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

• The rest she had for food and her own whims.
  剩下的钱她用来吃饭和买一些自己喜欢的东西。
• 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 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。
• Indulge your aeronautical whims.
  尽管纵容你的飞天奇想吧。
• Never bowing to the whims of ephemeral fashion, we have always held on to solid and lasting values.
  决不屈从于古怪而短暂的时尚，我们始终紧紧坚持可靠与持久的价值。
• 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。
• An inability to resist the gratification of whims and desires.
  无力阻止幻想与愿望。
• 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。
• They are completely subject to the whims and moods of a single superior.
  他们完全受制于上司个人的一时想法和情绪。
• 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。