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

• But, I expect whims of fate consistently, How valuable a life is!
  但是，我总是期待命运的奇变，生命是何等可贵呀！
• 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”。
• 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。
• An inability to resist the gratification of whims and desires.
  无力阻止幻想与愿望。
• 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。
• 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。
• With the reduction in foreign investments, the government will be even more a hostage to the whims of the international oil price
  随着外资的减少，政府将更加受制于起伏不定的国际油价。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。