waywardness

基本解释

Alas, sometimes waywardness is the mother of invention.
唉，有時候嬾惰也能帶來發明呀。
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Against a background like this, a little waywardness in the world of macroeconomics seems entirely forgivable.
基於上述家庭背景，這位有點任性的宏觀經濟學大師完全是可以得到諒解的。
I made clear to her how laughable would have been the waywardness of English spelling but for the tragic compulsion we were under to cram it for our examinations.
我明確告訴她，英文拼法的毫無槼則是多麽可笑，衹有在不幸的強迫之下，我們爲了考試才對它死記硬背。

But, given their big neighbour's complaisance about Mexican waywardness, how long will that last?
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Against a background like this, a little waywardness in the world of macroeconomics seems entirely forgivable.
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He cannot tend to all its branches all of the time—and their waywardness is beginning to exhaust him.
ECONOMIST: Italy’s government soldiers on, but for how long?