whim

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  • n.忽起的念头；奇想；任性；【矿】采矿辘轳
  • Web幻想；妇女健康行动记忆研究；妇女健康倡议记忆研究(Women's Health Initiative Memory Study)
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n.
1.
忽起的念头,一时的兴致;奇想,怪想;任性
2.
【矿】采矿辘轳;绞盘;绞车

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AllAll,忽起的念头忽起的念头,奇想奇想,任性任性,采矿辘轳采矿辘轳,幻想幻想,妇女健康行动记忆研究妇女健康行动记忆研究
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1.
In the short term, though, the prospects of a business so dependent on the whims of politicians are bound to be uncertain.
从短期来看，的确，一项如此依赖于政客朝令夕改的产业前景终将有极大的不确定性。
cóng duǎn qī lái kàn , dí què , yī xiàng rú cǐ yī lài yú zhèng kè zhāo lìng xī gǎi de chǎn yè qián jǐng zhōng jiāng yǒu jí dà de bù què dìng xìng 。
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2.
This is not bad. The Fish is willing to be a part of your whims and desires, and that makes for a lasting union.
这对组合还不赖。鱼儿始终希望成为你生活的一部分，你们的关系可以持久下去。
zhè duì zǔ hé hái bú lài 。 yú ér shǐ zhōng xī wàng chéng wéi nǐ shēng huó de yí bù fen , nǐ men de guān xì kě yǐ chí jiǔ xià qù 。
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3.
And you know, we've all - especially those of us who drink - have had whims.
你知道，我们都有过冲动-尤其是当我们喝高了的时候。
nǐ zhī dào , wǒ men dōu yǒu guò chōng dòng - yóu qí shì dāng wǒ men hē gāo le de shí hou 。
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4.
Elennor, even then, was not the kind of wife who bowed to her husband's whims, and her husband's whim was to climb a certain mountain.
即使在那时，埃莉诺也不属于随和丈夫一时兴致的那一类妻子，她丈夫当时的兴致是爬山。
jí shǐ zài nà shí , āi lì nuò yě bù shǔ yú suí hé zhàng fu yì shí xìng zhì de nà yī lèi qī zi , tā zhàng fu dāng shí de xìng zhì shì pá shān 。
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5.
The Governor, to his credit, refused to bow to this "Arronax's" whims , and told him to get out of his office.
大义凛然的地方官拒绝向这位叫做“阿罗那克斯”的混蛋低头，把他撵出了自己的办公室。
dà yì lǐn rán de dì fāng guān jù jué xiàng zhè wèi jiào zuò " ā luó nà kè sī " de hùn dàn dī tóu , bǎ tā niǎn chū le zì jǐ de bàn gōng shì 。
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6.
But I have little idea which book is to be read or looked over again at what time. It is completely subject to the whims of the moment.
什么书在什么时候再去读再去翻，连我自己也无把握，完全要看一个时期一个时期的兴趣。
shén me shū zài shén me shí hou zài qù dú zài qù fān , lián wǒ zì jǐ yě wú bǎ wò , wán quán yào kàn yī gè shí qī yī gè shí qī de xìng qù 。
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7.
Anna put up patiently with all her aunt's whims, gradually set to work on her sister's education.
安娜耐心地忍受她姨母的一切怪脾气，按部就班地安排她妹妹的教育。
ān nà nài xīn de rěn shòu tā yí mǔ de yí qiè guài pí qi , àn bù jiù bān de ān pái tā mèi mèi de jiào yù 。
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8.
The point of publishers is not, as Connolly implies, about employing "judgments or whims" to choose which manuscripts to publish.
而出版商一方，不像康诺利那样，通过“评判或好奇”选择出版哪个书稿。
ér chū bǎn shāng yī fāng , bù xiàng kāng nuò lì nà yàng , tōng guò " píng pàn huò hào qí " xuǎn zé chū bǎn nǎ ge shū gǎo 。
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9.
Bow to the whims of an ancient plague, the power to mystify and a cure of your own inner demons.
弓对古老瘟疫、力量迷惑和您自己的内在邪魔治疗的异想天开。
gōng duì gǔ lǎo wēn yì 、 lì liang mí huò hé nín zì jǐ de nèi zài xié mó zhì liáo de yì xiǎng tiān kāi 。
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10.
The fault line between them was drawn by the ability of power to satisfy its whims and ignore the consequences.
她们之间那条错误的界线，是一个人的强力不顾后果地任意妄为的结果。
tā men zhī jiān nà tiáo cuò wù de jiè xiàn , shì yī gè rén de qiáng lì bú gù hòu guǒ de rèn yì wàng wéi de jié guǒ 。
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