vagary

英 [ˈveɪgəri]

美 [ˈveɪgəri]

n.  出乎意料的变化; 难以预测的转变

复数：vagaries　

GRE

Collins.1 / BNC.14124

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

英英释义

noun

• an unexpected and inexplicable change in something (in a situation or a person's behavior, etc.)
  1. the vagaries of the weather
  2. his wealth fluctuates with the vagaries of the stock market
  3. he has dealt with human vagaries for many years

双语例句

• But the research is not a patch on the needs of structure form and diversification function. As far as those towers that have vagary sculpt, the criterion of high-rising structure design can not offer veracious reference basis.
  但是对于塔架的研究远远比不上其结构形式及功能多样化的需求，使得根据以往研究得到的高耸结构设计规范对于许多造型独特的塔架结构不能提供准确的参考依据。
• 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。
• The building of this house in the shape of the temple was a rich man's vagary.
  这栋房屋庙宇式的外形，是一位富人的奇想。
• Is the current food crisis just another market vagary?
  当前的粮食危机只是又一个市场异常行为吗？
• Most ridiculously, a vagary can become a king just if only he has time to make his dream come true.
  更荒谬的是，一位流浪汉可以变成一位国王，只要他有时间使他的梦想成真。