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TOEFL BNC: 9606 COCA: 10044
whim
hwɪm hwɪm wɪm
Word forms: plural whims
N-VAR [oft on/at N] 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. 一时的兴致;心血来潮;突发的奇想

  • 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. [+ of]

    保险公司可以随时提高保费。

  • Lately, the president has been sacking and picking new ministers at whim.

    最近，总统一时兴起频频解雇旧部长，选任新部长。

SYN impulse, sudden notion, caprice, fancy
Trends of whim
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TOEFL BNC: 9606 COCA: 10044
whim

noun

ADJECTIVE | VERB + WHIM | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADJECTIVE➤sudden突發的奇想◇The nest is vulnerable to the sudden whims of the weather.這個鳥巢經受不起突然的天氣變化。➤mere僅僅一時的興致▸➤personal個人的興致▸➤political政治上的衝動◇Funding is subject to political whim.撥款受政治情緒左右。VERB + WHIM➤cater to, follow, indulge, pander to, satisfy迎合一時的想法；滿足衝動的念頭▸➤be subject to, be vulnerable to, depend on受一時衝動支配；容易一時衝動；視興致而定◇For years she had been subject to her husband's whims.多年來她一直受丈夫的衝動之苦。PREPOSITION➤at (sb's) whim隨（某人）意◇They seem to be able to change the rules of the game at whim.他們好像能夠隨意改變比賽規則。◇Slaves could be bought and sold at the whim of their masters.當時奴隸可由奴隸主隨意買賣。➤on a whim心血來潮◇He bought the jacket on a whim.他一時心血來潮就買了這件夾克。PHRASES➤your every whim每個怪念頭◇The child's parents pandered to his every whim.這個孩子的父母對他百般縱容。
TOEFL BNC: 9606 COCA: 10044
whim noun
⇨ desire
TOEFL BNC: 9606 COCA: 10044

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