whims是什么意思？

whims

英['wɪmz] 美['wɪmz]

• n. 一时的兴致( whim的名词复数 )，突然的念头，突发奇想，异想天开；

例句

• Dorian's whims are laws to everybody, except himself. 道林的怪念头对旁人来说都是法律, 就他自己可以例外.
• The rest she had for food and her own whims. 剩下的钱她用来吃饭和买一些自己喜欢的东西.
• The mate observed regretfully that he could not account for that young fellow's whims. 那位伙伴很遗憾地说他不能说出那年轻人产生怪念头的原因.
• The zone boundaries zigzag capriciously according to the whims of the local population. 按照当地居民的意愿,时区界线被划分得弯弯曲曲.
• With the reduction in foreign investments, the government will be even more a hostage to the whims of the international oil price... 随着外资的减少，政府将更加受制于起伏不定的国际油价。

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