whim
英 [wɪm]
美[wɪm]
- n. 奇想；一时的兴致；怪念头；幻想
词态变化
复数: whims;
中文词源
whim 心血来潮
缩写自whimsy.
英英释意
- 1. a sudden desire;
- "he bought it on an impulse"
- 2. an odd or fanciful or capricious idea;
- "the theatrical notion of disguise is associated with disaster in his stories"
- "he had a whimsy about flying to the moon"
- "whimsy can be humorous to someone with time to enjoy it"
英文词源
- whim (n.)
- 1640s, "play on words, pun," shortened from whimwham "fanciful object" (q.v.). Meaning "caprice, fancy, sudden turn or inclination of the mind" first recorded 1690s, probably a shortened form of whimsy.
实用场景例句
- He was forced to pander to her every whim .
- 她每次心血来潮他都不得不依随她。
牛津词典
- We bought the house on a whim .
- 我们一时冲动买了这所房子。
牛津词典
- My duties seem to change daily at the whim of the boss.
- 我的职责似乎随着老板的兴致每天改变。
牛津词典
- the whims of fashion
- 时尚的变化多端
牛津词典
- She hires and fires people at whim .
- 她随心所欲地雇用人和解雇人。
牛津词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- The premium can increase at the whim of the insurers...
- 保险公司可以随时提高保费。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- It means learning to enter and exit in response to predefined signals rather on a whim.
- 就是根据提前设置好的信号进场,出场,而不是冲动地进进出出.
期刊摘选
- Think about how much money you spend buying things on a whim.
- 好好想一下,你因为心血来潮花了多少钱买东西.
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- Her grandparents indulged her every whim.
- 她的祖父母充分满足她的每一个怪念头.
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- Likewise, policy should not be revised at every turn, nor rules changed by political whim.
- 同样地,在每一个经济起伏的转折期, 不应该泛政治化的瞎考虑,把既定政策立刻调整(正)改变既定游戏规则.
期刊摘选
- His mother spoiled him indulging his every whim.
- 他的妈妈溺爱他,总是满足他的各种要求.
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- I wish to live without hate, whim , jealousy, envy, fear.
- 我希望远离仇恨 、 任性、猜疑 、 嫉妒和恐惧.
期刊摘选
- He panders to her every whim.
- 他对她的性子百依百顺.
《简明英汉词典》
- Unlike reason, faith and feelings boundary to limit any delusion, any whim.
- 与理性不同, 信仰与情感对错觉与妄想作出限制.
期刊摘选
- The plate cylinder can be changed at whim and change the length of printing.
- 可以任意转换齿轮版辊,改变印刷长度.
期刊摘选
- I bought the encyclopedia on a whim.
- 我凭一时的兴致买了这本百科全书.
《简明英汉词典》
- He flew into a whim and went swimming on a cold winter day, and got a fever soon afterwards.
- 在一个寒冷的冬天, 他心血来潮去游泳,回来就发高烧.
《简明英汉词典》
- He dotes on his grandchildren and indulges their every whim.
- 他溺爱自己的孙辈,并且满足他们的任何想法”
期刊摘选
- It's only a passing whim , ie one that will soon be forgotten.
- 这只不过是一闪之念.
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- Everyone was entirely subject to the whim of the Sultan.
- 所有人都完全听命于苏丹王,由着他随心所欲.
《简明英汉词典》
- And immediately began after the draw a whim.
- 刚开始试营业,立刻引来一批突发奇想的顾客.
期刊摘选
- No one negates history out whim, but only under the impact of harrowing and unsuspected tragedies.
- 没有人一闪念就否定了历史, 除非历经悲痛的打击与意料不到的悲剧.
期刊摘选
- The students, prompted by a whim , had decided on such a Teachers'Day gift.
- 同学心血来潮, 送出这样的 教师节 礼物.
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- He has beeb by a whim tonight and is writing several short poems at one sitting.
- 今晚他心血来潮,一口气写下了好几首短诗.
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- She bought that dress on a whim.
- 她一时心血来潮就买了那件连衣裙.
《简明英汉词典》
- Along with a fellow Parkinson's sufferer, Temple decided, on a whim, to form a choir.
- 而后, 谭普一时兴起, 决定与同为帕金森氏症的病友组成合唱团.
期刊摘选
- Once we fall, however slightly, into immoderation, momentum gathers and we can be lost to whim.
- 一旦我们失去节制, 不管多么轻微, 惯性便形成了, 我们就有可能在奇想中迷失.
期刊摘选
- He was forced to pander to her every whim .
- 她每次心血来潮他都不得不依随她。
《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》
- Every whim will be gratified.
- 每一个突发的念头都会得到满足。
柯林斯例句