The researchers also provided participants with a definition of narcissist: egotistical, self-focused and vain.

任性的、以自我为中心的、以及自负的。

And it's not so much a question about why mama bear crossed the road as it is how she did it with three wayward cubs.

所以与其问熊妈妈为什么要过马路，不如说她是陪它三只任性的幼崽起过马路的。

The ranter, the person animated by a rigid desire that everyone should listen to them, hasn't (of course) been overindulged: They are just playing out the frightening consequences of never having been heard when it mattered.

那些倾诉欲望极其强烈的人当然不是因为从小就任性妄为。这切不过是内心长期被忽视的结果。

I've often been accused of being stubborn and willful, but sometimes it works like gangbusters.

别人经常指责我又固执又任性，但某些时候这些特质让我无往不利。

But Helen was quick to realize that Miss Sullivan was not about to let the petulant child get away with her outrageous behaviour, as had been happening up until then.

但海伦很快就意识到，沙利文老师不会像之前发生的那样，让这个任性的孩子不受惩罚。

I finally asked, an unintentional note of petulance in my voice.

我终于开口问道，声音里带着丝并非有意的任性。

At Lowardwe shall tame her unruly spirit.

在 Loward 我们会把她的任性驯服。

This wilful world hath not got hold of unchristian Solomon's wisdom yet.

这个任性的世界迄今还没有掌握非基督徒的所罗门的智慧。

Now psychologists have long been interested in these sort of violent, disruptive, perverse acts and the kinds of people who do them.

心理学家直对这种暴力的、破坏性的、任性的行为和这类肇者很感兴趣。

Riordan's series, although full of frothy action and sometimes sophomoric humor, also cleverly engages in a literary exercise as old as the Western canon: spinning new adventures for the petulant gods and compromised heroes of Greek mythology.

赖尔登的系列虽然充满了浮华的动作，有时还带有幼稚的幽默，但也巧妙地运用了种与西方经典样古老的文学手法：为希腊神话中任性的神和妥协的英雄们编造新的冒险。

Little Lucy Ferrier was borne along pleasantly enough in Elder Stangerson's wagon, a retreat which she shared with the Mormon's three wives and with his son, a headstrong, forward boy of twelve.

小露茜·费瑞厄被收留在长老斯坦节逊的篷车里，非常受人喜爱。她和斯坦节逊的三个妻子，还有他那任性、早熟的十二岁的儿子同住在起，露茜不久便恢复了健康。

He was fed up with both of them: with Sculley for not having the guts to take command over the past year, and with Jobs for " acting like a petulant brat."

在过去年里，斯卡利没胆量负责指挥管理，而乔布斯则“像个任性的小孩儿”。

We may do something that could get us labelled as 'self-indulgent' (like having psychotherapy three times a week or writing a book), but that is vital to our spirit.

我们可能会做些让自己被贴上‘任性’标签的情（每周进行三次心理治疗或者是写本书），但那对我们的灵魂来说是至关重要的。

Yes, master, drunk from the nutmegs it was devouring under that nutmeg tree where I caught it. See, Ned my friend, see the monstrous results of intemperance!

是的，先生，它在豆寇树下吃豆寇吃醉了，我就在树下把它捉到。尼德好朋友，请您看看这贪吃贪喝、过度任性的可怕结果吧！

We have two bright, young people who chose the college path and two wayward souls whose mistakes we can only hope to learn from.

我们邀请了两位选择走入大学的优秀青年，还有两个任性的迷途青年，但愿我们能从他们身上吸取教训。

The afternoon was wretched. They could not understand the caprice of this German, and the strangest ideas came into their heads.

下午的气氛是愁闷的。谁也不明白这个德国人为什么如此任性，各人的脑海里都被些稀奇古怪的念头纠缠着。

Amy felt anxious, as well she might, for when Jo turned freakish there was no knowing where she would stop.

艾米有理由为此担心，因为每当乔变得古怪任性，便没人知道她什么时候才能收得住。

There's always an interesting problem when you're working with animals that are independent thinkers and some kind of headstrong.

当你与独立思考和某种任性的动物打交道时，总是会有个有趣的问题。

I did not humour her caprice of talking to me.

我没有迁就她跟我说话的任性。

We quickly fall into believing that the partner's incomprehension can only be explained in one way: It must come down to wilfulness or nastiness.

我们很快就相信伴侣的不理解只能用种方式来解释：这必须归结为任性或无礼。