a sudden feeling that you must have or must do something. This word often suggests that what someone wants is not important冲动,突然的念头(该词常常表示某人想要的东西是不重要的)
A devoted secretary catered to his every whim. 忠实的秘书总是顺着他,满足他所有的怪念头。
ADJECTIVE | VERB + WHIM | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤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。