wanton
wanton 英 [ˈwɒntən] 美 [ˈwɑntən]
adj. 嬉戏的；繁茂的；荒唐的；无节制的；放纵的 n. 荡妇；水性杨花的女人 vi. 放肆；嬉戏；闲荡
进行时:wantoning 过去式:wantoned 过去分词:wantoned 第三人称单数:wantons 名词复数:wantons
- Wanton describes something excessive, uncontrolled and sometimes even cruel. The principal sees a food fight as a wanton act of vandalism done with wanton disregard for the rules, but the kids might just see it as fun.
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- adj. 嬉戏的；繁茂的；荒唐的；无节制的；放纵的
- n. 荡妇；水性杨花的女人
- vi. 放肆；嬉戏；闲荡
- vt. 挥霍
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1. It is outside my ken how anyone of your intelligence can commit such a wanton act of vandalism.
像你这样聪明的人竟然做出这种荒唐的故意破坏的事情超出了我的知识范围。
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2. But to start the next wave of opportunities, we need to revive the kind of wanton cross-pollination that got us this far.
但是我们需要复活那种把我们带到这里的异花授粉的放荡，来开始下一波机会。
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3. However, the fallout from this wanton violence is going to have long-term political consequences throughout the Arab world.
然而这肆意的暴力所带来的辐射尘将会给阿拉伯世界造成长期的政治后果。
- wanton (adj.) early 14c., wan-towen, "resistant to control; willful," from Middle English privative word-forming element wan- "wanting, lacking, deficient," from Old English wan-, which was used interchangeably with un- (1), and is cognate with Dutch wan- (as in wanbestuur "misgovernment," wanluid "discordant sound"), Swedish and Danish van-, from Proto-Germanic *wano- "lacking," from PIE *weno-, suffixed form of root *eue- "to leave, abandon, give out." Common in Old and Middle English, still present in 18c. glossaries of Scottish and Northern English; this word is its sole modern survival.
- wanton (n.) "one who is ill-behaved," mid-15c., especially "lascivious, lewd person" (1520s), from wanton (adj.).
- wanton (v.) "to revel, frolic unrestrainedly," 1580s, from wanton (adj.). Related: Wantoned; wantoning.
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