waywardness

基本解释

Alas, sometimes waywardness is the mother of invention.
唉，有时候懒惰也能带来发明呀。
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Against a background like this, a little waywardness in the world of macroeconomics seems entirely forgivable.
基于上述家庭背景，这位有点任性的宏观经济学大师完全是可以得到谅解的。
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.
我明确告诉她，英文拼法的毫无规则是多么可笑，只有在不幸的强迫之下，我们为了考试才对它死记硬背。

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?