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

• Indulge your aeronautical whims.
  尽管纵容你的飞天奇想吧。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• That makes the economy less vulnerable to the whims of market speculators who have triggered serious financial crises elsewhere.
  这使其经济不大会受到曾在其他地方导致严重金融危机的市场投机风潮的危害。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。