whims

英 [wɪmz]

美 [wɪmz]

n.  心血来潮; 一时的兴致; 突发的奇想
whim的第三人称单数和复数

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

• This in turn leads to more mistrust and unrest at the club as the constant revolution of indulgences and whims continues.
  这依次导致了俱乐部内部更多的不信任和不安，于是持续的放任和反复无常继续着。
• Dorian's whims are laws to everybody, except himself.
  道林的怪念头对旁人来说都是法律，就他自己可以例外。
• I have not been used to submit to any person's whims.
  任何人玩什么花巧，我都不会屈服。
• When you're subject to the whims of a complete madman there's no saying what will happen.
  当你受到一个十足疯子的怪念头支配时，就说不准会发生什么事了。
• You might have to tolerate the whims of a mercurial tycoon but you will observe first-hand how to do it.
  你可能不得不忍受一个多变大佬的突发奇想，但你会获得关于如何做的第一手观察。
• But oversaving is an expensive way to guard against the whims of international capital flows and may even be counterproductive: today's crisis was fuelled by the imbalance between saving countries and spending ones.
  但在防范国际资本的流动变幻无常方面，过度储蓄是一种代价昂贵的方式，而且甚至可能产生反效果：储蓄国和消费国之间的失衡，加剧了目前的危机。
• For most of recorded history, individual aspirations were subject to the whims of tyrants and empires.
  在有历史记载的大部分时期，个人的愿望往往受制于暴君和帝国肆意翻云覆雨的狂热。
• 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！
• 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。
• The financial flows behind these political whims can be complicated.
  这些政治愿望背后的资金流动可能很复杂。