self-will

短语

n. 任性, 固执

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The quality of being willful and ignoring opposition.

    不可数

词汇关系

名词

同义词 10

possession willpower self-control stubbornness obstinacy bullheadedness obstinance pigheadedness self-command self-possession

上位词 4

resolve resolution firmness resoluteness

下位词 7

nerves presence of mind impenitence impenitency intransigence intransigency rabidity

词源

From Middle English self-wil, self-wille, from Old English sylfwill, selfwill, selfwille (“self-will”), from Proto-West Germanic *selbawilljō, from Proto-Germanic *selbawiljô (“self-will”), equivalent to self- + will. Cognate with Old High German selbwillo, selpwillo, Old Norse sjalfvili.

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