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

• Furthermore, it is harder to ignore them when they cannot be banished psychologically to another part of town or excused as the whims of aliens groups-when they have to acknowledges as "part of us".
  此外，当他们不能在心理上被驱逐到城填的另一部分或被当作外星人的怪念头的时候是很难把它忽略掉的。因为他们已经成为“我们的一部分”。
• Indulge your aeronautical whims.
  尽管纵容你的飞天奇想吧。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。