whim

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whim 是什么意思

中文释义

n. 一时的兴致, 冲动, 怪念头, 绞盘

英文释义

n a sudden desire

n an odd or fanciful or capricious idea

whim 的真实例句

以下例句摘自真实英文文章，看看 whim 在自然语境里怎么用：

Editors who once dictated taste according to their whims have to play nice with commercial partners they were once too grand for.

—— Death of the gatekeeper: Devil Wears Prada 2 depicts a revolution in the fashion world

He was also subject to the whims of science funding that fueled the bursts of discovery and innovation that defined his era.

—— The Birth of Genius

And I opened this book just on a whim.

—— Hit a glitch in your research? Some ‘night science’ thinking could move it forward

Having a local, DRM-free backup of your library is the only way to ensure that your collection survives the whims of a multi-trillion-dollar corporation.

—— I’m never buying another Kindle, and neither should you

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