单词	wildness
释义	wildness /ˈwʌɪldnəs / noun [mass noun] 1The character of being uncultivated, undomesticated, or inhospitable: the wildness and beauty of the Scottish hills conflict between civilization and the wildness of nature... For him, nothing - neither civilization nor the wildness it seeks to eradicate - ever gets lost. The rough and unkempt textures of the horses coats attests to their wildness. The civility and wildness of the river coexist, much like Huck's personality. 1.1Strength of emotion: the free-spirited wildness of my unrepressed desires... He is rediscovering the wildness within him that was forgotten. The ambiguity inherent in that fantasy of unpinning suggests not only the male desire, but also the very real potential of a female "wildness" that desires release. I love improvisation and wildness of feeling and imagination, but it all has to find a container for itself. Otherwise the energy leaks out. 2Lack of discipline or restraint: why does their mother do nothing to curb their wildness? the wildness of the nightlife... The wildness of Behn's life easily rivals that of any of the characters in her plays. He was always clever with mechanical things and I thought he was settled and had got over his wildness. I was interested in him as a character and, at the same time, a little scared of his wildness. 3Lack of sound reasoning or probability: the wildness of his ideas... He manages to bring to the stage the kind of free association and wildness of human thought that is generally the realm of the novelist. He has kept his friends perpetually apologizing for him by the wildness of his errors in dealing with other things of quite as much importance. He keeps it all in an oddly truthful range, given the wildness of the idea.
随便看	condenser condescend condescending condescendingly condescension condign condignly condiment condition conditional conditional discharge conditionality conditionally conditional probability conditional sale condition code conditioned reflex conditioned response conditioner condo condole condolence condom condominium condonation

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