fickle

英 [ˈfɪkl]

美 [ˈfɪkl]

adj.  易变的; 无常的; 反复无常的

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Collins.1 / BNC.19490 / COCA.15716

牛津词典

adj.

• 易变的；无常的
  changing often and suddenly
  1. The weather here is notoriously fickle.
     这里的天气出了名的变化无常。
  2. the fickle world of fashion
     千变万化的时装界
• 反复无常的
  often changing their mind in an unreasonable way so that you cannot rely on them
  1. a fickle friend
     靠不住的朋友

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 变化无常的;善变的
  If you describe someone asfickle, you disapprove of them because they keep changing their mind about what they like or want.
  1. The group has been notoriously fickle in the past.
     这伙人过去一直是出了名的善变。
• ADJ-GRADED 无常的;靠不住的
  If you say that something isfickle, you mean that it often changes and is unreliable.
  1. Orta's weather can be fickle.
     奥尔塔的天气变幻莫测。

英英释义

adj

• liable to sudden unpredictable change
  1. erratic behavior
  2. fickle weather
  3. mercurial twists of temperament
  4. a quicksilver character, cool and willful at one moment, utterly fragile the next
  Synonym:erraticmercurialquicksilver(a)
• marked by erratic changeableness in affections or attachments
  1. fickle friends
  2. a flirt's volatile affections
  Synonym:volatile

双语例句

• It's the third time that he changed his mind; he's so fickle!
  他改变主意已经是第三回了，他这人太反复无常了！
• Could my petty heart and fickle, trivial mind have risen to such a revelation of truth?
  我那渺小的心脏和空虚、变的头脑，怎么能达到那真理的灵感呢！
• These capital flows are susceptible to global shocks and may prove fickle.
  这些资本流动易受全球冲击的影响，并可能反复无常。
• The so-called fickle mind shows that one is longing to eat cake while owning love and bread.
  所谓的花心，就是指有了爱情和面包，还想吃蛋糕的心情。
• To boot, Taurus is jealous of Libra's romantic and fickle nature.
  此外，金牛还会因为天秤浪漫多情又变化无常的天性而大为吃醋。
• To give themselves more leeway, bigger developers have turned away from fickle onshore financing to international bond markets.
  为了给自己多一些灵活应对的余地，大的房产开放商已经从不稳定的境内融资转向了国际证券市场。
• Orta's weather can be fickle.
  奥尔塔的天气变幻莫测。
• Have you ever heard of the hand of destiny, or the fickle finger of fate?
  你听过“命运之手”或是“命运的捉弄”之类的话吗？
• Now it is experiencing how fickle international capital flows can be.
  而如今，它们正体味到国际资本流动是何等地薄情寡义。
• Destiny is a fickle bitch!
  命运是个反复无常的婊子！