waywardness

基本解釋

Alas, sometimes waywardness is the mother of invention.
唉，有時(shí)候懶惰也能帶來發(fā)明呀。
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Against a background like this, a little waywardness in the world of macroeconomics seems entirely forgivable.
基于上述家庭背景，這位有點(diǎn)任性的宏觀經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)大師完全是可以得到諒解的。
I made clear to her how laughable would have been the waywardness of English spelling but for the tragic compulsion we were under to cram it for our examinations.
我明確告訴她，英文拼法的毫無規(guī)則是多么可笑，只有在不幸的強(qiáng)迫之下，我們?yōu)榱丝荚嚥艑?duì)它死記硬背。

But, given their big neighbour's complaisance about Mexican waywardness, how long will that last?
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Against a background like this, a little waywardness in the world of macroeconomics seems entirely forgivable.
ECONOMIST: Wynne Godley, British economist, died on May 13th, aged 83
He cannot tend to all its branches all of the time—and their waywardness is beginning to exhaust him.
ECONOMIST: Italy’s government soldiers on, but for how long?