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whim
时间: 2023-09-20 09:48:51
托福GRE
英 [wɪm]
美 [wɪm]

n. 突然产生的念头;一闪而过的念头;异想天开的念头;怪念头;绞绳滚筒;绞盘

短语搭配
双语例句
  • My dad bought dozens of boxes of capsules on a whim.

    我爸一冲动买了几十盒胶囊。

  • I joined the army on a whim.

    当年我一心血来潮去当兵了。

  • My desk mate had a whim to make toys out of rubbish.

    我的同桌突发奇想把垃圾变成玩具。

  • We booked the trip on a whim.

    我们一冲动就预订了假日游

  • 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.

    我们多少有些心血来潮地决定乘船去摩洛哥。

  • We bought the house on a whim.

    我们一时冲动买了这所房子。

  • She hires and fires people at whim.

    她随心所欲地雇用人和解雇人。

  • Her father had always indulged her every whim.

    她的父亲总是对她什么奇怪的愿望都予以滿足。

近义词
同根词

词根 whim

  • whimsy n. 怪念头;反复无常

  • whimsey n. 奇想;怪念头

百科

whim,英语单词,主要用作名词,作名词时译为“奇想;一时的兴致;怪念头;幻想”。

释义
n.

a sudden desire or change of mind, especially one that is unusual or unexplained

突然产生的念头;一闪而过的念头;异想天开的念头;怪念头

  • she bought it on a whim

    她一时心血来潮地买了它

  • [mass noun]he appeared and disappeared at whim.

    他随心所欲地现身或消失。

archaic a windlass for raising ore or water from a mine

〈古〉 (提升矿石或打水用的)绞绳滚筒,绞盘。

词源

" late 17th cent.: of unknown origin. Sense 2 (mid 18th cent. ) is a transferred use."

  • Okay, okay. You give in to her every whim, and I'm mean daddy. That's not true. Isn't it?

    好吧,好吧,她每次想要什么你都给,我成了坏爸爸。才没有。是吗?

    《Modern Family Season 6》《摩登家庭 第六季》

  • Not on a whim. Not because you wish you were someone you're not. But because you honestly know yourself.

    不是一时兴起,不是一意孤行,而是对自己有个真切的认识。

    《Divergent》《分歧者:异类觉醒》

  • Stock market flash crash, cyber attacks, traffic lights changing at whim. That is the work of an invisible hand that is strangling me.

    股市闪崩,网络攻击,红绿灯随意改变,有只无形的手在处处针对我。

    《Person of Interest Season 4》《疑犯追踪 第四季》

  • So what'd you name the baby? Kyle. I was having triplets, and, on a whim, actually, we just decided to name them. Kevin, Kate and Kyle.

    你们给孩子取了什么名字?凯尔。我怀了三胞胎,我们就是一时兴起取了名字。凯文,凯特和凯尔。

    《This Is Us Season 1》《我们这一天 第一季》

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