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willy-nilly
adverb
informaluk /ˌwɪl.iˈnɪl.i/ us /ˌwɪl.iˈnɪl.i/
If something happens willy-nilly, it happens even if the people who are involved do not want it to happen: 不管愿不愿意;无可奈何地
Both sides were drawn, willy-nilly, into the conflict.双方都不由自主地被卷进了冲突中。
without any order: 杂乱地;乱糟糟地
She threw her clothes willy-nilly into a drawer.她把她的衣服乱糟糟地扔进抽屉里。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Unwilling and reluctant
arsed
balk
baulk
be blowed if...idiom
be in no mood for something/to do somethingidiom
begrudge
deign
disinclination
disinclined
disobliging
drag your heels/feetidiom
indisposed
indisposition
jib
not have the stomach for somethingidiom
rather you than meidiom
reluctance
reluctant
reluctantly
wouldn't
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willy-nilly | American Dictionary
willy-nilly
adverb[ not gradable ]
us/ˌwɪl·iˈnɪl·i/
suddenly and without planning or order:
Her words tumbled out all willy-nilly.
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