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单词 willful
释义 will·ful
adjective
or wil·ful \ˈwilfəl\
Etymology: Middle English wilful, from (assumed) Old English wilful willing (whence Old English wilfullīce willfully), from Old English wil will + -ful
1. : governed by will without yielding to reason or without regard to reason : obstinately or perversely self-willed
 < devil took possession … I became obstinate and willful — L.N.Chambers >
 < seemed willful as children, believing that the wish justified the act — C.B.Nordhoff & J.N.Hall >
 < the moral passions are even more willful and imperious and impatient than the self-seeking passions — Lionel Trilling >
: stubborn
 < possibly a few willful people might deny that Vermont is the most beautiful state — Bernard DeVoto >
2. : done deliberately : not accidental or without purpose : intentional, self-determined
 < a willful injury >
 < willful murder >
 < willful distortion of the facts >
 < alleged willful failure to register — Current Biography >
3. obsolete : ready or disposed to comply : willing
4. obsolete : done of one's own free will : not compulsory
Synonyms: see unruly, voluntary
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