wanton

英 [ˈwɒntən]

美 [ˈwɑːntən]

adj.  恶意的; 不怀好意的; 恣意的; 淫荡的; 淫乱的; 水性杨花的
n.  淫荡的人; 嬉闹的人

复数：wantons　现在分词：wantoning　过去式：wantoned　第三人称单数：wantons　过去分词：wantoned　

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Collins.1 / BNC.18971 / COCA.19031

牛津词典

adj.

• 恶意的；不怀好意的；恣意的
  causing harm or damage deliberately and for no acceptable reason
  1. wanton destruction
     肆意破坏
  2. a wanton disregard for human life
     全然不顾人的死活
• 淫荡的；淫乱的；水性杨花的
  behaving in a very immoral way; having many sexual partners

柯林斯词典

• ADJ 有意伤害的;肆无忌惮的；恶意的
  Awantonaction deliberately causes harm, damage, or waste without having any reason to.
  1. ...this unnecessary and wanton destruction of our environment...
     对我们环境毫无必要的肆意破坏
  2. Wanton violence is now becoming a regular feature of urban life.
     肆无忌惮的暴行在城市生活中越来越司空见惯。
• ADJ-GRADED (女人)放荡的，淫乱的
  If someone describes a woman aswanton, they disapprove of her because she clearly enjoys sex or has sex with a lot of men.
  1. ...the idea that only wanton women have sexual passions.
     认为只有放荡女人才有性激情的观念

双语例句

• He was the more surprised at his daughter's wanton play of a fixed idea.
  女儿竟是这样放肆地表达她顽固不化的思想，使他感到格外惊讶。
• It seemed still a wanton impulse, but she had grown more used to it.
  这山似乎是一种放纵的冲动，但她已差不多习以为常；
• It was wanton, moronic vandalism.
  这是无端、愚蠢的恶意破坏。
• But today, it eloquent, wanton, self-willed.
  可是今日，它却洋洋洒洒，放肆，任性。
• I used to own now in this placid, once placed in the back of the wanton guffaw inside.
  我习惯了现在这个波澜不惊的自己，曾经的恣意狂笑放到了背后里。
• Never before had we in the West experienced such wanton destruction of human life.
  我们西方以前从未见过这么恣意草菅人命的。
• The continuing wanton loss of life provides ample justification for NATO intervention in Kosovo.
  大量生命的不断丧失为北约干涉科索沃提供了充足的理由。
• The youths showed their wanton disrespect for the law by drinking in public.
  这些年轻人在公众场合饮酒以表达他们对法律的蔑视。
• I was turning a blind eye to people, they often throw rubbish around me I still wanton destruction.
  可人们对我却视而不见，他们经常把垃圾扔到我的身边还肆意毁坏我。
• It began to rain last night, and wanton winds;
  昨晚下了一场大雨，狂风肆意；