英汉词典

whim 基本解释

• n. 奇想；一时的兴致；怪念头；幻想

whim 词态变化

whim 中文词源

缩写自whimsy.

whim 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.

whim 英文释义

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"

whim 双语例句

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。

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2. 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。

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3. Dozens of servants had catered to his every whim.

几十个仆人迎合他所有稀奇古怪的念头。

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4. The premium can increase at the whim of the insurers.

保险公司可以随时提高保费。

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5. He picked people on a whim, without rhyme or reason.

他选人时总是随心所欲，毫无根据。

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whim 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。

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We bought the house on a whim .

我们一时冲动买了这所房子。

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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。

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the whims of fashion

时尚的变化多端

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She hires and fires people at whim .

她随心所欲地雇用人和解雇人。

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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。

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The premium can increase at the whim of the insurers...

保险公司可以随时提高保费。

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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.

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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.

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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.

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He panders to her every whim.

他对她的性子百依百顺.

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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.

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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.

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I bought the encyclopedia on a whim.

我凭一时的兴致买了这本百科全书.

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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.

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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”

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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He was forced to pander to her every whim .

她每次心血来潮他都不得不依随她。

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Every whim will be gratified.

每一个突发的念头都会得到满足。

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