whim

美 [hwɪm]
英 [wɪm]
  • n.心血来潮；一时的兴致；突发的奇想
  • 网络怪念头；幻想；冲动
复数：whims  

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网络释义

whim
n.
1.
心血来潮；一时的兴致；突发的奇想a sudden wish to do or have sth, especially when it is sth unusual or unnecessary
He was forced to pander to her every whim .
她每次心血来潮他都不得不依随她。
We bought the house on a whim .
我们一时冲动买了这所房子。
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。
the whims of fashion
时尚的变化多端
She hires and fires people at whim .
她随心所欲地雇用人和解雇人。

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释义:
全部全部,心血来潮心血来潮,一时的兴致一时的兴致,突发的奇想突发的奇想,怪念头怪念头,幻想幻想,冲动冲动
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1.
As the head of a large organization, he was surrounded by people who were prepared to respond to his every whim.
作为一家大公司的主管，凡他兴之所至，拥簇在他周围的人都恭候着响应。
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2.
It is not rare to see Federer be completely out of the point, then suddenly turn the tables at whim and hit a winner.
经常会发生这样的情况，你看着觉得这一分他已经彻底没戏了，突然他就反戈一击，一个致胜球让你目瞪口呆。
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3.
For just a while, through partaking of the whim and richness of the season, life takes on an extraordinary hue, one of sweetness and safety.
一会儿，经由参加季节的异想天开和丰厚，生活承担一种非凡颜色，一个甜和安全。
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4.
For smoking cessation without adequate mental preparation and physical preparation, whim camel began to think of quitting.
对戒烟不作充分的思想准备和物质准备，心血来潮般地想到戒烟就开始。
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5.
The authorities seem to shut things down on a whim and they don't give you any advance warning of their actions . '
当局似乎是一时兴起就把这些地方关了，而且他们不会事先警告你他们要采取行动。
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6.
She knew now that she wasn't just a leaf that depended on every whim of the wind, but that she was part of the universe.
她知道现在她不只是一片依赖于风的一时兴致的树叶了，她成为宇宙的一部分。
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7.
On a whim, he decided to take a trip around the country to look up nearly a dozen old girlfriends.
一天他突发奇想，决定四处走走，去看看他那些接近一打的旧时女友。
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8.
Because at the whim of the king, or for that matter of parliament, we can name you or you to give up your property or to give up your life .
专制的国王或者议会可以随心所欲地让你，你或者你放弃你的财产甚至生命权。
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9.
In these days of my leisure, it was perhaps the mere whim to collect them which had come upon me.
在我悠闲的那些日子，也许是因为一时的兴致，我要把产生在我心里的幻想收集起来。
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10.
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。
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