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

• She was forced willy-nilly to accept the company's proposals.
  她被迫无奈接受了公司的提议。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Clerks bundled papers into files willy-nilly.
  职员们随意地将文件塞进文件夹里。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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！
• "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。