whim

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

Translation

n. 一時的興致, 突然的念頭, 突發奇想, 異想天開
Word Forms
複數whims

Phrases & Collocations

on a whim

一時興起

Example Sentences

That suggestion was no whim of the moment.

那個建議可不是一時的突發奇想。

she bought it on a whim .

她一時心血來潮地買了它。

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

這種恩賜只要當權者心血來潮隨時可以取消。

our whims have brought us to the brink of biocide.

我們的一時衝動把我們帶到了毀滅生命的邊緣。

the follies and whim-whams of the metropolis.

大都市的荒唐事和怪念頭。

Everyone was entirely subject to the whim of the Sultan.

所有人都完全聽命於蘇丹王,由着他隨心所欲。

He flew into a whim and went swimming on a cold winter day, and got a fever soon afterwards.

在一個寒冷的冬天, 他心血來潮去游泳, 回來就發高燒。

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.

這不是說,你只是隨心所欲的靜坐,而是建立一個練習計劃,然後以一種溫柔但又韌性的堅持。

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