willy-nilly
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[编辑]词源
[编辑]源自will I, nill I(有时亦用ye或he代替I),意为“如果我希望,如果我不希望”,即“无论我希不希望”。参见will (“想要,希望”)、nill (“(弃用)不想,不愿,不希望”)。[1]
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[编辑]willy-nilly (比較級 more willy-nilly,最高級 most willy-nilly)
- 无论(别人)想不想要;不管三七二十一;随意,随心所欲,轻易,只管
- 近義詞:(古旧) nilly-willy, nolens volens
- Some writers chasing money churn out novels willy-nilly.
- 一些只想着钱的作家就一股脑地写一堆[劣质]小说。
- 1868,[Johann Wolfgang von] Goethe,譯者 Arthur Duke Coleridge,Egmont. A Tragedy. […],London:Chapman & Hall, […],→OCLC,Act II,第 40 頁:
- Whenever I see a long handsome neck, willy nilly, the thought will come uppermost—What a capital neck for carving! Those cursed executions! One can't rid one's mind of them.
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- 1869年4月1日,A. A. D.,“Twelve Scenes in a Young Lady’s Life. No. IV. A Spring Ramble.”,The Young Englishwoman. A Volume of Pure Literature, New Fashions, and Pretty Needlework Patterns,第 III 卷,London:Ward, Lock, and Tyler, […],→OCLC,stanza 1,第 220 頁,第 1 列:
- I'll own I'm very glad he's come— / To hide my feelings would be silly— / You see I'm not so shy as some, / My thoughts will come out "willy-nilly."
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- Template:RQ:Besant For Faith and Freedom
- 1895January,Thomas Hardy,“Hearts Insurgent”,Harper’s New Monthly Magazine,第 XC 卷,第 DXXXVI 期,New York, N.Y.:Harper & Brothers, […],→OCLC,chapter VIII,第 194 頁,第 2 列:
- He says he shall come for me willy-nilly, and father and mother say I must have him! But I don't want to—because—because—I love you best!
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- Template:RQ:Huxley Ape and Essence
- 1954,Aldous Huxley,The Doors of Perception,London:Chatto & Windus,→OCLC,第 36 頁:
- The outer world is what we wake up to every morning of our lives, is the place where, willy-nilly, we must try to make our living.
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- 偶然地,随机地
- The novel Alice in Wonderland describes a place where things happen willy-nilly.
- 小说《爱丽丝梦游仙境》写了一个有很多怪事发生的地方。
其他形式
[编辑]形容词
[编辑]willy-nilly (比較級 more willy-nilly,最高級 most willy-nilly)
- 无论想不想都会发生的
- 近義詞:(古旧) nilly-willy
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[编辑]参考资料
[编辑]- ↑ “willy-nilly, adv. and adj.”,OED Online
,Oxford, Oxfordshire:Oxford University Press,December 2015年; “willy-nilly, adv.”,Lexico,Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press,2019–present年.