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

• 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”。
• But oversaving is an expensive way to guard against the whims of international capital flows and may even be counterproductive: today's crisis was fuelled by the imbalance between saving countries and spending ones.
  但在防范国际资本的流动变幻无常方面，过度储蓄是一种代价昂贵的方式，而且甚至可能产生反效果：储蓄国和消费国之间的失衡，加剧了目前的危机。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• An inability to resist the gratification of whims and desires.
  无力阻止幻想与愿望。
• 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。
• 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。