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whims

英 [wɪmz]

美 [wɪmz]

n.  心血来潮; 一时的兴致; 突发的奇想
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柯林斯词典

  • N-VAR 一时的兴致;心血来潮;突发的奇想
    Awhimis a wish to do or have something which seems to have no serious reason or purpose behind it, and often occurs suddenly.
    1. We decided, more or less on a whim, to sail to Morocco...
      我们多少有点心血来潮,决定航海去摩洛哥。
    2. The premium can increase at the whim of the insurers...
      保险公司可以随时提高保费。
    3. Lately, the president has been sacking and picking new ministers at whim.
      最近,总统一时兴起频频解雇旧部长,选任新部长。

双语例句

  • An inability to resist the gratification of whims and desires.
    无力阻止幻想与愿望。
  • Often the tenant had to commit degrading acts just to satisfy his landlord's whims.
    佃户经常被迫做一些下作的事以满足地主的低级趣味。
  • You should be the last to care about the whims of the designer-based, enterprise-library-minded, software-factory-code-generator-happy folk.
    我们不应该再沉浸于基于设计器的,企业类库思想的,乐于使用软件工厂代码设计器的幻想中了。
  • But they do so based on their expectations of future trends in supply and demand, not on whims.
    但是他们是基于他们对未来供需趋势的预期来投资的,而不是一时兴起而为之。
  • So it is not subject to the whims of foreign investors.
    因此,外国投资者的反复无常不会对它造成影响。
  • I don't have time to obey all those whims of yours.
    我没时间一天到晚跟着你的怪念头转。
  • But, I expect whims of fate consistently, How valuable a life is!
    但是,我总是期待命运的奇变,生命是何等可贵呀!
  • Success in this job requires anticipating the whims of the public.
    这项工作的成功需要预料到公众的兴之所至。
  • He was very dependent on the whims and financial circumstances of his eccentric father.
    他身不由己,在很大程度上被他那脾气古怪的父亲的奇思异想和经济状况左右着。
  • With the reduction in foreign investments, the government will be even more a hostage to the whims of the international oil price
    随着外资的减少,政府将更加受制于起伏不定的国际油价。