wilful
adj. (指坏事)故意的; (指人)任性的,固执的
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.
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。
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。
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.
...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. done by design;
2. habitually disposed to disobedience and opposition
3. by conscious design or purpose;
A wilful fault has no excuse and deserves no pardon.
不能宽恕故意犯下的错误.
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.
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.
The action gave a remedy for wilful or negligent damage to property.
该诉讼对故意或过失损害财产的行为要求给予补偿.
The flood of wilful persecution, brew a variety of danger affection, also test an old communist.
肆虐的洪水, 酿造了种种险情, 也考验了一位老共产党员.