Wanton

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a. (形容詞 adjective)[Z][B]



          1.    惡意的;肆無忌憚的

                      wanton cruelty

                      恣意肆虐

                      a wanton attack

                      惡意攻擊

          2.    不負責任的;胡亂的;反覆無常的

          3.    無節制的;過分的;(草木)繁茂的

                      She is living in wanton luxury.

                      她生活極其奢侈。

          4.    嬉戲的;淘氣的

          5.    淫蕩的

                      a wanton woman

                      蕩婦



vi. (不及物動詞 intransitive verb)



          1.    任性;反覆無常

          2.    嬉戲

          3.    生活奢侈;放肆



vt. (及物動詞 transitive verb)



          1.    揮霍(錢財)[(+away)]

                      He quickly wantoned away his inheritance.

                      他很快就揮霍盡他所繼承的財產。



n. (名詞 noun)[C]



          1.    嬉鬧的人(或動物)

          2.    奢侈享樂的人

          3.    淫蕩的人(尤指蕩婦)





　Swapping the wanton excesses of the 1980s New York art world for the puritanical confines of the Castro regime, Julian Schnabel continues to tread the myth-rich, landmine-ridden terrain of the martyred-artist biopic.





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