是并不是一个不好相处的女孩。
15. So if it was first time wilful, no.
    所以，如果这是第一次无意的，不是。
16. Members shall provide for criminal procedures and penalties to be applied at least in cases of wilful trademark counterfeiting or copyright piracy on a commercial scale.
    各成员应规定至少将适用于具有商业规模的蓄意假冒商标或盗版案件的刑事程序和处罚。
17. To such perseverance in wilful self-deception Elizabeth would make no reply, and immediately and in silence withdrew;
    他再三要存心自欺欺人，伊丽莎白可懒得再去理他，马上不声不响地走开了。
18. They hesitate before accepting an invitation to serve, knowing that one might face personal bankruptcy or prosecution – even if the acts were not wilful criminality, but just negligence.
    在接受任职邀请前，他们会犹豫，他们知道，可能会面临个人破产或起诉，即便他们的行为并非故意犯罪，而只是疏忽大意。
19. They eat too many sweets and fried foods, in wilful disregard of their health.
    他们很任性，无视自己的健康，吃了太多的甜食与油煎食物。
20. There is another form of wilful obscurity that masquerades as aristocratic exclusiveness.
    还有一种故意造成的含糊其词，用以掩盖其贵族老爷式的孤傲态度。
21. She is a wilful girl.
    她是一个执拗的姑娘。
22. "You wilful girl!" scolded her mother, indulgently.
    “你这个任性的姑娘！”她的母亲带着宽容的心情申斥道。
23. Sadly there are those who, either through ignorance of the facts or wilful foolishness, deny that God exists, and therefore did not create the heavens and earth, and mankind upon the earth.
    否认神的存在是愚蠢的行为有一些人，不论他们是出于刚愎的愚蠢或是忽略了这些事实，他们否认神的存在，否认神创造了天和地，创造了人类。
24. The universe is a society of wilful personalities, not an irrefragable chain of cause and effect.
    宇宙是一个各种固执的个体的社会，而不是原因和结果之间无懈可击的链条。
25. Howsoever, caused, except in the case of Gross Negligence or Wilful Misconduct of any of the other Parties.
    无论怎样，引起的除非严重疏忽或故意不当行为的任何其他缔约方的情况下。
26. Such wilful blindness makes me worry what catastrophes we are now cultivating for the years ahead.
    这种视而不见的行为让我担心，今后我们将孕育出什么样的灾难。
27. The court in Beijing condemned the man of wilful and malicious injury.
    北京朝阳区法院对此案以故意伤害罪定性。
28. So the emergence of parliamentary-style parties in America is a formula for "wilful obstruction" and gridlock.
    所以美国出现了这种议会制形态的政党，下场就只能是“蓄意阻挠”和僵局。
29. This might explain their apparently wilful oversight of an important event in Chinese history.
    这或许可以解释他们何以对中国历史上的一件大事，视若无睹。

adj

1. habitually disposed to disobedience and opposition

   Synonym:    frowardheadstrongself-willedwillful

2. done by design
   1. the insult was intentional
   2. willful disobedience

   Synonym:    willful