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

• 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 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。
• You are alone in daring to speak to me like this leonardo! Whims you say.
  你是唯一敢这么跟我说话的人，莱奥纳多！你居然敢说我是“怪念头”。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Follies and nonsense, whims and inconsistencies do divert me, I own, and I laugh at them whenever I can.
  愚蠢和无聊，荒唐和矛盾，这的确叫我觉得好笑，我自己也承认，我只要能够加以讥笑，总是加以讥笑。
• You may think that things like cutouts or pop-ups will do this for you and thus make you stand out, or you may think they just look like designer whims that add cost.
  你可能认为许多事情像切口或者弹出窗口将为你做这些因此也使你脱颖而出。否则你可能认为他们只是像设计师突发奇想，增加成本。
• Without the objective principle, accounting records would be based on whims and options and subject to dispute.
  失去客观性原则，会计记录将会建立在主观臆断和个人意见的基础上，并易导致争论。