whim

whim

英[wɪm]美[wɪm]

n.一时的兴致，突然的念头，怪念头，奇想，幻想；

复数：whims;

例句

She bought that dress on a whim.她一时心血来潮就买了那件连衣裙。

I bought the encyclopedia on a whim.我凭一时的兴致买了这本百科全书。

I had a sudden whim to take a walk.我突然想去散步.

He panders to her every whim.他对她的性子百依百顺.

The premium can increase at the whim of the insurers.保险公司可以随时提高保费。

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.

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 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。

Lately, the president has been sacking and picking new ministers at whim.*近，总统一时兴起频频解雇旧部长，选任新部长。

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.

同义词

n.

whim的同义词之：幻想;奇想;反复无常

whim的同义词之：其他释义

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

N-VAR

一时的兴致;心血来潮;突发的奇想

A whim is a wish to do or have something which seems to have no serious reason or purpose behind it, and often occurs suddenly.

例句

英汉词典释义

n.

一时的兴致, 突然的念头, 突发奇想, 异想天开

英英词典释义

Noun

1. a sudden desire;

2. an odd or fanciful or capricious idea;