whim

[US]/wɪm/
[UK]/wɪm/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. 一时的兴致, 突然的念头, 突发奇想, 异想天开
Word Forms
复数whims

Phrases & Collocations

on a whim

一时兴起

Example Sentences

That suggestion was no whim of the moment.

那个建议可不是一时的突发奇想。

she bought it on a whim .

她一时心血来潮地买了它。

It was a privilege revokable at any time on whim of the authorities.

这种恩赐只要当权者心血来潮随时可以取消。

our whims have brought us to the brink of biocide.

我们的一时冲动把我们带到了毁灭生命的边缘。

the follies and whim-whams of the metropolis.

大都市的荒唐事和怪念头。

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 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。

Don't underdo it.This doesn't mean you just sit whenever the whim strikes you.It means you set up a practice schedule and keep to it with a gentle, patient tenacity.

这不是说,你只是随心所欲的静坐,而是建立一个练习计划,然后以一种温柔但又韧性的坚持。

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