fickle

英 [ˈfɪkl]

美 [ˈfɪkl]

adj.  易变的; 无常的; 反复无常的

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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

• She saw that he was a fickle boy, prepared to philander with every woman he met.
  她看出他是个朝三暮四的年轻人，会随时追逐他遇见的每个女人。
• Your fickle nature may cause jealousy.
  你的浮躁善变会引起嫉妒；
• Your fickle nature may cause jealousy. We have to recognize the possibility of so-so, you know.
  感情还未定性的你可能招来嫉妒。我们不得不承认某些事情的可能性。
• The group has been notoriously fickle in the past.
  这伙人过去一直是出了名的善变。
• Waking up from my ten-year dream in yangzhou,| I've won the name of a fickle man among the pleasure quarters.
  十年一觉扬州梦，赢得青楼薄幸名。（杜牧《遣怀》）
• Fickle deposits in banks ancient enablers of calamitous booms and busts in credit deserve even wider attention.
  变幻无常的银行存款自古以来就是灾难性信贷繁荣与萧条的罪魁祸首应受到更广泛的关注。
• 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。
• Someone is likely to be upset if you are fickle or lack dedication and loyalty.
  你的变幻无常或者缺乏奉献和忠诚会让某人很失望。
• There is also the fickle nature of Chinese consumers.
  另一个难题是中国消费者变化无常的本性。
• Investors may worship money but their love of the dollar can be fickle.
  投资者或许拜金，但他们对美元的喜爱却变化无常。