whim 中文意思是什麼

whim 解釋
n. 名詞 1. 忽起的念頭,一時的興致;奇想,怪想;任性。
2. 【礦物】采礦轆轤;絞盤;絞車。

  1. Madden had lost five drachmas on sceptre for a whim of the rider s name : lenehan as much more

    利內翰的損失也那麼大。他對大家講述賽馬情況。
  2. Once we fall, however slightly, into immoderation, momentum gathers and we can be lost to whim

    一旦我們失去節制,不管多麼輕微,慣性便形成了,我們就有可能在奇想中迷失。
  3. She indulges his every whim.

    她縱容他的每個怪念頭。
  4. Only for a flashing moment did she see this, then she saw the lout returned, and she laughed at the whim of her fancy

    這一點她只在瞬間看到,轉瞬間那粗魯漢子又回來了。她因自己離奇的幻覺感到好笑。
  5. Queen whim ' s court dances mediaeval france

    惠后舞蹈中世紀法國
  6. Since she was an only child, her parents pandered to her every whim

    由於她是獨女,父母對她總是百依百順。
  7. Though he averred, “ i would write on the lintels of the door - post, whim, ” he was a scrupulous and patient reviser, who extensively reworked most of his lectures for their appearance in print

    雖然他聲稱: 「我只是一時興起在門楣上寫字, 」但他是一個謹慎耐心的校訂者,大面積地修改了愛默生的大多數付諸出版的演說的面貌。
  8. Perhaps it was a mere whim on his part, for he is falling, they say, into second childhood, but i love him for showing so much interest in you.

    盡管這或許是他無意識的舉動,因為他們說,他正在退回到一種第二次童年時代!但我卻因為他那個同意的表示而更加愛他了。 」
  9. It was only my whim.

    那不過是我一時的高興就是了。
  10. Oh, don't you understand that it isn't a passing whim ?

    啊,難道你不明白這不是一個曇花一現的念頭?
  11. But is it not possible to control the human factor by science--the opposite of whim ?

    那麼,人的因素能否由妄想的反面--科學來控制呢?
  12. He had merely been a sailor from whim and a desire to spite his friends.

    他之所以當了一名水手,只是為了他的怪癖,並想和他的朋友們賭一口氣。
  13. He was liable at the whim of an impersonal government to be blown anywhere about the world.

    只要全無人情味的政府一聲令下,他隨時都可以被調到世界上任何地方去。
  14. Elennor, even then, was not the kind of wife who bowed to her husband's whims, and her husband's whim was to climb a certain mountain.

    即使在那時,埃莉諾也不屬于隨和丈夫一時興致的那一類妻子,她丈夫當時的興致是爬山。
  15. He had a sudden whim to take a midnight walk

    他有一個突然的怪念頭,半夜裡散步。
  16. But what that was no one could tell : whether it were some sick and half - crazy whim ; whether it related to public affairs or family circumstances

    不過,是什麼呢,誰也不能夠明白這一點這或許是一個病人或一個半瘋癲狀態的人突發的古怪脾氣,或許是與公共事務或家庭事務有關的什麼。
  17. " yes, " said the man, thrusting his hands into his pockets, and looking impudently at the youth ; " i have taken the whim into my head ; do you understand, master benedetto ?

    「是的, 」那個人把手插進口袋裡,滿臉顯出一副滿不在乎的表情望著那個青年人說。 「我腦子里有了這么個怪念頭,你懂嗎,貝尼代托先生? 」
  18. Jeong sun - jeong eom jung - hwa is a social vigilante of sorts, dispatching bullies, adulterers and other unpleasant types at a whim

    另一名女子兩日後被發現因窒息致死,她的屍首旁出現一張卡通人物
  19. The use of the plates was the brainchild of louis ' ever - conniving minister jean - baptiste colbert at whim of the king ' s pleasure was the key to power and other perks

    採用彩頁插圖是路易的前衛大臣浸信會教友波特的神來之筆,針對國王的興趣所在的奇思妙想正是其動力和精神的關鍵。
  20. The decision has to be voluntary, well - considered and repeated to the doctor over months to ensure that the patients are not acting on a whim or are in the grip of a temporary depression

    病人的自殺決定必須是自願的、經過深思熟慮的,而且要在幾個月里反復向醫生申明,以確保那不是一時之念,或是在暫時的精神壓抑下做出的選擇。
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