willy-nilly

美 [ˌwɪli ˈnɪli]英 [ˌwɪli ˈnɪli]
  • adv.随意地;不管愿意不愿意;乱糟糟地;无论想要不想要
  • adj.拖延的;不管愿不愿意的
willy-nillywilly-nilly

adv.

1

不管愿意不愿意;无论想要不想要
whether you want to or not

She was forced willy-nilly to accept the company's proposals.

她被迫无奈接受了公司的提议。

2

随意地;乱糟糟地
in a careless way without planning

Don't use your credit card willy-nilly.

别拿着你的信用卡随便花。

willy-nilly

频次

  • 1
    ADV 不管喜欢不喜欢;无可奈何地
    If something happens to you willy-nilly, it happens whether you like it or not.

    The government were dragged willy-nilly into the confrontation.

    政府不管情愿不情愿,也被拖进了这场冲突。

  • 2
    ADV 随意地;胡乱地
    If someone does something willy-nilly, they do it in a careless and disorganized way, without planning it in advance.

    Clerks bundled papers into files willy-nilly.

    职员们随意地将文件塞进文件夹里。

adv

1
in a random manner
the houses were randomly scattered
bullets were fired into the crowd at random
Synonym: randomly indiscriminately haphazardly arbitrarily at random every which way
2
without having a choice

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  1. Don 't use your credit card willy-nilly .

    别拿着你的信用卡随便花。

  2. The government were dragged willy-nilly into the confrontation .

    政府不管情愿不情愿,也被拖进了这场冲突。

  3. Clerks bundled papers into files willy-nilly .

    职员们随意地将文件塞进文件夹里。

  4. The neighbouring countries have become involved willy-nilly in the conflict .

    邻国已经无可奈何地卷进了这场冲突。

  5. The perplexed and willy-nilly character has finally make a big mistake .

    一路迷糊,半推半就的个性,终于让我铸下大错。

  6. They introduced the new laws willy-nilly .

    他们不管大家喜不喜欢就引进了法律。

  7. She was forced willy-nilly to accept the company 's proposals .

    她被迫无奈接受了公司的提议。

  8. Don 't use you credit card willy-nilly .

    别拿着你的信用卡随便花。

  9. She found herself forced , willy-nilly , to lend him more money .

    她发现自己被迫,不管是否乐意,得借给他更多钱。

  10. I found myself being dragged willy-nilly into their petty disputes .

    我发现自己无端地卷入他们琐碎的纠纷之中。

  11. Willy-nilly , we are all card-carrying citizens of the One Earth .

    无可奈何地,我们是全部一地球的卡片运载的公民。

  12. There are early signs that programmes are being implemented willy-nilly , without due thought to overarching national goals .

    已有一些苗头显示,部分项目的执行十分随意,缺乏综合考虑国家目标的深思熟虑。

  13. Yet the post is not allowed to raise prices ( of stamps and such ) willy-nilly ;

    但不管邮政局愿意不愿意,都不能提高费用(包括邮票面值和其它种种价格);

  14. You can 't just do as you please , willy-nilly .

    不管你愿不愿意,你不能想怎么干就怎么干。

  15. In the end , American taxpayers will have to pay the bill , willy-nilly , out of fear .

    到头来,由于恐惧,美国纳税人将不得不埋单。

  16. I found myself , willy-nilly , alchemized into an American the moment I touched French soil .

    我发现当我的双脚踏上法国的土地,就身不由己地一下子认识到自己是美国人。

  17. The Chinese are acquiring resources all around the world and with them , willy-nilly , an overseas empire that threatens U.

    中国人在全世界收购资源,并凭此成就一个威胁美国利益的海外帝国。

  18. When we 're inside them , objects float , willy-nilly , with tiny lives of their own .

    当我们进入这些建造物的内部时,物体乱七八糟地漂浮着,各有各的弱小生命。

  19. For example anger may provoke violent feelings towards another , but generally people refrain from stabbing each other willy-nilly .

    比如,愤怒可能激起对他人的过激行为,但是一般情况下,人们会避免和人死磕。

  20. She threw her clothes willy-nilly into a drawer .

    她将自己的衣服杂乱地扔入一个抽屉中。

  21. Add fuel subsidies to the currency peg , cheap labour and light planning regulation , and the incentive to expand capacity willy-nilly is overwhelming .

    燃油补贴,再加上盯住汇率制、廉价劳动力和计划调控监管不力,使得大肆扩大产能的动机占了上风。

  22. Heed my words here : Willy-nilly , no-schema , non-organized data is a recipe for disaster !

    请注意我这里的一句话:杂乱无章、无模式、无组织的数据是造成灾难的因素!

  23. They are too many , and willy-nilly they 'll drag down the would-be equestrian before ever he gets astride .

    奴隶太多,无论他们愿不愿意,不等你那人跨上马背,已经被他们拉了下来。

  24. Obviously , we are not bound to use the language just as it was used a hundred years ago , but neither is it in our interest to change the language willy-nilly .

    显而易见的是:我们既不愿意像百多年前那样使用语言,也不愿意去勉强的改变语言。

  25. And while there are products that help you convert your loved one 's cremains into a beautiful plant , you can 't just go putting them anywhere willy-nilly either ;

    虽然有些服务项目可以帮助您将所爱之人的骨骼变成美丽的植物,但您也不能随便将它们放在某个地方;

  26. The punter - less a player than a participant in forces outside his or her control - is handed a trio of cards and turns them willy-nilly .

    赌客——与其说是玩家,不如说是参与了自身无法控制的力量的人——会收到三张牌,然后不管愿意不愿意都要把这三张牌翻开。

  27. Any extraterrestrials with technology advanced enough to threaten us will surely have antennas larger than our own , instruments that can pick up the television and radio signals broadcast willy-nilly since World War II .

    技术发达程度足以威胁我们的地外文明必定拥有比我们更大的天线等强大设备,能够接收二战以来人类发送的杂乱的电视信号和无线电信号。

  28. You can 't just do that willy-nilly .

    你不能就这么随随便便随心所欲地做那件事。

  29. Into this universe , and why not knowing nor whence , like water willy-nilly flowing ; and out of it , as wind along the waste , I know not whither , willy-nilly blowing .

    飘飘入世,如水之不得不流,不知何故来,也不知来自何处;飘飘出世,如风之不得不吹,风过漠地又不知吹向何许。

  30. " He recognized that you can 't just abrogate contracts willy-nilly , but he moved to do what could be done ," Larry Summers , Obama 's chief economic adviser , told the AP in an interview Tuesday .

    “他知道你不能被迫取消合同,但他做了应该做的事情,”Obama的首席经济顾问LarrySummers在周二的一次访谈中告诉美联社。