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提问:嫦娥为什么是神话故事里最善变的人?
回答:因为她的英文名字叫change(^^)
第一个形容词就是changeable啦,它的意思就是易变的;善变的;常变的。
①可以形容天气▽
The weather in Britain is notoriously changeable.英国的天气是出了名的反复无常。
②可以形容情绪▽
His moods are very changeable.他的情绪喜怒无常。
◆fickle ["fkl]
英语释义:likely to change your opinion or your feelings suddenly and without a good reason
这个词形容(意见或感情)反复无常的,易变的,所以说fickle最适合墙头天天换的迷妹啦!
She"s so fickle - she"s never been interested in the same man for more than a week!
她是如此变幻无常,喜欢同一个男人从未超过一星期。
fickle也形容某事物变幻无常,情况变幻莫测的▽
①The world of popular music is notoriously fickle.
流行音乐界的变幻无常是出了名的。
②Fickle winds made sailing conditions difficult.
风向不定增加了航海的难度。
◆capricious [k"prs]
英语释义:changing mood or behaviour suddenly and unexpectedly
①a capricious child
任性的小孩
②He was a cruel and capricious tyrant.
他是个残忍而又反复无常的暴君。
③“有权不可任性”就可以翻译为▽
Power should not lead to capriciousness.
◆mercurial [mr"kjril]
英语释义:changing suddenly and often
mercurial这个词比较难,也翻译为“多变的,反复无常的”。看一下它的词源:这个词来自Mercury(水星)+al。
要知道,水星在众行星当中是运动最快的,所以引申为变化快,多变的,善变的;活跃的。
还有就是,水星的守护神是墨丘利Mercury,他是罗马神话中的信使之神,也就是负责跑腿的,感觉是送快递的神明。
例句:
①a mercurial temperament
多变的性格
②She was entertaining but unpredictable, with mercurial mood swings.
她很会逗人开心,但性格让人捉摸不透,情绪反复无常。
另外,mercurial反映到头脑才智方面,就翻译为“雄辩机智的”。
a mercurial mind/wit
活跃的思维/机敏的才智
◆temperamental [tempr"mentl]
很明显,这个词来自名词temperament(气质;性情),意思是喜怒无常的。
Be careful how you approach her - she"s very temperamental.同她接触你要注意方式——她这人喜怒无常。
在口语里,可以形容(机器)性能不稳定的;时好时坏的。
You have to treat our DVD player very carefully - it"s old and temperamental.
你用我们的录像机时得格外小心——它的性能很不稳定。
◆volatile ["vɑltl]
volatile本来是形容液体或固体易挥发的,易气化的,然后引申为“不稳定的;易变的;易怒的,喜怒无常的”。
①Food and fuel prices are very volatile in a war situation.战争时期食品和燃料的价格极易波动。
②He has a highly volatile personality.他有着反复无常的个性。
③He had a volatile temper and couldn"t have been easy to live with.他的脾气十分暴躁,别人很难与他相处。
◆wayward ["wewrd]
wayward多指某人的行为反复无常的,任性的,难以管束的,比如:
She could be wayward, petulant, and disagreeable.
她有时也会任性、脾气很坏、很暴躁。
◆blow hot and cold about sth
英语释义:to sometimes like or be interested in something or someone and sometimes not, so people are confused about how you really feel
你想想,一会儿热,一会儿冷的,用来形容人就是冷热无常;反复无常;摇摆不定。
①He"s been blowing hot and cold about the trip to Brazil.
他对去荷兰这事一直变来变去。
②He tends to blow hot and cold.
他可能拿不定主意。
③Mary blew hot and cold about going to college, every day she changed her mind.
上不上大学,玛丽拿不定主意,她每天都改变主意。
◆chop and change
chop的本意是劈成,劈出,不过还表示突然改变方向,突然改变主意。
这个短语呢,多用来形容主意、观点、活动或工作不断改变,变来变去,变化无常。
I never knew such a man to chop and change.
我从未见到过这样朝三暮四的人。
◆play fast and loose
这个短语的意思是欺诈; 耍滑头; 对 ... 反复无常。
①He had been allowed to play fast and loose long enough.
大家容忍他反复无常地玩弄手腕够久啦。
②How can you play fast and loose with a girl"s affections?
你怎么可以玩弄一个姑娘的感情呢?
再分享几个不怎么形容人,但也有“反复无常”意思的单词吧~
◆unpredictable [npr"dktbl]
likely to change suddenly and without reason and therefore not able to be predicted (= expected before it happens) or depended on
变幻莫测的;难以预见的,无法预测的
The weather there can be unpredictable - one minute it"s blue skies and the next minute it"s pouring rain.
那儿的天气有点儿变幻莫测—— 一会儿晴空万里,一会儿又大雨倾盆。
◆uncertain [n"srtn]
certain是确定的;肯定的,那uncertain不确定的;不稳定的;易变的。
①This is a very uncertain time for the global economy.
当前全球经济正面临一个极不稳定的时期。
②The uncertain weather delayed our departure.
天气变换莫测,延误了我们启程。
◆variable ["veribl]
数学里的变量就是variable。多用来形容多变的天气,当然,你也可以说跟天气一样阴晴不定的情绪。
①British weather is perhaps at its most variable in the spring.
在英国,春季的天气可能是最变幻莫测的。
②His mood is as variable as the weather.
他的情绪如天气般反复无常。
我再分享“朝秦暮楚”这个成语的英语翻译吧~
①be quick to switch sides (switch v. 改变;交换;转换)
②chage one"s loyalty frequently (loyalty n. 忠诚;忠心;忠贞)
③be faithless (faithless adj. 不忠实的;不可信赖的;无信义的)
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