Word · Frequency #18569
Fully loadedwilfully
任性固执地
stubbornly; obstinately
- 1.
Deliberately, on purpose.
故意地,有意地。
蓄意地；故意地,有意地。；任性固执地; 蓄意地
In use
She wilfully ignored the warning signs.
He wilfully damaged the library book and had to pay a fine.
The child wilfully refused to eat his vegetables.
wilfully do sth
wilfully 修饰动词时，常表示“故意地、蓄意地”。
She wilfully ignored the warning signs.
她故意无视了警告标志。
wilfully mislead sb
wilfully 与 mislead 搭配在法律或正式语境中常见，强调主观故意。
The company was accused of wilfully misleading investors.
该公司被指控故意误导投资者。
be wilfully blind to sth
be wilfully blind to sth 是常用搭配，表示“对……故意视而不见”。
Connections
Collocations
- wilfully ignore
- 蓄意无视；故意忽视
- He wilfully ignored the advice of his doctors.他蓄意无视医生的建议。
- wilfully misbehave
- 故意不守规矩；任性胡闹
- The child was punished for wilfully misbehaving during the lesson.那孩子因为在课堂上故意调皮捣蛋而受到惩罚。
- wilfully refuse
- 执意拒绝；蓄意拒不
- She wilfully refused to cooperate with the investigation.她执意拒绝配合调查。
- wilfully obstruct
- 蓄意阻挠；蓄意妨碍
- He was arrested for wilfully obstructing a police officer.他因蓄意妨碍警察执行公务而被捕。
- wilfully damage
- 蓄意损坏；蓄意破坏
- Anyone who wilfully damages public property will be fined.任何人蓄意损坏公共财产都将被罚款。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
wilfully 拆成 will（意志）+ fully（满满），脑海浮现“意志满满、一意孤行”的人，蓄意任性去做。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：law、literature wilfully 多用于正式文体和法律语境，表示“蓄意地”；在文学或记叙文中也可表示“任性固执地”。口语中比较少见，整体偏正式。
Pronunciation & Spelling
Of these, only skilfully (also spelled skillfully) truly rhymes with wilfully: both stress /ɪl/ and end in /fəli/. Wishfully and wistfully also begin with /wɪ/ but have a different consonant (/ʃ/ or /st/) before /fəli/, so they do not rhyme. Beautifully, playfully, and peacefully share the spelling -fully but have a different stressed vowel, so they are only lookalikes.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.