willy-nilly

英 [ˌwɪli ˈnɪli]

美 [ˌwɪli ˈnɪli]

adv.  不管愿意不愿意; 无论想要不想要; 随意地; 乱糟糟地

牛津词典

adv.

• 不管愿意不愿意；无论想要不想要
  whether you want to or not
  1. She was forced willy-nilly to accept the company's proposals.
     她被迫无奈接受了公司的提议。
• 随意地；乱糟糟地
  in a careless way without planning
  1. Don't use your credit card willy-nilly.
     别拿着你的信用卡随便花。

柯林斯词典

• ADV 不管喜欢不喜欢;无可奈何地
  If something happens to youwilly-nilly, it happens whether you like it or not.
  1. 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。
• ADV 随意地;胡乱地
  If someone does somethingwilly-nilly, they do it in a careless and disorganized way, without planning it in advance.
  1. Clerks bundled papers into files willy-nilly.
     职员们随意地将文件塞进文件夹里。

英英释义

adv

• in a random manner
  1. the houses were randomly scattered
  2. bullets were fired into the crowd at random
  Synonym:randomlyindiscriminatelyhaphazardlyarbitrarilyat randomevery which way
• without having a choice

双语例句

• 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。
• 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。
• She was forced willy-nilly to accept the company's proposals.
  她被迫无奈接受了公司的提议。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• "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。
• They introduced the new laws willy-nilly.
  他们不管大家喜不喜欢就引进了法律。
• 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。
• 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。