遗嘱。◊
My/ather 〖明:me the house m his
wiH.我父亲 在遗嘱中把这所房子遗赠给了我。一see also living will 4 -wH丨ed (in
adjectives 构成形容词）having
the type of will mentioned有…意志的；…毅力的：a
strong-wiHed young womcm意志坚强的年轻女子〇桃<3欠- vWHed greedy
people 意志薄弱而贪婪的人 IT»TO1 against your ’w川 when you do not want to 不情愿地；违心 地：I was
forced to sign the agreement against my will. 我被迫违心地签了这份协议。at 'will whenever
or wherever you like 任意；随意：They
were able to come and go at wiH.他们能够来去自由。where there’s a .will there^ a
'way {saying) if you really want
to do sth then you will find a wSy of doing it 有志者事竟成 with a _wH丨 in a willing and enthusiastic way 愿意地：热情
地：乐意地 with the ,best w丨IMn
the ’world used to say that you cannot do sth, even though you
really want to尽管已尽心竭力；尽管真心愿意：Mth the
best will in the world I could not describe him as a good /ather.尽管我心里极想美言几句，却怎么也不能说他是位
好父奉。
will-ful (/V/\m£)
= WILFUL
willie = willy
the wil-lies /'wiliz/ noun [pi.] {informal) if sth gives you
the willies, you are frightened by it or find it unpleas-
ant心里发4;满心、芣自_ will-ing 〇T* /'Wiliq/ adj.
1 [not
usually before noun] (to do sth) not objecting to doing sth; having no
reason for not doing sth 愿意；乐 意：They
keep a list of people (who are) willing to work nights.祕们有一份愿意夜间工作的人的名单。◊
J’m perfectly willing to discuss the problem.
这.个问题。2 [usually before; noun] ready
or pleased to help and not needing to be persuaded; done or given in an
enthusiastic way自愿的；乐于相助的；积极肓干的：
w仙nghdpers/vohmteers主动帮忙的人；志愿工作者◊
wiHing support 自愿的支持◊ S/ie’s
ve/y wi出ng.她#常积 极肯干。nrja unwilling ► will-ing-ly
adv. ： People wouZd wiHfngZy pay znore/or better services•有好一些的
服务，人们是愿意多花钱的。◊ WiH you me?’ “请帮帮我好吗？” “当然可以。,.”以川.丨叩- ness noun [U, sing.] ITiTOl see god, show v., spirit n. will-o,-the-wisp /,wil a
60 'wisp/ noun [usually sing.] 1 a thing that is
impossible to obtain; a person that you cannot depend on难以捉摸的人（i _物）；镜凌水 月；虚无物 2 a blue light that is sometimes seen at
night on soft wet ground and is caused by natural gases burning憐火；鬼火
wil*low
/'wilau; /V/AmE'wilou/ noun 1 [C] a tree with long thin branches and
long thin leaves, that often grows near water 柳；柳树一see also pussy willow 2 [U] the wood of the willow tree, used
especially for making CRICKET BATS柳木'（常用以制作板球拍）
wil-lowy /'wilaui;
NAmE 'wiloui/ adj. (approving) (of a person,
especially a woman A,尤指女人)tall, thin and attractive丨參长苗条的；婀娜凄蒌的
will-power noun [U] the ability to
control your thoughts and actions in order to achieve what you want to do 意志力
willy (also
wil-lie) /'wili/ noun {pi. -ies) [BrE, informal) a word for a penis, used especially by children or
when speaking to children小鸡鸡充作儿童用语} — see also WILLIES
willy-nilly /.wili 'nili/ adv. (informal) 1 whether you want
to or not不管愿意不愿意；无论想要不想要：She was
forced willy-nilly to accept the company's proposals. 她被迫无奈接受了公司的提议。2 in a careless way without planning 随意地；乱糟糟地：Don’t
use your credit card wiZZy-niZZy.另丨1拿着你的信用卡随便花。
wilt /wilt/ verb 1 [V, VN] if a plant or flower wilts, or
sth wilts it, it bends towards the ground because of the heat or a lack
of water (使）枯萎，凋谢，蔫 H771 droop 2 [V] (informal) to become weak or
tired or less confident变得委靡不振；发蔫；变得又累又乏；失去自信
H771 flag ： The spectators were wilting visibly in the
hotsim.看得出观众在炎热的阳光下快支撑不住了^ ◊
He was wi/ring under the pressure 0/work.他被工作压得 喘不过气来。3 thou
wilt (o/c/ t/se) used to mean *you
2303 win
will’，when
talking to one person (同一个人谈话时用，
即 you
will)
wilt.ed /'wiltid/ adj. wilted vegetable
leaves, for example lettuce
leaves, have been cooked for a short time and then used in a salad (菜叶）稍煮的，焯水的
wily /'waili/ adj. (wili-er,
wili-est) clever at getting what you want, and willing to trick
people 狡滑的；诡计多端 的；爱捉弄人的 mn cunning： The
boss is a wily old /ox.老板是个狡猾的老狐狸。
wimp /wimp/ noun, verb
m noun {informal, disapproving) a person who is
not strong, brave or confident li夫；窝囊备 tTITl
weed ► wimp ish
(also wimpy) : wimpish behaviour 懦弱的行为
■ verb rm?Pl ,wimp 'out (of
sth) {informal,
disapproving) to not do sth that you intended to do because you are
too frightened or not confident enough to do it 畏缩而 不敢做；怯而不做
wim-ple /'wimpl/ noun a head covering
made of cloth folded around the head and neck, worn by women in the Middle Ages
and now by some nuns (中世纪妇女
p当今某些修女戴的）温帕尔头巾
win /win/ verb, noun
mverb (win ning, won, won /waii/) 1 to be the most successful in a competition, race,
battle, etc•(在比赛、 赛跑、战斗等中）族胜.贏：[V] to win at cards/chess， etc.贏牌、贏棋等0 Which team won?哪个队贏了？ ◊ •
中保守党从工党手中夺得了这个议席。〇[VNN] you’ve won yourse〖/a trip
to New Ybrfc.你贏得了一次纽约之旅。
3 [VN] to achieve or
get sth that you want, especially by your own efforts (尤指通过自己的努力）取得，获得： They are trying to win support for
their proposals. 在吳力争取人们支持他们的建议。◊
rhe company has won a contract to supply books and
materials to schools. 这家公司得到了 一份向学校供应图书资料的合同。◊
She won the admiration of many people in her battle against ameer.她在与癌症的对抗中贏得了许多人的钦佩。一see
also NO-WIN, WINNER, WINNING, WIN-WIN 1171^1 you, he, etc. .can^ 'win {informal) used to say that
there is no acceptable way of dealing with a particular situation 怎么做都不讨没有令人满意的方法you
can’t win them all I you 'win some, you lose some {informal) used to
express sympathy for sb who has been disap- pointed about sth (用于勉慰 > 一个人不可能事事都成
功，有所得就有所失1you win (/n/ormfl/) used
to agree to what sb wants after you have failed to persuade them to do or let
you do sth else (被迫表示_意时说）你贏 '■孓，我服输了丨、QKr you
win, HZ admiY J was wrong.行， 你贏 T。義承认我错 f。win
(sth) .hands 'down (/•/i丨/o/7r»fl〇 to win
sth very easily.轻易取#;唾手可得 win sb’s 'heart to make sb love
you 贏得（秦人）的;i ,win or _丨ose whether you succeed or fail 不:论成畋；’不管 输贏；无论胜负：Win or
Zose, know we’ve done our best.无论胜负，我们都知道自己已尽了最大努力。
— more at day,
spur n. ,win
sb<^a_round/
'over/1 round (to
sth) to get sb5s support or approval by persuading them that you
are right 贏得…的支持；
月艮；把…争取过来：She’s against the idea but I’m sure J ccm win her
over.她反对这一想法，但我相信我能把她
争取过来。，win sth/sbwback to get or have again sth/sb that
you had before重新获得；把…争取回来： The party is struggling to win back voters who have
been aZienated by recent scandak.这个政党正尽力把最近因丑
闻而疏远的选民争取回来。，wi_n _out/_through (/n/omu?/) to be successful despite difficulties (克服困事）终获成 功：It won?t
be easy but well win through in the end. 这并不容易，但我们最终会获得成功。