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

• 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。
• 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！
• 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。
• An inability to resist the gratification of whims and desires.
  无力阻止幻想与愿望。
• It's part of her agent's job to indulge her whims.
  她的经纪人工作的一部分就是迁就好的异想天开。
• You have two choices; Get out on your own, or bend to your mate's whims.
  你有两个选择：依靠自己或者听从伴侣。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。