vagaries

英 [ˈveɪɡəriz]

美 [ˈveɪɡəriz]

n.  奇思遐想; 游移不定; 变幻莫测
vagary的复数

COCA.16192

牛津词典

noun

• 奇思遐想；游移不定；变幻莫测
  changes in sb/sth that are difficult to predict or control

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 出乎意料的变化;难以预测的转变
  Vagariesare unexpected and unpredictable changes in a situation or in someone's behaviour which you have no control over.
  1. I take an assortment of clothes on holiday, as a provision against the vagaries of the weather.
     我带了各种衣服去度假，以防天气突变。
  2. ...the perplexing vagaries of politics.
     复杂难解、变幻莫测的政坛风云

双语例句

• In doing so, they proved that though we were wrong to think we had escaped the vagaries of the business cycle, we did have the ability to overcome the vices of parochial politics that led to calamity in the 1930s.
  在此过程中，他们证明了这样一点：虽然我们自认为已经摆脱商业周期的变幻莫测是不对的，但我们确实有能力克服导致20世纪30年代那种灾难的狭隘政治。
• We did not think it hypocritical to draw over our vagaries the curtain of a decent silence.
  我们对自己的一些荒诞不经的行为遮上一层保持体面的缄默，并不认为这是虚伪。
• The price of doing nothing again would be to condemn Russia to the vagaries of the oil market.
  再次无所作为的代价将会招致俄罗斯石油市场的反复无常。
• These vagaries of U.S.agriculture illustrate its dynamic, unstable nature and confirm the hazards of forecasting its future.
  美国农业的这些预想说明了它的动态的、不稳定的本性，并证明了其未来预测的偶然性。
• Fortunes depend on the vagaries of the volatile New Zealand dollar, although applications for 2008 have risen.
  这两个行业的运气都取决于波动较大的新西兰元汇率的表现，不过，2008年的入学申请人数已有所增加。
• The goal of the new global plant banking system is to protect the precious stored plant genes from the vagaries of climate, politics and human error.
  这个新的全球植物库系统的目标是保护储藏起来的珍贵植物基因免遭气候变化、政治动荡和人为过错的损害。
• Those with commodities to sell suffer from the vagaries of global prices.
  而那些需要出售日用品遭受反复无常的全球价格的困扰。
• Visibility is more subtle; it deals with the vagaries of memory caching and compiler optimizations.
  可见性则更为微妙；它要对付内存缓存和编译器优化的各种反常行为。
• If seasonal vagaries are taken into account, the figures show no significant decline.
  如果将季节考虑在内的话，这些数字没有显示显著的下降。
• The situation reminds us that even the most advanced agricultural systems are subject to the vagaries of the weather, leading to volatility in supplies and prices not just on domestic markets but also internationally.
  当前形势提醒我们，即使是最发达的农业体系也无法摆脱天气无常的影响，这不仅会导致国内市场供给和价格波动，还会波及国际市场。